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Understanding and Managing Conflict in Your Personal and Work Lives: A Behavioral Approach introduces readers to an innovative way of thinking about and reacting to dissonance in relationships. Instead of shying away from conflict, the text encourages readers to view instances of disagreement or discord as opportunities to examine their own behavior, learn and grow from their experiences, solve problems, and move forward. The opening chapter e...

Rules of Criminal Evidence provides students with a real-world approach to courtroom procedure, the presentation of evidence in criminal trials, and scenarios future legal professionals are likely to encounter. Through a collection of case studies and enlightening examples, the text demonstrates how the rules of evidence are applied in actual trial settings.Part 1 describes the basics of courtroom procedure and personnel. Part 2 introduces stu...

Real-World Couple Counseling and Therapy: An Introductory Guide provides practitioners with an inclusive exploration of the unique features, challenges, and opportunities of contemporary couple counseling. Integrating CBT, existential, and systems approaches, and based on best available research, the text offers guidelines for beginning couple therapists along with breadth and depth of coverage. Comprehensive and pragmatic, it examines the ess...

Women Artists in History from Antiquity to the Present introduces students to the many ways in which women have participated in the visual cultures of their societies throughout history. The book focuses on women artists and the issues that directly impacted women's opportunities to become artists. Part I examines the sparse yet promising documentation of women in art from prehistory through the Middle Ages. In Part II, students learn about an...

Theodore Roosevelt began explicitly using public address as what he termed a "bully pulpit" during his presidency. Public address provided him the opportunity to talk to the people--and thereby put pressure on reluctant public figures to effect policy. In doing so, Roosevelt significantly enlarged the rhetorical impact of the presidency. After Roosevelt, presidents have used this "bully pulpit" to different degrees, but the idea of speaking di...

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Research Methods and Statistics for the Social Sciences: A Brief Introduction provides students with an accessible and practical handbook to research methods and their application within the social sciences. The text is designed to guide students seamlessly through the research process, from the development of a research idea through the creation of a complete, final research paper. In opening chapters, students learn why research methods and ...

Global Politics Reader: Themes, Actors, and Issues is a timely and enlightening anthology that addresses major challenges facing global governance. Students are challenged to analyze sources of peace and conflict within the complex web of interactions among contending global actors. The central role of international institutions and law in global governance is emphasized. The anthology is organized into four distinct sections that discuss and ...

...provides readers with a collection of both original writings and extant articles that speak to issues related to assessment, testing, measurement, and the accountability movement. The text encourages thoughtful consideration of the purpose of assessment, its link to student learning, and its impact on decision making within education."--

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The Power of Movies: An Introduction to Film provides students with an engaging array of readings that explore the innovative and beloved world of motion pictures. Students learn the language of film, the technical process behind movies, how movies have influenced and shaped society and culture, and more. The collection begins by illuminating why individuals are drawn to the movies, positing that films reflect the human condition and society, ...

Trauma-Informed Care: A Casebook provides readers with thought-provoking and invaluable cases to help them improve their skills in working with clients presenting trauma-based problems and diagnoses.The opening chapter presents the Advanced Multiple Systems (AMS) approach, which provides readers with a series of guiding practice principles to use while evaluating the cases. In proceeding chapters, readers learn about a 77-year-old African Amer...

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Practice: A Casebook on Co-occurring Disorders provides readers with illuminating, complex cases that shed light on how experienced practitioners think about practice, struggle to resolve practice dilemmas, and make clinical decisions to meet the needs of clients with co-occurring disorders. The opening chapter presents the Advanced Multiple Systems (AMS) approach, gleaned from the editors' 80 years of combine...

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Digital Economics is an innovative anthology that explores the intersection of economics and the digital reality of everyday life. Through a collection of carefully curated readings, the volume examines the impact of consumer information, e-commerce, and information and communication technology on the economy and our modern, information-fueled society. The text features three distinct units. Unit I focuses on the nature of information in the d...

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The Role of Media in International Relations provides readers with a collection of timely and thought-provoking articles that demonstrate how mass media has evolved and progressed in the context of our technologically advanced society. The text encourages readers to think critically regarding the dissemination of news and information on a global scale to better understand its ability to shape knowledge, worldviews, and perspectives. The readin...

Compassion draws physicians into medicine, but then they believe they must jettison that compassion to survive. Paradoxically, science has now shown that losing that compassion not only harms the patient, it also harms the doctor. How Doctors Care: The Science of Compassionate and Balanced Caring in Medicineexplains what physicians and other clinicians can do to provide balanced and compassionate caring for patients without becoming emotionall...

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