Contains up-to-date research and literature in the area, covering the entire spectrum of educational institutions.

Suitable for anyone coming to the subject of disability studies, this book tackles a wide range of issues in numerous succinct chapters written by contributing authors, many of whom are disabled themselves.

Bringing together a range of expert voices to tackle the essential topics relevant to the study of disability from a social perspective, this interdisciplinary introduction includes over 50 chapters relevant across health and social care.

Explaining the techniques and applications of exponential random graph modeling (ERGM) for social scientists, this is a uniquely sophisticated volume for examining social systems.

Law Enforcement Ethics is at the forefront of engaging in the conversation about the future of law enforcement ethics, while examining many of the classic, enduring challenges posed by the profession itself.

What Successful Math Teachers Do is a powerful portal to what the best research looks like in practice, strategy by strategy-now aligned to both the Common Core and the NCTM Standards.

For the calculus-based General Physics course primarily taken by engineers and science majors (including physics majors). This long-awaited and extensive revision maintains Giancoli's reputation for creating carefully crafted, highly accurate and precise physics texts. Physics for Scientists and Engineers combines outstanding pedagogy with a clear and direct narrative and applications that draw the student into the physics.

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Discover a powerful new lens for viewing the world with fascinating implications for our companies, economies, societies, and planet as a whole.

What causes one system to break down and another to rebound? Are we merely subject to the whim of forces beyond our control? Or, in the face of constant disruption, can we build better shock absorbersfor ourselves, our communities, our economies, and for the planet as a whole?

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An invaluable guide to a variety of core research concepts in both political science and international relations. Each entry is consistently structured and cross-relates entries, it contains examples and can be used across an entire degree.

Updated edition of this popular student exploration of the effects of media on young people. Discusses the latest research on such issues as advertising, violence, video games, sexuality, drugs, body image and eating disorders, music, and the Internet.