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Strategy and the National Security Professional
Authors: Yarger Harry R.
Published: March 2024

The twenty-first century security environment is both promising for and threatening to the national security interests of the nation state. Policymakers and professionals within governmental departments and agencies, both civilian and military, who are responsible for protecting and advancing the interests of the United States, are confronted with a strategic environment that is much more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous than that faced by their twentieth-century predecessors. Strategy and the National Security Professional: Strategic Thinking and Strategy Formulation in the 21st Century is meant to be a single-source reference for national security professionals, political appointees in the security realm, and others who participate in the formulation, evaluation, and execution of strategy, in addition to those who study and follow national security debates.

The book does not propose a new strategy or critique current strategy; rather, it offers a perspective and process for disciplined strategic thought in regard to all strategy. It is thorough in its explanation of the nature of the strategic environment, offering a clear and comprehensive theory of strategy and a practical framework for thinking about this environment and formulating effective strategy. Written from a U.S. perspective, it helps the reader understand both the internal and external aspects of the strategic environment that make strategy formulation and execution so difficult for the nation state, particularly in a democracy. With the proper environmental assessment and appraisal, it argues, the key strategic factors can be identified and appropriate strategy can be formulated in a rational expression of ends, ways, and means. The book then moves to demonstrate to the reader how to develop and clearly articulate the objectives, concepts, and resources in strategy, as well as how to avoid common errors and pitfalls in strategy formulation. Fiannly, it offers practical tests for determining the validity of a particular strategy and ways in which to consider and articulate risk. While the book is focused on the national security practitioner, it has application to the student in international relations or national security studies who seeks a career in national service.
Streamlined Library Programming
Authors: Porter-Reynolds Daisy
Published: March 2024

Is it possible to both cut costs and improve public library programming for all ages? Yes, it is; this book demonstrates how.

In their roles as community centers, public libraries offer many innovative and appealing programs; but under current budget cuts, library resources are stretched thin. With slashed budgets and limited staff hours, what can libraries do to best serve their publics?

This how-to guide provides strategies for streamlining library programming in public libraries while simultaneously maintaining—or even improving—quality delivery. The wide variety of principles and techniques described can be applied on a selective basis to libraries of all sizes.

Based upon the author’s own extensive experience as well as that of colleagues in other library systems, this book provides readers with a practical, step-by-step approach to maximizing resources and minimizing costs of programming without sacrificing quality, as well as insider tips and examples from the field that will help them to avoid known pitfalls.
Subtle Suicide
Authors: Church Michael A. , Brooks Charles I.
Published: March 2024

This volume offers a description and analysis of subtle suicide—a psychological condition whose victims don't care if they live or die, and thus act in self-defeating, self-damaging ways.

Over their extensive careers, psychotherapists Michael Church and Charles Brooks have developed the concept of "subtle suicide," a development of risky behavior where the subject does not care if he/she lives or dies. Now, in this urgent and informative new work, Church and Brooks present their findings on a condition that is often misdiagnosed as a symptom of addictive or mood disorders, when in fact subtle suicide the real underlying problem.

Based on thousands of hours of sessions with real clients and filled with dramatic case studies, Subtle Suicide: Our Silent Epidemic of Ambivalence about Living will help professionals, families, and friends to realize when someone may be suffering from subtle suicide. The authors also provide a number of strategies for helping those exhibiting subtle suicidal behavior, including how to react to specific types of comments and how to avoid being pulled into the sufferer's emotional whirlpool.
Success with Library Volunteers
Authors: Holt Leslie Edmonds
Published: March 2024

Covering principles, practical guidelines, and best practices for establishing and operating a successful library volunteer program in any type of library, this is a must-have resource for the 21st-century librarian.

In these tough economic times, librarians must maximize the potential of their volunteer programs. This innovative guide not only provides readers with the practical information they need to recruit, manage, and retain effective volunteers, but also demonstrates how to create a dynamic volunteer program—one that offers purposeful work and emphasizes rewards rather than rules and forms. Illustrated by best practices, this book also offers practical guidelines for evaluating the success of a volunteer program—in terms of the library's benefit, and in terms of the experience from the volunteer's point of view.
Taiwan in the Global Economy
Authors: Chow Peter C.
Published: March 2024

A role model for late industrializing countries, Taiwan provides unique and interesting development lessons for third world countries. Once a poverty-stricken, resource-poor, technologically backward nation, Taiwan has become the hub of a global production network in many high tech industries with increasing significance in the world economy. In ten outstanding essays, written by highly respected economists, this book analyzes Taiwan's postwar economic development path, providing a valuable case study of its structural transformation from a labor-intensive to a technology-intensive economy.

The book addresses three major topics. First it recaptures the lessons of Taiwan's experience. Then it considers the role of foreign investment on structural transformation and globalization. Finally, it examines Taiwan's economy in a global perspective, evaluating its role in the world market from the past to the future and its evolution from a colony to a newly industrialized country.
Tales from the 7,000 Isles
Authors: Casas Dianne de Las , Gagatiga Zarah C.
Published: March 2024

Celebrate the unique diversity and vibrancy of the Philippines through an in-depth exploration of the stories, traditions, songs, crafts, and recipes of the many different regions of the country.

Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Filipino Folk Stories offers insights into the people and culture of the Philippines through dozens of tales representing the nation's various islands, regions, and cultural-ethnic groups. Designed to provide educators with material with which to enhance curriculum and lesson plans, the stories open a gateway to a rich and unique cultural mix.

The tales presented here are divided into animal stories, how and why stories, tales of enchantment, trickster tales, and scary stories. In them readers can discern not only the native Filipino culture, but the influences of the many peoples who have moved through and settled in the islands, most notably Malay, Chinese, and Spanish, but also Arab, Indian, and American. A brief history of the country, its people, and their cultural traditions is included, as are crafts, children's games, recipes, and color photos. Notes about the stories, a bibliography, and a glossary complete the volume.
Talk about Books!
Authors: Knowles Liz , Smith Martha
Published: March 2024

Book clubs, literature circles, and reading groups are great ways to promote literacy and books to young readers. This new guide provides everything you need to run a dynamic, no-fuss book discussion group with elementary and middle school students. Featuring 15 titles of diverse genres, it offers discussion topics and activity ideas for some of the best new reads for kids.

Brought to you by the authors of the highly acclaimed Reading Rules! Motivating Teens to Read, this guide is an outstanding resource for starting and running a stellar literary discussion group—whether it's in a school, public library, or community center. Grades 4-8.
U.S. Presidents as Orators
Authors: Ryan Halford R.
Published: March 2024

This first systematic critique on the rhetoric of 21 presidents shows how political constraints shaped rhetoric and how oratory shaped politics. An introduction places American public address in the context of classical rhetorical practices and theory and sets the stage for the bio-critical essays about presidents ranging from Washington to Clinton. Experts analyze the style and use of language, important speeches and their impact, and their ethical ramifications. Each essay on a president also keys major speeches to authoritative texts and offers a chronology and bibliography of primary and secondary sources. For students, teachers, and professionals in American public address, political communication, and the presidency.
Understanding To Kill a Mockingbird
Authors: Johnson Claudia Durst
Published: March 2024

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel of such profound power that it has affected the lives of readers and left and indelible mark on American culture. This rich collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the essence of the novel's impact, making it an ideal resource for students, teachers, and library media specialists. Drawing on multi-disciplinary sources, the casebook places the issues of race, censorship, stereotyping, and heroism into sharp perspective. Through these documents, the reader also gains a taste for the historical events which influenced the novel as well as the novel's relevance in today's world. Among the documents which speak most eloquently are testimony from the Scottsboro Case of the 1930s, memoirs and interviews with African Americans and whites who grew up in Alabama in the 1930s, and news stories on civil rights activities in Alabama in the 1950s. Most of the documents presented are available in no other printed form. Study questions, project ideas, and bibliographies are also included for ease of use in further examination of the issues raised by the novel. Thirteen historical photographs complement the text.

Following a literary analysis of issues raised by the novel, the casebook opens with testimony and newspaper articles from the 1930s Alabama Scottsboro Case. The significant parallels of this case to the novel paint a social and historical background of the novel. Memoirs and interviews with African Americans and whites who grew up in Alabama in the 1930s further complete the historical landscape. Articles and news stories from the 1950s depict the increasingly tense, volatile environment in which the novel was written and published. Documents examine the stereotypes of the poor white, the African American, and the southern belle; and how the novel allows the reader to walk around in the shoes of those who have been stereotyped. More current articles examine the legal, literary, and ethical ramifications of the novel. These articles include a debate between lawyers over whether Atticus Finch was a hero, and discussion of attempts to censor the novel.
The Presumption
Authors: Jones D. Marvin
Published: March 2024

This powerful book on racism in the United States argues that a threatening narrative originating in slavery continues to link Black people to inferiority, dangerousness, and crime, causing them to be presumed guilty by society and U.S. legal systems.

Why are Black people stopped, arrested, and shot by police at such a high rate? Why are they portrayed in the media as gangbangers and urban thugs? D. Marvin Jones writes that the problem of race lies in the way Blackness has been inextricably knotted together in our culture with presumptions. In the era of segregation this was a presumption of inferiority, but in our era, it is primarily a presumption of dangerousness or criminality.

In chapters on slavery, urban spaces, the drug war, media portrayals, and white spaces, he shows how the presumption of guilt continues to shape the treatment of Black people in the United States. Arguing that this presumption is not simply a matter of hate on the part of individuals, but instead a social process linked to a widely shared racial ideology, The Presumption points out the continuation of racial caste in the United States as a crisis for democracy and provides a blueprint for a kind of second Reconstruction.
The Wind and Wind-Chorus Music of Anton Bruckner
Authors: Kinder Keith
Published: March 2024

This comprehensive study treats the wind works of Anton Bruckner as a complete genre and uses them to illustrate how the composer evolved in style throughout his career. A major nineteenth-century composer, organist, and church musician, Bruckner's compositional style changed dramatically in the early 1860s, dividing his career into two distinct parts. During his early career he immersed himself in the study of traditional musical principles including form, harmony, counterpoint, and orchestration. The second phase of his career, in which he composed the symphonies upon which much of his current reputation rests, was marked by his experimental approaches to harmony and tonality. Many of his early compositions exhibit landmarks of his later style. The wind instrument pieces incorporate the best aspects of both of Bruckner's styles and reflect the progress of his professional life.

Organized chronologically, the music is studied and classified within set time periods. Each wind work of a particular period is reviewed according to the historical circumstances contributing to its creation, its specific musical content, and its success as a musical work in relation to wind music and specifically to Bruckner's development. The analyses of Bruckner's compositions are enhanced by musical examples throughout the text.
The Divine and Human Comedy of Andrew M. Greeley
Authors: Becker Allienne R.
Published: March 2024

The volume approaches Greeleys novels by comparing him to the 19th-century French writer Honoré de Balzac. A prolific and popular author, Balzac recorded his milieu in tremendous detail, created a fictional universe peopled by hundreds of characters, and explored the role of Catholicism in his world. Because of his training as a sociologist, Greeley brings to his novels a thorough knowledge of popular culture and social theory. And because of his experience as a Roman Catholic priest, he has gained special knowledge of vice, virtue, and the workings of the Church. Like Balzac—now a major canonical author—Greeley has created a world of numerous fictional persons, mapped the details of his culture, and explored the place of Catholicism in contemporary life.
Native American Aliens
Authors: Collins Donald E.
Published: March 2024

“Collins addresses a subject that has been the object of much research and controversy in the past decade: the internment of tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans during WW II. More specifically, he focuses on the mass renunciation of citizenship by these persons of Japanese ancestry. The author contends that the renunciations were based on misinformation rather than on disloyalty... The book is well written, presenting some new data rather than merely relying on existing documents. The bibiliography is comprehensive for those who may have an interest in the general subject of the treatment of Japanese-Americans during the war. Readers in the fields of American and ethnic history, diplomacy, and Asian studies will find this book of use. College, university, and public library collections.”–Choice
The Germanic Mosaic
Authors: Blackshire-Belay Carol A.
Published: March 2024

This is a comprehensive and up-to-date critical examination of cultural diversity in Germanic-speaking societies. It goes beyond ethnic, religious, and gender stereotypes to show minority groups as active participants in German history rather than as passive victims. This collection of critical and theoretical essays seeks to interpret the current philosophical, aesthetic, and literary thinking about diversity in literature and language.

The book is divided into four parts: literary analyses of works produced by members of minority populations, linguistic discussions and case studies of minority groups, structures and strategies of discourse and prejudice, and studies of remedies for problems of racism and discrimination. Some of the most significant writers and thinkers in the field have contributed, making this volume of critical concern to scholars and students of German, modern languages, and comparative studies.
Modernization Crisis
Authors: Perdue William
Published: March 2024

This book is an enlightening, inspiring, and sobering account of the social and economic transformation of Poland. A multinational and interdisciplinary group of scholars examine the historical precursors that gave shape to the Solidarity movement, then focus on the institutional change that today presents challenges even more daunting than those of the earlier drama of resistance. The contributors have uncovered episodes of political domination, debt, and dependency that are not well known or well understood. These have important implications for economic development in general and for the reconstruction of the deindustrializing economies of Eastern Europe in particular. If Poland is to survive the crisis of the early 1990s, a new and authentic program of economic and human development must be adopted by West and East alike. The book concludes with a new discourse on development.
Puerto Rico
Authors: Morris Nancy
Published: March 2024

This book uses historical and interview data to trace the development of Puerto Rican identity in the 20th century. It analyzes how and why Puerto Ricans have maintained a clear sense of distinctiveness in the face of direct and indirect pressures on their identity. After gaining sovereignty over Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898, the United States undertook a sustained campaign to Americanize the island. Despite 50 years of active Americanization and another 40 years of continued United States sovereignty over the island, Puerto Ricans retain a sense of themselves as distinctly and proudly Puerto Rican. This study examines the symbols of Puerto Rican identity, and their use in the complex politics of the island. It shows that identity is dynamic, it is experienced differently by individuals across Puerto Rican society, and that the key symbols of Puerto Rican identity have not remained static over time. Through the study of Puerto Rico, the book investigates and challenges the widely-heard argument that the inevitable result of the export of U.S. mass media and consumer culture throughout the world is the weakening of cultural identities in receiving societies. The book develops the idea that external pressure on collective identity may strengthen that identity rather than, as is often assumed, diminish it.
Innovating in Community Mental Health
Authors: Schulz Rockwell , Greenley James R.
Published: March 2024

Innovating in Community Mental Health presents lively examples of successful attempts to change mental health service systems in innovative ways to achieve the goal of providing care for persons with severe mental illness. These examples are drawn from such diverse national settings as Italy, Russia, Germany, England, China, and the United States, and involve a range of stratgies from treatment teams of professionals, grassroots community organizations, consumer cooperatives, professional-volunteer teamwork, and housing-based alternatives. The stories of these varied innovations are told by established, knowledgeable scholars from each of the featured countries. The editors help us understand the triumphs and pitfalls involved in these innovations through the presentation of a broad, research-based theory of innovation and change, which is used to guide the presentation of the examples and subsequently to determine their similarities and differences.

Through the theoretical framework presented, the nuances of the process of innovation are highlighted, including the importance of the type of innovation itself, the wider environmental influences, place of internal organizational structures, and the role of the individual change agent. Through this framework and the examples presented, the reader is given indications of how innovation and change may be possible in such diverse and seemingly difficult situations, and also of how effective strategies for change might be chosen by administrators, providers, and other policymakers.
Sustainable Development in Third World Countries
Authors: James Valentine U.
Published: March 2024

Sustainable development has been approached from many viewpoints over the past 15 years without a concise or precise definition of what sustainable development really stands for. James has solicited contributions from an international group of experts who write about aspects of sustainable development from many different disciplines. Their consensus is that sustainability depends upon concerted development across the spectrum of socioeconomic factors that affect the environment, natural resources, health, education, and welfare of the populations in the emerging nations. The necessity of incorporating indigenous knowledge with technological and international expertise has become crucial.
The Impact of Geographic Deregulation on the American Banking Industry
Authors: Matasar Ann B. , Heiney Joseph N.
Published: March 2024

With the passage of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act and the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act in 1994, some Americans celebrated the dawn of a new banking era. These laws, which provided some relief from regulation, represented the first revision of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. In the intervening sixty years, the U.S. banking industry had undergone dramatic changes, both domestically and internationally, and yet the laws associated with banking remained fixed and intransigent. No amount of regulatory flexibility or bankers' ingenuity was able to substitute fully for modernization of the banking laws necessary to keep pace with the revolution in the banking and financial services industries. The new legislation represented a rapid realignment of American banking laws with societal norms; as such, it generated confusion and uncertainty for many bankers and their constituents, for example, stockholders, customers, and employees. Matasar and Heiney examine public data since 1994 in an effort to fully apprise scholars and practitioners of the changes that have irrevocably altered the landscape of American banking.

The Riegle-Neal Act and the Riegle Act were the first blows to the dominance of Depression-era legislation in banking. The second was the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, which eliminated major portions of the Glass-Steagall Act. This study, which analyzes data from 1994 to 1999, ably captures and isolates the effects on American banking of the twin Riegle laws alone, with the noted exceptions of changed circumstances that may have resulted from other environmental factors (but not from other banking legislation). The focus here is on interstate banking experiences. Matasar and Heiney's analysis reveals the direction that changes associated with the law are likely to take and thus serves as a baseline for future research and analysis.
The Death of Management
Authors: Buffington Jack
Published: March 2024

Management as we know it has been the driver of business growth in U.S. economies for a couple of centuries. Yet the practice of management is no longer focused on creating real value. Instead, it is now all about using sophisticated financial techniques-and practices like outsourcing and downsizing, among others—to improve profitability. Such addition through subtraction results in higher profits in the short term but puts the corporation and its employees at risk in the long term—not to mention the entire U.S. economy. Innovation and productivity improvement, corporate manager Jack Buffington argues, are lost arts in American business. So is getting back to basics the answer? Buffington's provocative thesis: Management as we know it probably can't be repaired. It must be replaced.

Asian economies, meanwhile, are growing by leaps and bounds thanks in part to short-term, ill-advised decisions made by U.S. managers. Local companies and divisions of multinational organizations in emerging countries are on track to eventually overtake those of the West, putting our job base and prosperity at peril. If we want to bring manufacturing jobs back here to the U.S., corporate managers must seek productivity and innovation improvements in U.S. operations.

Jack Buffington knows all too well how quickly things can go downhill for U.S. businesses. Turned into a relentless cost-cutter by the forces of globalization and Wall Street's expectations for short-term gains, he—like thousands of other U.S. executives—has watched some of the companies he's worked for disappear for want of real value. Whereas America once prized managers who displayed skill in optimizing the interplay of capital, labor, and technology to grow a company, today's professional manager is rewarded more often for being a cost cutter than an innovator.

Fortunately, this book not only outlines the problem, it outlines the solution as well by establishing a 21st-century definition of management that will succeed in today's global economy. Rather than angling to produce a penny more of earnings per share to please the financiers, corporate managers will see once again how to use their ingenuity to produce products, services, and business processes that not only provide generous profits but sustain a business—and its jobs—for years to come. By heeding Buffington's call, the U.S. can rekindle its zeal for innovation, leading to an era in which consumers, workers, investors, and managers all prosper.
Witnessing for Sociology
Authors: Jenkins Pamela J. , Kroll-Smith J.S.
Published: March 2024

The American court system is making increasing use of sociologists as expert witnesses. From toxic torts to religious cults and brainwashing, sociological knowledge is becoming increasingly more commonplace in the legal arena. This edited volume is a collection of the experiences of sociologists who have appeared as expert witnesses in a variety of court cases. Many of the cases covered in this book revolve around central issues of murder, self-defense, religious cults, battered women, child pornography, environmentalism, and homelessness. This volume is unique in its breadth of topics and contributions.
The Internet and Instruction
Authors: Barron Ann E. , Ivers Karen S.
Published: March 2024

Students can explore a variety of subjects with these cross-curricular Internet activities. Designed for educators and students, this guide to telecommunications and the Internet demystifies the technology and provides relevant, feasible, and easy-to-implement ideas and activities for the classroom. Expanded coverage of Web resources and cross-curricular activities are available in this new edition. Projects (arranged by subject area), encourage students to explore the Internet and help them learn in a variety of areas. All activities are presented in reproducible format and are readily integrated into the curriculum. The authors also give a basic overview of Internet access and navigation. A glossary, index, Internet resource list, and illustrations complete the work.
The American Work Ethic and the Changing Work Force
Authors: Applebaum Herbert
Published: March 2024

A major force in American society, the work ethic has played a pivotal role in U.S. history, affecting cultural, social, and economic institutions. But what is the American work ethic? Not only has it changed from one era to another, but it varies with race, gender, and occupation. Considering such diverse groups as Colonial craftsmen, slaves, 19th century women, and 20th century factory workers, this book provides a history of the American work ethic from Colonial times to the present. Tracing both continuities and differences, the book is divided into sections on the Colonial era, the 19th century and the 20th century and includes chapters on both major occupational groups, such as farmers, factory workers, laborers, and gender, racial, and ethnic minorities.

This approach, which covers all major groups in U.S. history, enables the reader to discern how the work ethic applied to different occupational and ethnic groups over time. The book subjects the work ethic to an analysis based on historical, sociological, economic, and anthropological perspectives and provides an analysis of current thinking about how the work ethic applied to various groups and classes in different historical periods.
Rights vs. Responsibilities
Authors: Hindman Elizabeth B.
Published: March 2024

In the past 65 years, the United States Supreme Court has outlined, through its decisions, its conceptions of the roles and responsibilities of the U.S. media. Analyzing every Supreme Court media case from 1931 to 1996, this book explores the changes in how the Court has conceived of the media's freedom. Hindman focuses on the educational and political functions of the media, the ethical principles of truth telling, and the conflict between collectivist and individualist interpretations of the First Amendment. The author challenges accepted views in the field, arguing that despite the justices' rhetoric, the Court has treated media freedom as a social goal rather than a right.
The Press on Trial
Authors: Chiasson Lloyd E.
Published: March 2024

Perhaps no drama catches the interest of the American public more than a spectacular trial. Even though the reporting of a crime may quickly diminish in news value, the trial lingers while drama builds. Although this has become seemingly more pronounced in recent years with the popularity of televised trials, public interest in criminal trials was just as high in 1735 when John Peter Zenger defended his right to free speech, or in 1893 when Lizzie Borden was tried for the murder of her father and stepmother. This book tells the stories of sixteen significant trials in American history and their media coverage, from the Zenger trial in 1735 to the O. J. Simpson trial in 1995. Each chapter relates the history of events leading up to the trial, the people involved, and how the crimes and subsequent trials were reported.
Living Inside Prison Walls
Authors: DeRosia Victoria R.
Published: March 2024

Are advantaged offenders defenseless against the harshness of prison life? Based upon a qualitative study of the prison adjustment of advantaged offenders—those who, prior to prison, possessed college degrees and held high status occupations with commensurately high incomes—this book challenges the special sensitivity hypothesis and concludes that these offenders adjust well to incarceration. The author compared a group of advantaged offenders to a similar group of nonadvantaged offenders, both drawn from New York State prisons, and discovered that the advantaged offenders exhibited little (if any) engagement in institutional misconduct. They also adopted effective coping strategies.

DeRosia presents a thematic analysis of in-depth, focused interviews with both subsamples, as well as vignettes based upon those interviews. Her findings reveal that advantaged offenders hold a perspective on doing time, including prescriptions for avoiding trouble, and make conscious efforts to avoid trouble by using time beneficially. This study contains the most current statistics available on corrections in the U.S., including its organization, the overcrowding crisis, and prisoner profiles. The nature of life in prison and prior research on adjustment are also examined.
The Feminization of Development Processes in Africa
Authors: Etim James S. , James Valentine U.
Published: March 2024

Women have historically provided vision and leadership to African countries and are now being recognized as pivotal to the overall sustainable development of Africa. In many cases, however, this recognition has not resulted in the empowerment of African women, who still face great discrimination. This edited volume explores the contributions women have made to all phases of development—planning, design, construction, implementation, and operation—and the obstacles they have had to face. Besides analyzing the current situation and identifying trends, the contributors also make recommendations for policy reform and for future planning.
Theory and Policy of International Competitiveness
Authors: Ezeala-Harrison Fidelis
Published: March 2024

How a country competes in the world is the crucial factor in determining that country's ability to benefit from international trade in today's global economy. This book offers a complete and proper understanding of the meaning of international competitiveness, analyzes the implications it holds for an economy's progress, examines how it may be pursued and sustained at both the sectoral level (firms and industries) and the national level (strategic objectives). The author offers pertinent policy guidelines and prescriptions for how a nation can achieve and maintain international competitiveness in order to sustain the long-term prosperity of its industries, and hence the overall pace of economic growth.

The book is arranged into three parts. Part I discusses and defines the theories of international competitiveness. Part II deals with policy issues, specifically the policy analysis of structural reforms for promoting a country's ability to compete, the impact of globalization and the role of Communication and Information Technology (CIT), strategic trade policies, and environmental issues. Part III analyzes the strategies used to pursue competitiveness. The book will be useful for researchers, students, and teachers of business and economics as well as policy makers, business practitioners, and international and governmental agencies.
Rebuilding Therapy
Authors: Gass Michael
Published: March 2024

A breakthrough therapy in the mental health field, Rebuilding Therapy was developed by psychologist Michael Gass, primarily, as a means of assisting individuals and families in rebuilding psychologically from past mistreatment, dysfunction, or trauma. It incorporates methodology, techniques, and theory from Psychodrama, a vital part of Rebuilding Therapy, while integrating Transactional Analysis, primarily Structural Analysis and the influence of Script Analysis, and Redecision Therapy to create its distinctive theoretical foundations, methods, and approaches. Relaxation exercises or relaxation, which is equivalent to hypnosis, is used as needed.

Rebuilding Therapy is based on the belief that a person is basically the product of his or her past. Its primary focus is for the patient to clinically relive major abusive, rejecting, traumatic, or negative life experiences in order to face unhealthy feelings, thinking, and decisions associated with them, which the patient can then release, change, and rebuild from. In addition to postbirth experiences, Rebuilding Therapy pays attention to prenatal influences and the birth process, regarding their effect on psychological functioning and personality development, while also addressing these factors therapeutically. Rebuilding Therapy also has the methodology to solely work with present issues as needed. In the first book on this reconstructive therapy, Gass details its theoretical foundations, methodology, and approaches to acquaint mental health and related professionals with its value on a short and long term basis; to expand on the understanding of personality development and psychological functioning; and to further expose this and related psychotherapies for use in other arenas on the local, state, and international levels in such areas as law enforcement, corrections, education, religion, business, politics, and international relations, with the aim of reducing conflict and inappropriate behavior and improving human relationships.
Adoption
Authors: Moe Barbara A.
Published: March 2024

This compilation of the best thinking about adoption by both historical and current authorities reveals a vital, ever-changing practice affecting the lives of millions of people around the globe.

The ancient practice of adoption has changed significantly through history. In colonial America, parents adopted out their unwanted children those who were "rude, stubborn, and unruly" to other families. Today, Americans go abroad looking for children to adopt, and have adopted more than a quarter million internationally.

Adoption: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition not only traces the development of expert thinking about adoption, it also looks at both sides of the latest controversial issues. Should adoptions be open or closed? Should the government regulate adoptions more closely or less? This updated second edition offers an international perspective with a new chapter on how countries outside the United States provide adoption services. This work is an indispensable resource for those thinking about adoption or researching its history.
Hispanics in the American West
Authors: Iber Jorge , León Arnoldo De
Published: March 2024

This work provides a revealing look at the history of Hispanic peoples in the American West (or, from the Mexican perspective, El Norte) from the period of Spanish colonization through the present day.

Hispanics in the American West portrays the daily lives, struggles, and triumphs of Spanish-speaking peoples from the arrival of Spanish conquistadors to the present, highlighting such defining moments as the years of Mexican sovereignty, the Mexican-American War, the coming of the railroad, the great Mexican migration in the early 20th century, the Great Depression, World War II, the Chicano Movement that arose in the mid-1960s, and more.

Coverage includes Hispanics of all nationalities (not just Mexican, but Cuban, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan, among others) and ranges beyond the "traditional" Hispanic states (Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado) to look at newer communities of Spanish-speaking peoples in Oregon, Hawaii, and Utah. The result is a portrait of Hispanic American life in the West that is uniquely inclusive, insightful, and surprising.
The Meaning of Relationship in Interpersonal Communication
Authors: Conville Richard L. , Rogers L. Edna
Published: March 2024

Despite a growing emphasis on relationship studies in interpersonal communication, serious attention to the conceptual meaning of relationship has been limited. The purpose of this volume is to explore the meaning and use of relationship in interpersonal communication studies. The contributors to this volume, representatives of related, but differing perspectives, outline definitional boundaries and conceptual implications of the term stemming from their particular ontological and epistemological approaches. This volume provides an engaging and provocative examination of relationship by seasoned writers who are committed to seeing the field with new eyes. As such, the book will be invaluable to scholars and researchers in the field.
Klinik Yönleriyle Topografik Anatomi
Authors: Güler KAHRAMAN YILDIRIM Fatma , ÜZEL Mehmet , IRMAK DOĞANCI Özge , Ertaş Ahmet , İhsan Soyluoğlu Ali , Derya Ertem Ayşe , Tanyeli Ercan , Selman Demirci Mehmet , Yıldırım Mehmet , Özkuş Kaya , Alp Taştan Ömer , Marur Tania , Zeki Yıldız Yusuf , Adıgüzel Şahin Zennure
Published: March 2024

Topografik anatomi, insan vücudunu bölgeler halinde inceler. Bu sayede belli bir bölgede yer alan organlar, damarlar, sinirler, lenf yapıları ve diğer tüm komşu yapılar birlikte ele alınır. Bölgelerdeki yapılar yüzeyden derine yerleşimleri ile incelenir. Hekimlik pratiğinde tanıya gitmede ve uygun tedaviyi uygulamada insan bedenine bütünsel yaklaşım esastır. Bu kitap ile amacımız Tıp fakültesi öğrencilerine ders notu temelli klinikle bağlantılı topografik anatomi bilgisi sunmaktır. ‘Klinik Yönleri ile Topografik Anatomi Kitabı’ İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi’nde bünyesinde 13 yazardan oluşan bir ekip ile hazırlanmıştır. Kitapta 9 bölüm halinde ders anlatım sırasına uyacak şekilde üst ekstremite, alt ekstremite, sırt, baş, boyun, göğüs, karın, pelvis, perine bölgeleri işlenmiştir. Bölüm akışında genel bilgiler verildikten sonra klinik bilgilere yer verilmiştir
Boyun (Collum, Cervix)
Authors: Marur Tania
Published: March 2024

Boyun vücudumuzun baş ve gövde arasında yer alan bölümü olup endokrin sistem, solunum sistemi ve sindirim sistemine ait organları içerir. Bu bölümde boyunda yer alan organlar, boyundan geçen nörovasküler yapılar ve boyun fasyaları topografik komşuluklarına göre ele alınmıştır. Boyundaki bölgeler ve üçgenler belirtilerek, içerdikleri organ ve yapılar klinik anatomi çerçevesinde ele alınmıştır
Türkiye’de Yüz Yıllık Süreçte (1923-2023) Tarih Pedagojisindeki Değişim ve Süreklilik
Authors: Akbaba Bülent
Published: March 2024

Cumhuriyetin ilanıyla birlikte oluşturulmaya çalışılan millî kimliğin ve yeni vatandaş profilinin oluşturulmasında tarih eğitimine özel bir misyon belirlenmiştir. 2023 yılında yüzüncü yılını kutlayan Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nde tarih pedagojisine yüklenen misyon ve tarih pedagojisi üzerinden ortaya konulmaya çalışılan vizyon zamanla değişmekle birlikte bazı durumlar süreklilik göstermektedir. Tarih pedagojisinde 1924’ten günümüze bir asırdır devam eden sorunların başında, içeriğin yoğunluğuna rağmen ders saatlerinin yetersizliği, öğrencilerde tarih bilincinin geliştirilememesi ve tarih derslerine yönelik olumsuz tutumların oluşması öne çıkmaktadır. Tarih pedagojisinde yüz yıldır süregelen önemli diğer bir sorun, öğretmenlerin tarih derslerinde öğrencileri araştırmaya teşvik etmemesi, içeriğin tamamını düz anlatım, soru-cevap gibi en geleneksel öğretim yöntemleriyle aktarmaya çalışmasıdır. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin yüz yıllık tarihinde tarih pedagojisinin temel tartışma konularından biri tarih konularının ‘etnosantrik’ bir bakış açısıyla ele alınması meselesidir. Tarihsel süreç içerisinde bu durumun geçmişten günümüze milliyetçi bir perspektiften farklı bakış açılarını yansıtacak daha objektif bir bakış açısına doğru evrildiği görülmektedir. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarih pedagojisinde 1923-2007 yılları arasındaki dönemde ağırlıklı olarak bilgi aktarımına odaklanan bir öğrenme-öğretme sürecinin hâkim olduğu görülmektedir. Bunun sonucunda Cumhuriyet pedagoji tarihinin en radikal reformlarından biri gerçekleşmiştir. Türkiye’de bilgi aktarımı odaklı tarih pedagojisinden beceri odaklı tarih pedagojisine doğru bir evrim olduğu görülmektedir. Ülkemizde tarih pedagojisi açısından umut verici olan bu durum, yaklaşık 50 yıldır modern dünyada tarih pedagojisinde öne çıkan temel anlayışın özünü oluşturmaktadır.
Cumhuriyetin 100. Yılında “Tarih Ders Kitapları”
Authors: Yıldırım Tercan
Published: March 2024

Yüzyıllık süreçte tarih ders kitaplarındaki değişim ve dönüşümleri anlayabilmek için çeşitli dönemleştirmeler yaparak etkili olan tarih anlayışlarına odaklanmak gerekmektedir. Bu çalışma kapsamında Cumhuriyet’in ilk yıllarından Türk Tarih Tezi’nin hâkim olduğu 1930’lu yılara kadar geçen dönem geçiş süreci olarak adlandırılmıştır. Bu ilk dönemde II. Meşrutiyet sonrası hâkim olan Avrupa merkezci ve Aydınlanmacı tarih anlayışının devam ettiği gözlenir. 1931 yılı itibariyle Türk Tarih Tezi dönemi başlamış ve 1942 yılındaki Hümanist ders kitaplarına kadar devam etmiştir. Bu dönem tarih ders kitaplarının Türklerin medeniyet yayıcı bir ırk olduğu kanıtlamak için yazıldığı söylenebilir. Hümanist Tarih Anlayışı ise Anadolu medeniyetleri tarihi üzerine kurulmuş ve evrensel bir kültür anlayışına ulaşmak amaçlanmıştır. 1976’dan itibaren geçmiş tarih ve kültür anlayışlarına biriken tepkiler Türk-İslam Sentezi döneminin başlamasına sebep olmuştur. Bu dönemde İslamiyet Türk kimliğini belirleyen ana unsur olarak görülmüştür. 1980 sonrasında bu senteze Atatürk milliyetçiliği eklenmiş ve uzun dönem bu ikili anlayış etkili olmuştur. 1990’lı yıllarda Sovyetler Birliği’nin dağılması sonucu “Dış Türkler” konusu tarih öğretimini yeniden şekillendirmiştir. 2007 sonrasında her ne kadar beceri temelli bir tarih anlayışı getirilse de örtülü de olarak milli kimlik inşasına dönük tarih ders kitaplarının devam ettiği görülür. Bu yıllarda Osmanlı tarihi konularının büyük ağırlık kazandığı gözlenmekte 2017 sonrasında ise bu durum zirve noktasına ulaşmaktadır
Cumhuriyetin Yüz Yıllık Eğitim Politikalarının Görünümü
Authors: Meşeci-Giorgetti Filiz
Published: March 2024

Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin yüz yıllık (1923-2023) eğitim politikalarını; eğitim yönetimi, finansmanı, pedagojisi, öğretmeni açısından değerlendirmektir. Yüz yıllık süreç üç döneme ayrılarak incelenmiştir. İki Dünya Savaşı Arasındaki Dönemde (1923-1945) eğitim politikalarının şekillenmesinde Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ve Maarif Vekaleti önemli rol oynamıştır. Eğitim kamusal bir mal olarak görülmüş, devlet tarafından finanse edilmiştir. Eğitim sistemi merkezi şekilde yapılandırılmıştır. Milli, çağdaş ve üretken birey yetiştirmek hedeflenmi, müfredata toplu tedris ve iş okulu gibi çağdaş pedagojik anlayışlar yerleştirilmiş. Bu dönemde öğretmenler toplumu kurtarıcı bir misyon yüklenmişler, devlet yönetimiyle beraber hareket etmişlerdir. Soğuk Savaş Döneminde (1945-1990) Türk eğitimi ABD’nin kültür politikalarının etkisinde kalmıştır. OECD ve Avrupa Birliği rehberliğinde planlı kalkınma dönemine geçilmiştir. Eğitim sistemi merkezi yapısını korumuştur. İlkokul eğitimi yeterli düzeyde yaygınlaştırılamamış, eğitim büyük oranda devlet tarafından finanse edilmiştir. Kalkınma planlarından belirlendiği şekilde teknik eleman ve türdeş gruplar eğitimi ön plana çıkmıştır. Ölçme, program geliştirme, rehberlik gibi eğitim alanları Türkiye’de uygulanmaya başlanmıştır. Öğretmenler sendikalaşma hakkı elde etmiş, kendilerini işçi sınıfı içinde tanımlamıştır. Çok Kutuplu Yeni Dünya Düzeninin yaşandığı 1990 sonrasında Türk eğitim politikaları küresel yapılardan etkilenmiştir. Küyerel insan tipi ön plana çıkmaktadır. Dünya Bankası, Avrupa Birliği, OECD politika ve finans destekleri, karşılaştırmalı eğitim raporları ile eğitimin yönünü belirlemektedir. Büyük ve merkezi eğitim sistemine sahip Türkiye, okulu güçlendirmeye çalışmaktadır. Devlet yanında bireylerin de eğitim harcamaları artmıştır. Öğretmen ise öğrenciyi merkezi sınavlara hazırlayan teknikere evrilmiştir
Yaşam Sonu Kararı: Ötenazi İncelemeleri
Authors: Burcu Bolat Gizem , Artan Taner
Published: March 2024

Bu kitapta ötenazi çeşitli boyutlarıyla ele alınmıştır. Kitapta; ötenazinin kavramsal kökeni, tarihsel gelişimi, çeşitli türleri ve uygulama yöntemleri, medyadaki yansımaları, hakkındaki eleştirel ve olumlu görüşlerin çatışması, farklı disiplinlerin ötenaziye bakış açıları ve sosyal hizmet pratiğindeki konumu çok yönlü bir çerçevede incelenmiştir. Kitapta ötenazi konusu, toplumsal boyutlarıyla etik, hukuk ve insan hakları perspektiflerinden de değerlendirilerek okuyuculara derinlemesine düşünme ve tartışma imkânı sunmak amaçlanmıştır.