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Wetzel and Brown examine the extent to which student-to-student sexual harassment exists in secondary schools today. They provide evidence that student sexual harassment is not only currently widespread, it is also unconsciously and consciously condoned by school authorities who are charged with providing a safe and effective educational environment.After reviewing the state of sexual harassment in American high schools, the authors provide th...

Archduke Carl of Austria lived during a time fractured by the collision of revolution and reaction, and he drew upon the French Revolution as the source for most of his experiences as a field commander and theoretician. He firmly believed that there were certain uncontradictable truths that governed warfare. This first English-language study of his theoretical writings offers a new perspective on understanding the mind of this military theoris...

A comprehensive, hands-on treatment of two of the most important elements in the successful operation of any organization: cost and optimization.

Examines developments in data privacy matters here and in Europe, with special emphasis on their effect on business, particularly Internet firms, and shows how to develop strategies to comply with imminent legislation.

An examination of a major cause of violence in society - the loss of respect for our neighbours as evidenced by the decline of manners and courtesy. The connection between the decline of manners and the increase of violence is documented by reference to a variety of social instances and trends.

The Netherlands has a high level of personal freedom, but the open ideas that originated in the 1960s have spilled into the public sphere, resulting in anxious conformity. This text asks why political correctness has become so strongly ingrained and why the results have not always been positive.

Society is growing more complicated, and needed veterinary services are becoming more complex. The new millennium will encourage cooperation among multiple types of veterinary services. Besides effectively managing a single practice, veterinarians must be prepared to work with optimum service to patients and business success for themselves. The skill to administrate single-source veterinary service sources is necessary for every veterinarian w...

Phillips assesses prospects for post-national social coherence transcending the traditional nation-state, with a focus on events in Germany. European institutional integration has been seen as a stabilizing alternative to the nation-state system, a system that resulted in two devastating world wars. However, economic interests appear to have been more effective instruments of transnational integration in Europe. Further, until 1989, part of th...

Helsing provides a unique perspective on the escalation of the Vietnam War. He examines what many analysts and former policymakers in the Johnson administration have acknowledged as a crucial factor in the way the United States escalated in Vietnam: Johnson's desire for both guns and butter-his belief that he must stem the advance of communism in Southeast Asia while pursuing a Great Society at home.He argues that the United States government,...

The Holocaust continues to be a defining event for understanding not only the course of history during the 20th century but the course of human events in general. Perhaps the most contentious issue is that of how the Holocaust continues to be understood, explained, and appropriated. The chapters focus on questions arising from the Holocaust and that have to do with the American understandings of the interrelated web of history, religion, and m...

At the end of the deadliest century known to mankind, the world still finds itself mired in bloodshed. In addition to formal inter-state conflict, we see an increase in other forms of organized violence, including ethnic warfare, terrorism, civil conflict, and internationally necessitated police actions. Cornered by these powerful global forces, nation-states continue their quest for security. Theirs is a search plagued by futility since the v...

The author addresses the essential distinction between the truly serious questions, ultimacy, involved in human life and the apparently superficial aspects so generally engaing people's concern - and often professional treatment - which he terms, triviality.

Nigerian video films -- dramatic features shot on video and sold as cassettes -- are being produced at the rate of nearly one a day, making them the major contemporary art form in Nigeria. The history of African film offers no precedent for such a huge, popularly based industry.The contributors to this volume, who include film and television directors, an anthropologist, and scholars of film studies and literature, take a variety of approaches...

Examines perceived power on the basis of which symmetries and asymmetries in the relations between parties can be identified

Two coexisting trends in the literature--cultural competence and interprofessional practice--are brought together by interprofessional teams, demonstrating how issues of client diversity and interprofessional practice can come together in an informed and adaptive way.

This collection of essays provides a critical and scholarly assessment of muckraking journalists at the beginning of the twentieth century. Contributors discuss how spiritual values led journalists to seek social change, through crusades and expos^D'es, sometimes at the price of public confusion and cynicism. They explore how the richest church in America was forced to clean up its tenement houses, how a Buffalo newspaper crusaded for improvem...

For every major event or issue of the colonial period, newspapers printed the opinions of the day, in many cases attempting to influence public opinion. Issues such as medical discoveries, education, and censorship are covered in this collection along with important events such as the French and Indian War, the trial of John Peter Zenger, and the Boston Massacre. Each chapter introduces the event or issue and includes news articles, letters, e...

Although many people consider excessive police violence disconcerting, if, when, and how they voice their opinion or respond by taking some sort of action has generally remained empirically unknown. In the hope of understanding this process, Ross has developed a four-stage model, based on a review of the literature and on interviews with the relevant actors. He then uses this tool to analyze police violence that occurred in Toronto, Canada and...

Responding to the needs of market researchers, business analysts, CI professionals, and other decision makers who understand online technology, Vibert provides a series of problem-driven, analytical frameworks to help them make better sense-and use-of the vast amounts of information now available and easily accessed on the Internet. Organizational decision makers, forced to understand complex competitive environments, have two important aids, ...

The history, current state, and likely future of the European Union