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Multiprofessionelle Zusammenarbeit im Handschriftunterricht
Authors: Sägesser Judith , Schluchter Thierry , Eckhart Michael
Published: February 2025

Im Rahmen des Nationalfondsprojekts «Settings der Förderung der Grafomotorik» (grafset) wurde in einer breit angelegten Interventionsstudie unter anderem die multiprofessionelle Zusammenarbeit zwischen Psychomotoriktherapeut:innen und Lehrpersonen untersucht. Im vorliegenden Beitrag stehen deren Einschätzungen bezüglich der Zusammenarbeit und der Belastung in unterschiedlichen Fördersettings (separativ/integrativ/inklusiv) im Zentrum. Die Ergebnisse zeigen einen deutlichen Vorteil für das inklusive Setting bei gleichbleibender Belastung für die Lehrpersonen und die Psychomotoriktherapeut:innen.
Domestic workers and access to labour and social protection: the case of North Macedonia
Authors: Mitev Maja Gerovska
Published: February 2025

According to the 2023 Labour Force Survey there are around 4800 domestic workers in North Macedonia (i.e. about 0.8% of all workers). Two thirds are employees and, among those, the vast majority (more than 80%) have a permanent contract. Domestic work is recognised under labour legislation although there is a lack of precise legal provisions specifying normative rights. However, domestic workers without employment contracts do not benefit from rights under the Law on Labour Relations, while their social protection is even less explicit as none of the associated legislation in this sector specifically targets domestic work. The way forward for improving social protection and labour rights for domestic workers in North Macedonia should include: (a) expanding the legal definition of workers to include workers who do not have an employment contract but are in a real employment relationship; (b) including domestic workers in the Law on Employment and Unemployment Insurance; and (c) including domestic workers as the eligible and targeted beneficiaries of active labour market programmes and measures.
Populist narratives and affective polarisation: analysing the motivations of incumbent voters in Türkiye’s 2023 presidential elections
Authors: Büyükbay Can
Published: February 2025

This study investigates the motivations underpinning support for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Türkiye’s 2023 presidential elections (14 and 28 May) and explores voter perceptions of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, put up in that election as the candidate of the opposition, and of the opposition at large. The findings indicate that participant narratives closely mirror the rhetoric promoted by Erdoğan and the pro-government media, suggesting alignment between the sentiments expressed by Erdoğan supporters and state-led discourse. Through a theoretical lens incor­ porating populist and charismatic leadership, affective leader polarisation and negative partisanship, the research highlights how these frameworks structure the expression of voter preference. A thematic analysis of semi-structured, indepth interviews with 24 participants from diverse regions in Türkiye who identify as Erdoğan supporters reveals the centrality of their emotional and ideological identification with him, while populism and security concerns are emphasised as key drivers of voter loyalty amidst continuing economic and social challenges.
Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China
Authors: Hua Hsieh Bao
Published: February 2025

In the long course of late imperial Chinese history, servants and concubines formed a vast social stratum in the hinterland along the Grand Canal, particularly in urban areas. Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China is a survey of the institutions and practice of concubinage and servitude in both the general populace and the imperial palace, with a focus on the examination of Ming-Qing political and socioeconomic history through the lives of this particular group of distinct yet associated individuals. The persistent theme of the book is how concubines, appointed by patriarchal polygamy, and servants, laboring under the master-servants hierarchy, experienced interactions and mobility within each institution and in associating with the other. While reviewing how ritual and law treated concubines and servants as patriarchal possessions, the author explores the perspectives available for individualconcubines and servants and the limitations in their daily circumstances, searching for their “positional powers” and “privilege of the inferiors” in the context of Chinese culture during the Ming-Qing time period.

For a list of the book's tables and their sources, please see: http://www.wou.edu/wp/hsiehb/
Function-Based Spatiality and the Development of Korean Communities in Japan
Authors: Rands David
Published: February 2025

Function-Based Spatiality and the Development of Korean Communities in Japan utilizes the theoretical model of complex adaptive systems and introduces the concept of function-based spatiality to investigate the roles of the urban environments of Tokyo and Osaka in the development of Korean communities in Japan. Analysis of distinct Korean communities allows for the examination of urban factors of each city which contributed to the patterns of Korean immigration and community formation. By utilizing a comparative narrative of the two cities, distinctions between the organic growth of Osaka and the planned city of Tokyo are illuminated. Additionally, the discussion utilizes the concept of function-based spatiality to show how each city interacted with its surrounding regional, national, and global spheres. The functions of Tokyo, as a gateway to Western modernization and center of the Japanese state, shaped the interactions with Korean immigrants. Likewise, Osaka’s functions as a center of mercantilism and second city played a large role in how Koreans were incorporated into the urban ethnoscapes. Taken together, these two examples provide insight to the dynamics of urban systems on the development of immigrant communities.
Mapping and Charting in Early Modern England and France
Authors: Petto Christine
Published: February 2025

Mapping and Charting for the Lion and the Lily: Map and Atlas Production in Early Modern England and France is a comparative study of the production and role of maps, charts, and atlases in early modern England and France, with a particular focus on Paris, the cartographic center of production from the late seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century, and London, which began to emerge (in the late eighteenth century) to eclipse the once favored Bourbon center. The themes that carry through the work address the role of government in map and chart making. In France, in particular, it is the importance of the centralized government and its support for geographic works and their makers through a broad and deep institutional infrastructure. Prior to the late eighteenth century in England, there was no central controlling agency or institution for map, chart, or atlas production, and any official power was imposed through the market rather than through the establishment of institutions. There was no centralized support for the cartographic enterprise and any effort by the crown was often challenged by the power of Parliament which saw little value in fostering or supporting scholar-geographers or a national survey.

This book begins with an investigation of the imagery of power on map and atlas frontispieces from the late sixteenth century to the seventeenth century. In the succeeding chapters the focus moves from county and regional mapping efforts in England and France to the “paper wars” over encroachment in their respective colonial interests. The final study looks at charting efforts and highlights the role of government support and the commercial trade in the development of maritime charts not only for the home waters of the English Channel, but the distant and dangerous seas of the East Indies.
Recognizing Justice for Citizens with Cognitive Disabilities
Authors: Warren Kacey Brooke
Published: February 2025

Although undeniably subject to the coercive political institutions of a liberal state, citizens with cognitive disabilities have frequently and without justification been denied political equality and political liberty. Rather than opposing this treatment, philosophers have tacitly condoned it, often by silence, and other times by explicitly neglecting the concerns for justice that these citizens have. In Recognizing Justice for Citizens with Cognitive Disabilities, Kacey Brooke Warren searches for a theory of justice that can adequately address these concerns. Students and scholars of philosophy, political theory, and disability studies will benefit from Warren’s discussion of four of the most influential contemporary theories of justice and her analysis of which of the four is most promising for extending political equality and political liberty to citizens with cognitive disabilities.
Colombia and World War I
Authors: Rausch Jane M.
Published: February 2025

In the horrific conflict of 1914–1918 known first as “The Great War” and later as World War I, Latin American nations were peripheral players. Only after the U.S. entered the fighting in 1917 did eight of the twenty republics declare war. Five others broke diplomatic relations with Germany, while seven maintained strict neutrality. These diplomatic stances, even those of the two actual belligerents—Brazil and Cuba—did little to tip the balance of victory in favor of the allies, and perhaps that explains why historians have paid scant attention to events in Latin America related to the war. Nevertheless, it is still remarkable that Percy Alvin Martin’s classic account, Latin American and the War, first published in 1925, remains the standard text on the topic.

This book attempts to redress this gap by taking a fresh look at developments between 1914 and 1921 in one of the neutral nations—Colombia. This period, which coincides with the presidency of José Vicente Concha (1914–1918) and his successor, Marco Fidel Suárez (1918–1921), is filled with momentous developments not only in foreign policy, when Colombian diplomats pressured by German, British and U.S. propaganda struggled to maintain strict neutrality, but also on the domestic scene as the newly installed Conservative regime faced political and economic crises that sparked numerous and violent protests. Rausch's examination of the administrations of Concha and Suárez supports Martin’s assertion that even those countries neutral in the Great War were not immune from its effects.
Alva and Gunnar Myrdal
Authors: Thomas Etzemüller Thomas Etzemüller
Published: February 2025

As two of the leading social scientists of the twentieth century, Alva and Gunnar Myrdal tried to establish a harmonious, “organic” Gemeinschaft [community] in order to fight an assumed disintegration of modern society. By means of functionalist architecture and by educating “sensible” citizens, disciplining bodies, and reorganizing social relationships they attempted to intervene in the lives of ordinary men. The paradox of this task was to modernize society in order to defend it against an “ambivalent modernity.” This combination of Weltanschauung [world view], social science, and technical devices became known as social engineering.

The Myrdals started in the early 1930s with Sweden, and then chose the world as their working field. In 1938, Gunnar Myrdal was asked to solve the “negro problem” in the United States, and, in the 1970s, Alva Myrdal campaigned for the world's super powers to abolish all of their nuclear weapons. The Myrdals successfully established their own "modern American" marriage as a media image and role model for reform. Far from perfect, their marriage was disrupted by numerous conflicts, mirrored in thousands of private letters. This marital conflict propelled their urge for social reform by exposing the need for the elimination of irrational conflicts from everyday life. A just society, according to the Myrdals, would merge social expertise with everyday life, and ordinary men with the intellectually elite.

Thomas Etzemüller's study of these two figures brings to light the roots of modern social engineering, providing insight for today's sociologists, historians, and political scholars.
Nietzsche, Tension, and the Tragic Disposition
Authors: Tones Matthew
Published: February 2025

Nietzsche, Tension, and the Tragic Disposition exposes the role of tension in Nietzsche’s recovery, in his mature thought, of the Greek tragic disposition. Matthew Tones examines the ontological structure of the tragic disposition presented in Nietzsche's earliest work on the Greeks and then explores its presence in points of tension in the more mature concerns with nobility. In pursuing this ontological foundation, Tones builds upon the centrality of a naturalist argument derived from the influence of the pre-Platonic Greeks. He examines the ontological aspect of the tragic disposition, identified in Nietzsche’s earliest interpretations of Greek phusis and in the inherent tensions of the chthonic present in this hylemorphic foundation, to demonstrate the importance of tension to Nietzsche’s recovery of a new nobility. By bringing to light the functional importance of tension in the ontological for the Greeks, the book identifies varying points of tension present in different aspects of Nietzsche’s later work. Once these aspects are elaborated, the evolving influence of tension is shown to play a central role in the re-emergence of the noble who possesses the tragic disposition.

With solid argumentation linking Nietzsche with the pre-Platonic Greek tradition, Nietzsche, Tension, and the Tragic Disposition brings new insights to studies of metaphysics, ontology, naturalism, and German, continental, and Greek philosophies.
Revitalizing Governance, Restoring Prosperity, and Restructuring Foreign Affairs
Authors: Fry Earl H.
Published: February 2025

The American people generally perceive that the United States is headed in “the wrong direction,” US influence worldwide is waning, Capitol Hill is not adequately representing the public’s interests, and their personal economic wellbeing is in jeopardy.

This book squarely tackles the list of “fault lines” currently facing the United States, including, among others, Beltway dysfunctionalism, concentrated wealth and income not seen since the late 1920s, an ultra-expensive and inefficient health-care system, runaway entitlement spending, stagnant upward mobility, debilitating “crony capitalism,” and incoherent foreign policy. Even more importantly, the book offers explicit policy recommendations for solving each fault line, relying extensively on “best practices” in the public and private sectors both at home and abroad.

Moreover, the author emphasizes that the United States is entering a special period which provides it with advantages not found anywhere else in the world—a major energy boom, favorable demographics, unparalleled high-technology innovation, huge inward investment flows from abroad, the revival of its manufacturing sector, and its magnetism in attracting to its shores the very best and brightest from around the world.

Dr. Fry asserts that it is quite reasonable to assume that the United States will enter a “Renaissance America” period by 2030. Doing so, however, will require painful short-term sacrifices, major policy changes, and the restoration of vibrant representative government. In effect, the American people must overwhelmingly embrace Abraham Lincoln’s vision of governance “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
The Paraguayan Harp
Authors: Colman Alfredo
Published: February 2025

How did a music instrument transplated to South America by colonial Jesuit missionaries earn the official designation as Paraguay's cultural national symbol? This ethnomusicological and organological study of the Paraguayan diatonic harp in the twentieth century tells its story as an emblematic national musical instrument.

First used liturgically by Jesuit missions in colonial times, the transplanted European diatonic harp was transformed and adopted into the folk music vocabulary of Paraguay and the Río de la Plata region. Following the commercial success of Paraguayan harpist Félix Pérez Cardozo in the 1930s in Argentina, the instrument's symbolic value as an icon of social, cultural, and national identity was articulated in local traditions such as popular folk music festivals. It received designation of arpa paraguaya (Paraguayan harp) and, in 2010, official recognition as simbolo de la cultura nacional (cultural national symbol).

The author's fieldwork in Paraguay and continuous contact with composers, educators, festival organizers, harp performers, researchers, and festival organizers have provided unique insights into the development of the Paraguayan harp tradition as a cultural icon of the nation.
Popular Religion in Southeast Asia
Authors: Winzeler Robert L.
Published: February 2025

In this overview of popular religion in Southeast Asia, Robert L. Winzeler offers an interpretative look at the nature of today’s indigenous religious traditions as well as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity and conversion. He focuses not on religion as it exists in books, doctrine, theology, and among elites and dominant institutions but rather in the lives, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people.

Popular Religion in Southeast Asia employs a broad view of religion as involving not just the usual Western notions of faith but also supernatural belief in general, magic, sorcery, and practical concerns such as healing, personal protection, and success in business. Case studies and concrete examples flesh out the discussion, demonstrating how popular religion relates to historical and contemporary social, cultural, political, and economic developments in the region.
Historical Dictionary of African American Television
Authors: Fearn-Banks Kathleen , Burford-Johnson Anne
Published: February 2025

From Amos 'n' Andy to The Jeffersons to Family Matters to Chappelle's Show, this volume has all different genres—animation, documentaries, sitcoms, sports, talk shows, and variety shows—and performers such as Muhammad Ali, Louis Armstrong, Bill Cosby, and Oprah Winfrey. Additionally, information can be found on general issues ranging from African American audiences and stereotypes through the related networks and organizations.

This second edition covers the history of African Americans on television from the beginning of national television through the present day including:

chronology

introductory essay

appendixes

bibliography

over 1000 cross-referenced entries on actors, performers, producers, directors, news and sports journalists

entries on series, specials and movies relevant to African American themes and African American casts

This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of African-Americans and their impact on television.
Sámi Musical Performance and the Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe
Authors: Hilder Thomas
Published: February 2025

The Sámi are Europe’s only recognized indigenous people living across regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Kola peninsula. The subjects of a history of Christianization, land dispossession, and cultural assimilation, the Sámi have through their self-organization since World War II worked towards Sámi political self-determination across the Nordic states and helped forge a global indigenous community. Accompanying this process was the emergence of a Sámi music scene, in which the revival of the distinct and formerly suppressed unaccompanied vocal tradition of joik was central. Through joiking with instrumental accompaniment, incorporating joik into forms of popular music, performing on stage and releasing recordings, Sámi musicians have played a key role in articulating a Sámi identity, strengthening Sámi languages, and reviving a nature-based cosmology.

Thomas Hilder offers the first book-length study of this diverse and dynamic music scene and its intersection with the politics of indigeneity. Based on extensive ethnographic research, Hilder provides portraits of numerous Sámi musicians, studies the significance of Sámi festivals, analyzes the emergence of a Sámi recording industry, and examines musical projects and cultural institutions that have sought to strengthen the transmission of Sámi music. Through his engaging narrative, Hilder discusses a wide range of issues—revival, sovereignty, time, environment, repatriation and cosmopolitanism—to highlight the myriad ways in which Sámi musical performance helps shape notions of national belonging, transnational activism, and processes of democracy in the Nordic peninsula.

Sámi Musical Performance and the Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe will not only appeal to enthusiasts of Nordic music, but, by drawing on current interdisciplinary debates, will also speak to a wider audience interested in the interplay of music and politics. Unearthing the challenges, contradictions and potentials presented by international indigenous politics, Hilder demonstrates the significance of this unique musical scene for the wider cultural and political transformations in twenty-first-century Europe and global modernity.
100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own
Authors: Komara Edward , Johnson Greg
Published: February 2025

Search the Internet for the 100 best songs or best albums. Dozens of lists will appear from aficionados to major music personalities. But what if you not only love listening to the blues or country music or jazz or rock, you love reading about it, too. How do you separate what matters from what doesn’t among the hundreds—sometimes thousands—of books on the music you so love? In the Best Music Books series, readers finally have a quick-and-ready list of the most important works published on modern major music genres by leading experts.

In 100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own, Edward Komara, former Blues Archivist of the University of Mississippi, and his successor Greg Johnson select those histories, biographies, surveys, transcriptions and studies from the many hundreds of works that have been published about this vital American musical genre.

Komara and Johnson provide a short description of the contents and the achievement of each title selected for their “Blues 100.” Entries include full bibliographic citations, prices of copies in print, and even descriptions of specific editions for book collectors. 100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own also includes suggested blues recordings to accompany each recommended work, as well as a concluding section on key reference titles—or as Komara and Johnson phrase it: “The Books behind the Blues 100.”

100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own serves as a guide for any blues fan looking for a road map through the history of—and even history of the scholarship on—the blues. Here Komara and Johnson answer the question of not only what is a “blues” book, but which ones are worth owning.
Generation Unbound
Authors: Sawhill Isabel V.
Published: February 2025

Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage.

In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change "drifters" into "planners." In a well-written and accessible survey of the impact of family structure on child well-being, Sawhill contrasts "planners," who are delaying parenthood until after they marry, with "drifters," who are having unplanned children early and outside of marriage. These two distinct patterns are contributing to an emerging class divide and threatening social mobility in the United States.

Sawhill draws on insights from the new field of behavioral economics, showing that it is possible, by changing the default, to move from a culture that accepts a high number of unplanned pregnancies to a culture in which adults only have children when they are ready to be a parent.
Projecting 9/11
Authors: Bloodsworth-Lugo Mary K. , Lugo-Lugo Carmen R.
Published: February 2025

Projecting 9/11 examines sensibilities and ideologies that arose after September 11, 2001, and how these intersect with issues of race, gender, sexuality, and citizenship in contemporary mainstream films. The authors argue that the social and political project that is “9/11” can be found in most cultural artifacts produced after the date, including film. In essence, Hollywood films project the 9/11 project.

The book analyzes the specific ways in which recent Hollywood films have become both powerful forces of significance and also forceful representations of reality about post-9/11 life. From films that explicitly treat subjects related to 9/11, such as United 93 and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, to films that show post-9/11 themes in less-expected ways, such as Eat, Pray, Love and World War Z, the authors explore tensions around race, gender, and sexuality. The book examines our perceptions of reality after the events of September 11, 2001, as shown by one of the more influential means of cultural representation—Hollywood films.
Balancing the Big Stuff
Authors: Liss Miriam , Schiffrin Holly H.
Published: February 2025

While the current conversation about work-family balance and “having it all” tends to focus on women, both men and women are harmed when conditions make it impossible to balance meaningful work with family life. Yet, both will benefit from re-evaluating what it means to have it all and fighting for changes in their relationships and society to make greater equality possible. Here, Miriam Liss and Holly Hollomon Schiffrin discuss the ways in which we all define “having it all” and how we can obtain it for ourselves through a better evaluation of what we want from ourselves, our families, our jobs, and each other. Determining a 50/50 division of labor around the house may not be the thing that works for everyone. Working from home or not at all may not be the thing to bring us satisfaction, but learning what studies show and how to feel balanced and make those decisions to bring balance is crucial.

The authors argue that people can find balance in their roles by doing things in moderation. Although being engaged in both parenting and work is good for well-being, people can avoid the pitfalls of over-parenting and over-working. They show that balance can come from a meaningful consideration of what happiness and contentedness mean to us as individuals, and how best to achieve our goals within the limitations of our current circumstances. They illustrate that balance is not simply an individual problem. Social issues such as the lack of parental leave, flexible work schedules, and affordable, high quality child care make balance difficult. With attention now on the issue, they argue that it’s time men and women advocate for better services and better opportunities to achieve balance, happiness, and success in all their roles.
The Truth about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Authors: Gambaro Jill
Published: February 2025

It can start in any number of ways: A legal secretary notices a strange buzzing in her palm. It soon spreads to a fiery ache across her entire upper body. Within a few months, she becomes totally disabled. Trapped in the medical and legal systems without any answers, she desperately attempts to regain her health and her livelihood.

Fifteen percent of Americans suffer from pain associated with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, but only 5 percent ever receive that diagnosis. Medical science does not agree on what causes it or even if it exists. Technology has caused incidents to skyrocket, making nearly everyone susceptible—even teenagers and children. It is the number one occupational illness in the United States, and the most common cause of physical disability in the world, costing approximately $850 billion a year in this country alone.

The Truth About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a compelling patient account of this controversial injury. Using layman’s terms, the book describes why it’s so difficult to treat, how the author learned to manage hers, and how the medical and legal systems work in conflict to those suffering such injuries. Offering hope to sufferers and their loved ones, this book captures the reality of carpal tunnel syndrome and suggests ways for dealing not just with the injury but with the systems in place to deal with the losses associated with carpal tunnel syndrome.
Portland
Authors: Arndt Anderson Heather
Published: February 2025

The infant city called The Clearing was a bald patch amid a stuttering wood. The Clearing was no booming metropolis; no destination for gastrotourists; no career-changer for ardent chefs — just awkward, palsied steps toward Victorian gentility. In the decades before the remaining trees were scraped from the landscape, Portland’s wood was still a verdant breadbasket, overflowing with huckleberries and chanterelles, venison leaping on cloven hoof. Today, Portland is seen as a quaint village populated by trust fund wunderkinds who run food carts each serving something more precious than the last. But Portland’s culinary history actually tells a different story: the tales of the salmon-people, the pioneers and immigrants, each struggling to make this strange but inviting land between the Pacific and the Cascades feel like home.

The foods that many people associate with Portland are derived from and defined by its history: salmon, berries, hazelnuts and beer. But Portland is more than its ingredients. Portland is an eater’s paradise and a cook’s playground. Portland is a gustatory wonderland. Full of wry humor and captivating anecdotes, Portland: A Food Biography chronicles the Rose City’s rise from a muddy Wild West village full of fur traders, lumberjacks and ne’er-do-wells, to a progressive, bustling town of merchants, brewers and oyster parlors, to the critical darling of the national food scene. Heather Arndt Anderson brings to life in lively prose the culinary landscape of Portland, then and now.
The Costs of Corruption
Authors: Hameed Sadika
Published: February 2025

Corruption remains a priority area for both the private sector and development implementers. However, there is no consensus on actionable steps toward addressing it on a global level. This issue is especially important in the context of international trade and development as the private sector plays an increasing role in development outcomes. Moreover, countries with the weakest governance structures tend to be those that most need economic development. This report reviews the literature surrounding corruption; identifies the opportunity costs of corruption; and posits actionable steps for the private sector to effectively address corruption worldwide, as well as ways for private-sector actors to work with governments to achieve this goal.
Historical Dictionary of the Welfare State
Authors: Greve Bent
Published: February 2025

Definitions of the welfare state often focus on how and why a state intervenes in the economy and welfare of the individual citizen. A welfare state does not, however, have to mean state intervention; it may merely reflect the state’s restrictions and the demands of the labor market, families, and the rest of civil society. This book covers the history of the welfare state from Chancellor Otto von Bismarck’s reforms in Germany starting in 1883 to the present day.

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of the Welfare State covers the history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 hundred cross-referenced entries that focus on the definitions and concepts that are the most relevant, long lasting, and important concepts. It provides insights from major areas in social science, including sociology, economics, political science, and social work. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the welfare state.
The Crisis of Classical Music in America
Authors: Freeman Robert
Published: February 2025

The Crisis of Classical Music in America by Robert Freeman focuses on solutions for the oversupply of classically trained musicians in America, problem that grows ever more chronic as opportunities for classical musicians to gain full-time professional employment diminishes year upon year. An acute observer of the professional music scene, Freeman argues that music schools that train our future instrumentalists, composers, conductors, and singers need to equip their students with the communications and analytical skills they need to succeed in the rapidly changing music scene. This book maps a broad range of reforms required in the field of advanced music education and the organizations responsible for that education.

Featuring a foreword by Leonard Slatkin, music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Crisis of Classical Music in America speaks to parents, prospective and current music students, music teachers and professors, department deans, university presidents and provosts, and even foundations and public organizations that fund such music programs. This book reaches out to all of these stakeholders and argues for meaningful change though wide-spread collaboration.
Music Theory Secrets
Authors: Coppenbarger Brent
Published: February 2025

Modeled on the brilliant approach first formulated by distinguished professor of music and master clarinetist Michele Gingras in Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets (both available from Rowman and Littlefield), Music Secrets is designed for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, and other instructors and professionals seeking a quick set of pointers to improve their work as performers and producers of music. Easy to use, contributions to the Music Secrets series fill a niche for those who need quick and easy methods for learning what they need—from those just starting to the advanced musician in need of a refresher or new insights.

Rhythms, melodies, and harmonies are the building blocks of music. In Music Theory Secrets: 94 Strategies for the Starting Musician, Brent Coppenbarger offers a full range of methods to help musicians, not only grasp, but remember those key elements upon which the music they play is built: pitch, rhythm, scales, key signatures, and harmony. With over eighteen years of experience teaching music theory, Coppenbarger offers the various teaching and memory strategies he has designed to help musicians understand and retain what they need to know.

Coppenbarger covers critical information on how to determine pitch, the use of meter, and how to count rhythms in simple and compound meter; explains major scales and major key signatures, as well as minor scales and minor key signatures; surveys other types of scales (such as those used in jazz) and explains how modes work; presents necessary data on scale degree names and intervals; covers triads and various types of chords; touches upon Roman numeral analysis, inversions, and figured bass; presents non-chord tones and discusses solfege singing, including several pages of sight singing using various clefs and keys (strongly recommended for instrumentalists for practicing transpositions for the appropriate clef and range) demonstrates the different techniques musicians can use for transposing keys; and finally discusses more advanced concepts such as part-writing rules, the use of sequences, and form.

Music Theory Secrets: 94 Strategies for the Starting Musician is an indispensable resource for instrumental teachers wishing to incorporate music theory into lessons, classroom teachers, high school and college students, amateur musicians, those wanting to learn to read music, home-schooled students, and college bound music students.
The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals
Authors: Dietz Dan
Published: February 2025

The Broadway musical came of age in the 1950s, a period in which some of the greatest productions made their debuts. Shows produced on Broadway during this decade include such classics as Damn Yankees, Fiorello!, Guys and Dolls, The King and I, Kismet, The Most Happy Fella, My Fair Lady, The Pajama Game, Peter Pan, The Sound of Music, and West Side Story. Among the performers who made their marks were Julie Andrews, Bob Fosse, Carol Lawrence, and Gwen Verdon, while other talents who contributed to shows include Leonard Bernstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Jerome Robbins, Richard Rodgers, and Stephen Sondheim.

In The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines in detail every musical and revue which opened on Broadway during the 1950s. In addition to providing details on every hit and flop that debuted during the decade, this book includes revivals, and one-man and one-woman shows.

Each entry contains the following information:

Opening and closing dates

Plot summary

Cast members

Number of performances

Names of all important personnel including writers, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and musical directors

Musical numbers and the names of performers who introduced the songs

Production data, including information about tryouts

Source material

Critical commentary

Tony awards and nominations

Details about London and other foreign productions

Besides separate entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendices, such as a discography, film and television versions, published scripts, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and lists of productions by the New York City Center Light Opera Company, and the New York City Opera Company.

A treasure trove of information, The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals provides readers with a complete view of each show. This significant resource will be of use to scholars, historians, and casual fans of one of the greatest decades in musical theatre history.
Die Stiefkindadoption de lege lata et de lege ferenda
Authors: Sagir Semra
Published: February 2025

The subject of the dissertation is stepchild adoption, which is becoming increasingly popular. After a historical examination, it takes a comprehensive look at stepchild adoption from a legal and social perspective for all constellations that occur in practice (in particular also in the case of using a surrogate mother or sperm donation) as well as its opportunities and challenges for the law. In addition to a further examination of the constitutional and international legal framework, the work is dedicated to a comparative analysis of Austrian, Swiss, French and English law. The dissertation concludes with concrete legislative recommendations for a reform of modern adoption law and is intended to make a contribution to this.
Demokratie und Zufall
Authors: Bollmann Florian Max
Published: February 2025

Can the participation of lot-based citizens' assemblies also improve political decisions from a legal perspective? After taking stock of lot-based participation instruments, the democratic legitimacy of the participation of citizens' assemblies within the legislative decision-making process is classified and evaluated from a constitutional perspective, primarily by analyzing the cases of the Federal Constitutional Court. Subsequently, the constitutional concerns and requirements for a meaningful establishment and organization of citizens' assemblies by parliaments are outlined. Finally, guidelines for legal standardization are proposed.
Sosialisasi Pengolahan Tanah untuk Budidaya Tanaman Nanas di Harum Manis
Authors: Andri Andri  , Leony Agustine  , Grin Tommy Panggabean
Published: February 2025

Pineapple plants are one of the leading fruits that have high economic potential in Indonesia, but often pineapple cultivation is not optimal, especially in terms of land management. The implementation of this PKM aims to provide socialization on correct soil processing to pineapple farmers in Harum Manis, Kubu Raya Regency. Pineapple farmers in that location still don't understand how to cultivate the land properly and just plant like that. Moreover, there are many obstacles currently faced by farmers, such as land shortages and extreme climate change. The method used in implementing this PKM is direct socialization followed by questions and answers. The activity went very well as shown by the enthusiasm of the farmers participating in this activity. It is hoped that after this PKM activity is completed, pineapple farmers can carry out proper soil processing to increase optimal pineapple growth and production.
Pemilihan Ikan Segar Berdasarkan Evaluasi Kualitas Sensori: Edukasi Siswa Madrasah Aliyah
Authors: A. Dali Faiza
Published: February 2025

Besides being a primary source of protein, fish play a role in the economy of coastal communities and consumption culture in Indonesia. The main issue that needs to be addressed is the lack of public understanding, especially among students, about choosing fresh and high-quality fish. The public does not have adequate knowledge about the sensory quality of fish, such as texture, smell, and color, which are the main indicators of freshness. As a result, consuming low-quality fish can impact health and reduce the nutritional value received. This activity aims to develop students' ability to identify fresh fish based on sensory quality. The approach was carried out through education using PowerPoint media that presents the material visually and interactively. The material includes the characteristics of fresh fish, the importance of choosing quality fish, and a sensory observation guide. The pre-activity test results indicate that the majority of students have minimal understanding in identifying fresh fish. After the presentation of the material, the results indicated an improvement ranging from 5.0 to 68.42%. Students provided positive feedback on the visualizations used in the presentation. This activity successfully raised students' awareness about the importance of the sensory quality of fresh fish for health and daily life.
Pemanfaatan MATLAB dalam Analisis Turunan Parsial : Visualisasi dan Implementasi Fungsi Multivariat
Authors: Nazwa Pahira Dongoran  , Asri Cahyati Sitorus Pane  , Syabila Amalia Wardani
Published: February 2025

Turunan parsial is one of the fundamental concepts in multivariate calculus that has many applications, such as optimization, data analysis, and mathematical modeling. Understanding theory is often difficult, especially when there is no visual aid. This article discusses the use of MATLAB as a powerful tool for parsial analysis and visualization. Through the use of 3D charting and symbolic computing features, MATLAB facilitates multivariate function analysis. Research on the function f(x,y)=x^2+y^2+xy shows how parsial turunan is observed and visualized in an interactive manner. This article's goal is to encourage the use of MATLAB in long-term math education and research.
Strategi Meningkatkan Layanan Masyarakat dan Penawaran Produk pada PT Pegadaian (Persero) UPC Kapasan Surabaya
Authors: Maslahatul Ummah  , Pregnandia Ladina
Published: February 2025

I nternship is an essential part of the educational process that provides students with the opportunity to gain practical experience in the workplace. This study aims to evaluate the experience gained during the internship at PT. Pegadaian (Persero) UCP Kapasan, which took place from July 8 to November 8, 2024. During the internship period, participants gained insight into the management of Pegadaian’s products, organizational skills, teamwork, as well as communication and customer service. Additionally, the interns gained experience in marketing products and processing customer data. This internship experience helped participants develop interpersonal skills, accuracy, and work discipline. The results of this internship activity provide valuable insights for improving internship programs in the future.
Pendampingan Masyarakat Nagari Batahan Jorong Sawah Mudik dalam Pembangunan Mesjid Taqwa : Perencanaan dan Desain Mesjid
Authors: Mutia Alius  , Barkhia Yunas  , Yuni Purnama Syafri  , Dyla Midya Octavia  , Wiwin Putri Zayu  , Fahma Furqani  , Juli Adevia  , Juwita Wirta Sri Depi  , Rehan Putra Saira  , Muhammad Nabil Riansyah
Published: February 2025

Taqwa Mosque in Jorong Sawah Mudik, Nagari Batahan Utara, Pasaman Barat Regency, plays a significant role as a center for worship, education, and social activities in the community. However, over time, the mosque's condition has become inadequate to meet the growing needs of its congregation. This study aims to redesign and develop the mosque with an earthquake-resistant structural concept using caisson foundations. The methods employed include data collection, spatial needs analysis, structural design using AutoCAD and ETABS applications, and participatory discussion forums with the local community. The result is an optimal mosque design that considers spatial efficiency, accessibility, and sustainability. This study highlights the importance of community involvement in creating a design that is not only functional but also aligned with local values.
Pelatihan Hadrah Al-Banjari untuk Meningkatkan Semangat dalam Kegiatan Rutinan Malam Jum’at Pembacaan Maulid Diba’ di Desa Sladi Kecamatan Kejayan
Authors: Muhammad Bustomy  , Nelud Darajatul Aliyah
Published: February 2025

Albanjari has become an extracurricular that dominates and has quite a lot of enthusiasts, especially in Sladi village, Kejayan subdistrict, Pasuruan regency. Usually mothers use al-banjari as an accompaniment to the routine Friday night reading of Diba's birthday. However, the lack of understanding and skills in innovating rhythm and tone makes al-banjari activities felt less effective. This is because there is no special training accompanied by related parties who have more mastery of the banjari art. So in this case there is a need for al-banjari training to increase the understanding and creativity of mothers in Sladi village, Kejayan District in using al-banjari. Based on the al-banjari training carried out in Sladi Village, Kejayan District during community service activities in 2024, the following results were obtained: a) Increased understanding and skills of mothers in Sladi Village, Kejayan District, Pasuruan Regency in using al-banjari. b) Increased enthusiasm of the mothers in Sladi village, Kejayan District, Pasuruan Regency in the routine Friday night reading of Diba's birthday.
Optimalisasi Pemanfaatan Toga dalam Meningkatkan Kemandirian Kesehatan Masyarakat di Desa Klagensrampat Kabupaten Lamongan
Authors: Fita Fitriatul Wahidah  , Adam Pratama Septian  , Sitti Nur Ilmiah  , Rahmah Arfiyah Ula  , Lilik Erviani  , Merinda Nur Indahsari
Published: February 2025

One of the Lamongan Regency government programs related to family medicinal plants (TOGA) is Asman Toga (Independent Care of Family Medicinal Plants). This program is one of the Lamongan Regency Government's efforts to reduce stunting rates. One of the villages that already has Asman Toga is Klagensrampat Village. The outreach aims to provide knowledge to the public, especially regarding the benefits of plants against types of diseases and how to treat Toga, as well as how to independently process Toga into ready-to-eat medicine (either in the form of drinks, rhizomes or powder). Service activities are carried out in the form of direct outreach to the Klagensrampat Village community. Before and after the socialization was carried out there were pre-tests and post-tests carried out by the participants. Evaluation activities carried out to assess public knowledge about the use of Family Medicinal Plants (TOGA) were carried out with written exams in the form of pre-tests and post-tests. The results of the analysis show that there has been an increase in public knowledge about the benefits of Toga for various minor illnesses.