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In the first volume in the Critical Global Citizenship Education series, Torres combines theoretical and empirical research to present an original perspective on global citizenship education as a vitally important way of learning in a globalized world. In examining the requirements for effective global...

Critical Intercultural Communication Pedagogy constructs a theoretical frame through which critical intercultural communication pedagogy can be dreamed, envisioned, and realized as praxis. Its chapters provide answers to questions surrounding the relationship of intercultural communication pedagogy...

Poverty relief programs are shaped by politics. The particular design which social programs take is to a large extent determined by the existing institutional constraints and politicians' imperative to win elections. The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places elections and institutional design at...

Don Jesús Reyes Heroles (1921-1985) dejó una obra política. Ambos legados periódicamente se revisan, estudian y revaloran, por su trascendencia e importancia histórica. Precisamente en sus estudios históricos, discursos políticos, ensayos, declaraciones públicas y entrevistas periodísticas...

This book analyzes whether the "new debate on genetics" owes a debt to eugenic practices by welfare democracies of 1930s and 1940s. More specifically, the question is whether precisely the same "eugenic rationale" used in the 1930s is philosophical akin to a new rationality unfolding...

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The effect of manmade activities is primarily local but can extend far away from the location of intervention. This underlines the importance of establishing coastal zone management plans covering large stretches of coastlines. In recent years, interest in Low Crested Structures (coastal defense...

A new project has now been added. OPTICAL PROJECTS FOR THE ENTHUSIAST (SECOND EDITION) now covers SIX COMPLETE PROJECTS that I have undertaken recently. Each of the builds is fully explained in detail and is supported by clear photographs. Projects 1, 2, 5 and 6 are concerned with telescope making....

Two original titles, Making a Refracting Telescope and Making a 102mm Refracting Telescope, now available together in one book. Book 1: Making a Refracting Telescope guides you through the process of making your own refractor using inexpensive materials and basic workshop tools. The making...

Mangoes are one of the most important and widely-cultivated fruits in tropical as well as sub-tropical regions. There have been a number of recent developments with the potential to improve crop yields and quality. There has been new research in understanding the physiology of tree and fruit development...

A concise and updated review of prostate cancer pathologic diagnosis with emphasis on practical issues and recent developments in the field.  Each chapter addresses the basic diagnostic features, differential diagnoses, pitfalls and ways to resolve the problem. Additionally, a brief introduction...

En Junio de 1944, las tropas aliadas desembarcaron en las playas de Normandía, sorprendieron a los alemanes y sellaron el resultado de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en la mayor operación anfibia de toda la historia. Pero esta no hubiera sido posible sin una batalla anterior que, sin disparar un tiro,...

Approaches to Conflict: Theoretical, Interpersonal, and Discursive Dynamics aims to investigate the role of communication and emotions in conflict contexts. In addition to the fundamental importance of communication in various aspects of conflict, this volume offers a prominent position to the inherent...