In a system where my identity, that is to say, my surname, was taken from me when I got married, an act supported by both the state and families, I simply became a wife. When I refused both that...więcej »
Until recently, policy evaluation has mostly meant assessing whether government programs raise reading levels, decrease teen pregnancy rates, improve air quality levels, lower drunk-...więcej »
In Domesticating Democracy Susan Helen Ellison examines foreign-funded alternate dispute resolution (ADR) organizations that provide legal aid and conflict resolution to vulnerable citi...więcej »
How do colonial histories matter to the urgencies and conditions of our current world? How have those histories so often been rendered as leftovers, as "legacies" of a dead past rather than as...więcej »
Earth Beings is the fruit of Marisol de la Cadena's decade-long conversations with Mariano and Nazario Turpo, father and son, runakuna or Quechua people. Concerned with the mutua...więcej »
To the Navajo, sandpaintings are sacred, living entities that reflect the interconnectedness of all living beings--humans, plants, stars, animals, and mountains. This book, now available in pape...więcej »
Explores the relationship between eating and culture from a variety of perspectives, including anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, race studies, architecture, and AIDS discourse...więcej »
Why are we obsessed with calculating our selections? The author argues that competitive trade nurtures calculative reason, which provides the ground for most discourses on economy. But market de...więcej »
Preparing students to participate fully in today's and tomorrow's world demands that we nurture their global competence, and this book shows teachers how to do just that.In a...więcej »
The returns on investing in education and capacity building through a Social Protection Scheme for refugees can be far reaching. It helps refugees become economically sustained, strengthen family w...więcej »
First published in 1974, Education and the American Indian has been widely praised as the first full-length study of federal Indian policy. This revised edition brings the book up to da...więcej »
Researches across the globe have identified different factors responsible for the poor performance of school education."Quality" is one of the main concern.The concept of quality in education is el...więcej »
45S5 bioglasses have been successfully used as bone graft materials in dental and orthopedic surgery but its poor mechanical strength limits its used in load-bearing applications, the approaches th...więcej »
This book is a product of a Masters Degree Dissertation. It highlights the policy gaps and challenges facing the Gambia in her effort to attaining food and nutrition security. The research was pure...więcej »
What lies in the dark unconscious expanse of our psyche?What causes the words we hear in our mind?What internal dynamic produces depression, panic attacks, an...więcej »
Kosovo needs a deep electoral reform, to change the electoral system, the number of constituencies; Kosovo needs a new electoral system that should be semi-majority. Also Albania and Macedonia, Mon...więcej »
Questions of minority representation have long plagued the U.S. voting systems. The standard election often leaves political, racial, or ethnic minorities with little chance of being represented...więcej »