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Introduces a wide range of perspectives on contemporary leadership in education, and contains detailed interviews with headteachers. The interviews reveal the subjects' own experiences at school, their reasons for taking up teaching, and the values and beliefs they bring to their positions.

A perfect blend of characterization, action and poetic images, John Fords Stagecoach (1939) made "A" Westerns a viable product for Hollywood in the sound era. By 1990, the Western had again been on a downswing when Dances with Wolves became both a critical and commercial success. This work examines these two films and twelve others--Red River, High Noon, Shane, The Searchers, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Alamo, The Magnificent Seven, Ride ...

The study of international migration and ethnic relations is rapidly expanding in the social sciences, in the humanities, and in law and medicine at universities around the world. Theories and methods are borrowed from many disciplines, but with little cross-fertilization, thereby leaving many core issues out. This authoritative book fills a gap by providing an expertly integrated overview of international migration from a wide range of discip...

The study of international migration and ethnic relations is rapidly expanding. This authoritative book provides an expertly integrated overview of international migration from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives.The authors ask provocative new questions such as the counterintuitive, why do people not migrate? They also address old questions in fresh ways and in accessible language. Does migration from less developed countries stimulate ...

Grundlagen und weiterführende Kenntnisse dieser so wichtigen Technik - der konzeptuellen Datenmodellierung - werden dem Leser anschaulich, aber exakt vermittelt. Eine Besonderheit dieses Buches ist die starke Betonung der Entwurfsqualität.

Eine wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema "Musikvideos" fand im deutschsprachigen Raum bisher kaum statt. Die Arbeit von Thorsten Quandt nimmt sich dieser Problematik umfassend an.

A critical examination of the principles and practice of qualitative research is provided in this book which examines the interplay between context and method, making it invaluable for both the experienced and the beginning researcher. A range of methodological and practical issues central to the concerns of qualitative researchers are addressed. These include: the validity and plausibility of qualitative methods, the problems encountered usi...

A stimulating introduction to the key debates and dimensions in media studies, this Reader is a valuable resource for undergraduate students. Posing questions about the nature of culture in modern society, it looks at the historical development of the various media, their relationship with modernity, and the critical commentaries that have evolved as a result of their public and private presence. The readings encompass a wide range of media fo...

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The Year 2000 is at hand. The end of the millennium means many things to many people, but it has significance for almost everyone. A thousand years ago, monks stopped copying manuscripts and religious building projects came to a halt as panic swept Europe. Today, anxiety about global warming, government power, superviruses, even recycling, is on some level rooted in the fear of irreversible cataclysm. In a landscape shadowed by racial conflict...

This is the only analysis of indigenous discourse about an African belief system undertaken within the framework of Anglo-American analytical philosophy.

Williams explores the crisis of liberalism through a critique of recent political thought, showing how despite change it remains our most enduring public philosophy. He outlines different approaches to ideological change and sets each in the context of theories of change drawn from such disciplines as political science, sociology, history, and the philosophy of science.

After years of widely acknowledging race discrimination in higher education, American government leaders, university officials, and citizens question the need for civil rights policies. This study reviews evidence of past and current enforcement of civil rights in higher education.

This book traces several of the most recent trends in both the Italian and the American critical traditions, exploring the points at which the two traditions intersect or for specific reasons fail to intersect.

Combining historical, political, and ethnographic research, the author shows that the relationship between faith healing and illness in the conversion process is integral to the popularity of Pentecostalism among Brazil's poor.

In departing from the traditional stance taken by anthropologists, who study 'others' ethnographically, this timely book explores forms of self-inscription on the part of both the ethnographer and those 'others' who are studied. Informed by developments in postmodernism, postcolonialism, and feminism, this is an original contribution to the growing dialogue across disciplinary boundaries. The chapters build upon recent reconsiderations of the ...

The elections of 1994 produced the first Republican-controlled Congress in 40 years. What effect did being the minority party for so long have on the activities of the new House of Representatives' majority? In this book, Richard Fenno makes the case that four decades out of power left Republicans without the experience they needed to properly interpret their electoral victory... or govern the country. This inexperience produced serious conseq...

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This study investigated young children's expectations regarding others' potential reactions to their emotional displays. These expectations were considered precursors to the display rules for emotional expression evident in middle childhood. Possible gender differences in the children's expectancies for the expression of anger, sadness and fear were examined.Preschool and early grade school children (ages 4.3-6.4 & 7.0-8.7, respectively) were ...

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