10 Ergebnisse.

A simple collection of cosy(ish) poems to read while snuggled on a sofa, with a hot drink, under a fluffy blanket.

Written specifically for Politics and IR students, with subject-specific guidance and examples, this book provides students with a step-by-step introduction to quantitative methods using SPSS

India Williams has experienced a life of love and pain that only God's grace could carry her through. Poetry has always brought healing to her soul in a way that she now shares with you.Love, Pain, and God's Grace contains poems about all of life's ups and downs. Whether you are suffering from feeling unloved or defeated by life obstacles or struggling to find peace or enjoying the love of your life with family, you will find poetry in this bo...

Early modern India-a period extending from the fifteenth to the late eighteenth century-saw dramatic cultural, religious, and political changes as it went from Sultanate to Mughal to early colonial rule. Text and Tradition in Early Modern North India brings together recent scholarship on the languages, literatures, and religious traditions of northern India. It focuses on the rise of vernacular languages as vehicles for literary expression and...

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Swaminarayan Hinduism is a rapidly growing transnational movement with major centers in India, East Africa, UK and USA. This first multi-disciplinary study presents new and relevant information about Swaminarayan history, theology, the arts, and transnational development. The focus is on adaptation and identity formation in Swaminarayan Hinduism during periods of rapid social and religious change in several locations and social settings.

By a wide measure of assent, Edward Said was one of the most important scholars examining society, politics and culture. A Palestinian-American, his life had been shaped by the cross-currents of race, globalization and nationalist violence. Said emerged as a leading figure in the dialogue between occidentalism and orientalism, making seminal contributions to our understanding of colonialism, postcolonialism and the responsibilities of criticis...

`An intelligent and informed account of medical sociology. Simon Williams has produced an original and comprehensive sociological statement of the centrality of the body to an understanding of medicine, health and illness. His scope is impressive... It will shape future teaching and research in the field of health and illness' - Bryan S Turner, Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge This is a clear, well-written account of medicine, ...

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Philosophical considerations and positions underlie all of the natural and social sciences. In the latter case philosophical foundations and their emergent issues have a profound impact on methodology and empirical practice. Design decisions will usually depend on philosophical perspectives or assumptions, such as the very fundamental decision to employ a quantitative design or an interpretive design. The 'philosophy of social research' is thu...