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  • On the Culture of Harmony

    Where Are Human Beings Headed?

    by Gordon Wang ...
    Human society has experienced the primitive, slavery, feudalistic, and capitalist stages and has witnessed two world wars and numerous regional wars. Humankind currently faces various severe ecological and sociological problems. In On the Culture of Harmony, author Gordon Wang answers the serious and significant question of where human beings are headed in terms of both time and space.Wang ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Identifying and Minimizing Measurement Invariance among Intersectional Groups

    The Alignment Method Applied to Multi-category Items

    by Rachel A. Gordon, Tianxiu Wang, Hai Nguyen, Ariel M. Aloe ...
    Series series Elements in Research Methods for Developmental Science
    This Element demonstrates how and why the alignment method can advance measurement fairness in developmental science. It explains its application to multi-category items in an accessible way, offering sample code and demonstrating an R package that facilitates interpretation of such items' multiple thresholds. It features the implications for group mean differences when differences in the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Assimilation of Yogic Religions through Pop Culture

    by Paul G. Hackett, Rex Barnes, Joel Bordeaux, Albion M. Butters, Ken Derry, Nathan Faries, Anya P. Foxen, Jane Naomi Iwamura, Adam C. Krug, Samuel Thévoz0, Associate Professor Yuanfei Wang2, Dr. A. David Lewis3 ...
    The image of the meditating yogi has become a near-universal symbol for transcendent perfection used to market everything from perfume and jewelry to luxury resorts and sports cars, and popular culture has readily absorbed it along similar lines. Yet the religious traditions grounding such images are often readily abandoned or caricatured beyond recognition, or so it would seem. The essays ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Financial Governance in East Asia

    Policy Dialogue, Surveillance and Cooperation

    Edited by Gordon De Brouwer, Yunjong Wang ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
    The focus of international financial reform in recent years has largely been at the global level, in terms of improving the international financial architecture, and at the national level in terms of getting domestic economic and structural policies right. But there is also a growing appetite for addressing some issues at a regional level. This debate has focused on improving regional policy ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Educational Resilience in inner-city America

    Challenges and Prospects

    Edited by Margaret C Wang, Edmund W. Gordon ...
    The story of life in inner-city America and the education of its people is often recounted as a tragedy; the ending is often predictable and usually dire, highlighting deficiency, failure, and negative trends. As with most social problems, children and youth in the inner cities are hit hardest. But this dismal view is only half of the full picture. The cities of our nation are a startling ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Advances in Functional Pavements

    Proceedings of the 7th Chinese-European Workshop on Functional Pavement (CEW 2023), Birmingham, UK, 2-4 July 2023

    Edited by Yuqing Zhang, Gordon Airey, Mujib Rahman, Haopeng Wang ...
    Advances in Functional Pavements is a collection of papers presented at the 7th Chinese-European Workshop (CEW) on Functional Pavement (Birmingham, UK, 2-4 July 2023).The focus of the CEW series is on field tests, laboratory test methods and advanced analysis techniques, and covers analysis, material development and production, experimental characterization, design and construction of pavements. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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    How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future

    by Joseph E. E. Stiglitz ...
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  • Eleventh International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields

    Volume 3

    Edited by Inge Hoff, Rabbira Saba, Helge Mork ...
    Innovations in Road, Railway and Airfield Bearing Capacity – Volume 3 comprises the third part of contributions to the 11th International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (2022). In anticipation of the event, it unveils state-of-the-art information and research on the latest policies, traffic loading measurements, in-situ measurements and condition surveys, ... Read more

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  • International Economics and Business

    Nations and Firms in the Global Economy

    by Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, Charles van Marrewijk ...
    With a new title (following the successful first edition of Nations and Firms in the Global Economy), this second edition undergraduate textbook combines the dual perspectives of international economics and international business, providing a complete overview of the changing role of nations and firms in the global economy. International Economics and Business covers the key concepts typically ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Researching Resilience

    Edited by Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar ...
    While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders. Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.This collection assembles qualitative and ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies

    Proceedings of the 17th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (17th ARC, Astana, Kazakhstan, 14-18 August, 2023)

    Edited by Askar Zhussupbekov, Assel Sarsembayeva, Victor N. Kaliakin ...
    Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies contains the contributions presented at the 17th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (17th ARC, Astana, Kazakhstan, 14-18 August, 2023). The topics covered include:Geomaterials for soil improvementTunneling and rock engineeringSlope, embankments and damsShallow and deep foundationsSoil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake ... Read more

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  • Surveys In Social Research

    by David De Vaus, David De Vaus ...
    Series series Social Research Today
    David de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to plan, conduct and analyse social surveys. It emphasises the links between theory and research, the logic and interpretation of statistics and the practices of social research. This sixth edition has been completely revised and updated, and contains new examples, data and extensive lists of web resources.As well ... Read more

    $85.99 USD