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Traces the background to the history of the Armistice Regime, established in 1947 to combat the fighting between Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem. The author details the Armistice Commission, which governed its application and the many in-built problems that thwarted their proper functioning.

This is the first book to address the nature of religion and its capacity to sponsor both terrorism and transformation in terms of contemporary relational psychoanalytic theory.

This study isolates a number of factors that help to explain America's reluctance to commit to multilateral co-operation. It then analyzes policy in specific areas, probing the causes and consequences of US decisions to act alone or opt out of multilateral initiatives.

A dictionary of characters from American literature. The two volumes cover more than two centuries of characters, from 1789 to the 20th century. There are more than 16, 000 entries. Each entry identifies the novel in which the character appears and summarizes the character's role in the novel.

Nematodes that are parasites of insects are no longer a laboratory curiosity. They have begun to be accepted as environmentally benign alternatives to the use of chemical insecticides, for the control of insect pests. Nematode worms are now applied as biological control agents against insect pests of numerous horticultural and agricultural crops.This book provides a comprehensive review of entomopathogenic nematology. It begins by reviewing fu...

This work includes every Supreme Court case relevant to elections and political representation from the Court's beginnings to 2001, including the 2001decision in "Cook v. Gralike" that limited citizens' rights to instruct Federal representatives. It is organized topically in 16 chapters.

Taking children from complete beginner to high intermediate level, this six-level course in American English offers a comprehensive package. Additional features include a series of twelve Beehive Readers and a Beeline Plus Video.

This book provides a critical assessment of progress towards the Information Society. Drawing upon extensive investigations, this book lays the foundation for more useful theories of the process of change, and more effective strategies and policies for increasing the benefits from the Information Society. The authors provide insights into the social, economic, and political forces that are structuring the pathway to the Information Society - a...

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This volume relates how teachers move from teacher-centred teaching and learning to a learner-centred model. It seeks to provide an opportunity for teachers, administrators and staff developers to look at staff development as much more than technology training.

Here, James Nehring offers a complete tour of one charter school - the Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School, walking the reader through the school's vision of learning, the day-to-day challenges, the many achievements, and the lessons learned.

A study of the corrosive effects of corruption on one of the world's major liberal democracies. It explores the disconnection between democratic rules and undemocratic practices in Japan since World War II, with attention to corrupt practices of various prime ministers.

The student projects presented in this text demonstrate an approach to teaching writing that requires no special equipment or resources and can be adapted for students of any age. The key is getting students involved in action research and writing about the issues that are important to them.

This volume relates how teachers move from teacher-centred teaching and learning to a learner-centred model. It seeks to provide an opportunity for teachers, administrators and staff developers to look at staff development as much more than technology training.

A major American novel, and arguably the finest work of literature ever to emerge from a US prison, On the Yard is a book of penetrating psychological realism in which Malcolm Braly paints an unforgettable picture of the complex and frightening world of the penitentiary. At its center are the violently intertwined stories of Chilly Willy, in trouble with the law from his earliest years and now the head of the prison's flourishing black market ...

The essays in this volume by Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century formulate what he considered to be the preconditions for an adequate theory of modern society.

The Roman period is where the past of the British Isles is first revealed through substantial written sources as well as archeology. This book distils recent archeological and documentary discoveries and advances in an accessible, concise manner for anyone interested in finding out more about the Roman Era. A number of key themes are discussed within a chronological framework. The book features chapters contributed by a team of scholars amongs...

Standard accounts of canon reduce it to scripture and treat scripture as a criterion of truth. Scripture is then related in positive or negative ways to tradition, reason, and experience. Such projects mistakenly locate the canonical heritage of the church within epistemology, and Abraham charts the fatal consequences of this move, from the Fathers to modern feminist theology.

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Economic Methodology provides an accessible introduction to the subject-matter of and literature on the methodology of economics. It presents issues in economics in order to demonstrate the need for methodological awareness and debate. The core of the book then explains the content and development of thought in methodology in relation to issues in economics, with an especial emphasis on the most recent thinking in the area.