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Development of Quality of Life Theory and Its Instruments
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The year 2015 marks 70 years since Vietnam s Declaration of Independence, 40 years since reunification, and just short of 30 years from the launch of Doi Moi reforms, which…
This is a 'Whole Earth Catalog' for the 21st century: an impressive and wide-ranging analysis of what's wrong with our societies, organizations, ideologies, worldviews and cultures - and how to…
In "Exiled Home," Susan Bibler Coutin recounts the experiences of Salvadoran children who migrated with their families to the United States during the 1980 1992 civil war. Because of their…
Most of the significant change that's happening out there, usually 'under the radar', is not the result of structured innovation in blue-chip companies. It's a function of massively enthusiastic people…
During the early twentieth century, a diverse group of African American women carved out unique niches for themselves within New York City's expansive informal economy. LaShawn Harris illuminates the labor…
Ho-Chunk powwows are the oldest powwows in the Midwest and among the oldest in the nation, beginning in 1902 outside Black River Falls in west-central Wisconsin. Grant Arndt examines Wisconsin…
The hypnotic effects and unexpected meanings of crop circle geometry. Crop circle patterns have fascinated people all over the world for decades. Although the phenomenon is surrounded by many mysteries,…
In "From Left to Right," Brian Thorn explores what motivated Canadian women to become politically engaged in the 1940s and '50s. Although women in these decades are often depicted as…
This much-needed collection of original articles invites the reader to examine the key issues in the lives of women with chronic illnesses. The authors explore how society reacts to women…
From food products to fashions and cosmetics to children's toys, a wide range of commodities today are being marketed as "halal" (permitted, lawful) or "Islamic" to Muslim consumers both in…
From food products to fashions and cosmetics to children's toys, a wide range of commodities today are being marketed as "halal" (permitted, lawful) or "Islamic" to Muslim consumers both in…
"Methamphetamine: A Love Story"presents an insider s view into the world of methamphetamine based on the life stories of 33 adults formerly immersed in using, dealing, and manufacturing meth in…
Since launching his career at the "Village Voice" in the early 1980s Greg Tate has been one of the premiere critical voices on contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and…
This book critically explores the interconnections between tourism and the contemporary city from a policy-oriented standpoint, combining tourism perspectives with discussion of urban models, issues, and challenges. Research-based analyses addressing…
In this brilliant work of investigative research, the authors uncover new secrets in the basilica of Notre-Dame-de-Marceille. On the surface, this church is like any other, but it has a…
Social Security (comprising Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI)) is the largest single program in the federal governments budget. In 2010, annual outlays for the program exceeded…
This volume is divided into five parts and fifteen chapters that address these topics by examining ethnogeriatric foundations, research issues, clinical care in ethnogeriatrics, education and policy. Expertly written chapters,…
"Becoming Me - A Metamorphosis" is a journey though the darkness and light of the human condition. It opens up discussions on deep and serious subject matters. It also speaks…
"Conceptually complicated and with wide-ranging empirical investigations, this volume is most likely to appeal to readers with some prior exposure to Central European history and theoretical approaches to nationalism. They…
In this volume an international team explores the historical dimensions of a pervasive and controversial issue of our time: the fate of ethnic groups in societies under severe stress. Although…
This title traces the lives of individual lesbians against the background of the politics and history of the 20th century, and shows the infinite variety of ways in which lesbians…
Ronald D. Lankford has written the definitive history of this iconic and much-loved Christmas character. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was the creation of Robert May, a staff copywriter who wrote…
"With great rigour, yet an enviable lightness of touch, Susan Pickard has written an engaging and accessible book that students will love." - Rosaline Gill, City University London "A scholarly…
Upward, Not Sunwise explores an influential and growing neo-Pentecostal movement among Native Americans characterized by evangelical Christian theology, charismatic “spirit-filled” worship, and decentralized Native control. As in other global contexts, neo-Pentecostalism is...
Upward, Not Sunwise explores an influential and growing neo-Pentecostal movement among Native Americans characterized by evangelical Christian theology, charismatic “spirit-filled” worship, and decentralized Native control. As in other global contexts, neo-Pentecostalism is...
When Margaret Sanger returned to Europe in 1920, World War I had altered the social landscape as dramatically as it had the map of Europe. Population concerns, sexuality, venereal disease,…
Prozak Diaries is an analysis of emerging psychiatric discourses in post-1980s Iran. It examines a cultural shift in how people interpret and express their feeling states, by adopting the language…
Coming Full Circle is an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationships between spirituality and health among Coast Salish and Chinook communities in western Washington from 1805 to 2005. Suzanne Crawford O’Brien examines…
This book discusses important fundamentals of radiation safety with specific details on dose units, calculations, measuring, and biological effects of ionizing radiation. The author covers different exposure situations and their…
The new edition of Migration provides a critical, multi-disciplinary, and advanced introduction to migration (and immigration). Revised and updated with new material, and illustrations and an accompanying website, it continues…
Many people have heard of Freemasonry, but few have any idea what it is, what it does, or why it exists. Freemasonry is not a religion, but rather a spiritual…
Ecologies of Affect offers a synthetic introduction to the felt dynamics of cities and the character of places. The contributors capture the significance of affects including desire, nostalgia, memory, and…
This volume's contributors outline the current war on sex, in which-despite the expansion of sexual liberties in the United States-sex has become the target of ever-expanding regulation and control, from…
If a nation could be said to have a dominant passion, New Zealand's would be its landscapes. Images of spectacular natural features pervade the media -- between the pages of…
Designed in the 17th century as the New Jerusalem of the Christian world, the island of Montreal became the new headquarters of a group of mystics that wanted to live…
This volume connects aspects of personal health, overall well-being, and education to quality of life. It includes discussions of Galen’s and Harvey’s views of the movement of blood in human…
This book brings together researchers and practitioners from a range of fields to examine strategies and programs for preventing intimate partner violence (IPV). It provides paths to more efficacious prevention…
We are surrounded by the material culture of the people who lived before us: architecture, artworks, and artifacts. But what we observe is not the same as what would have…
Trade paperback. Following in the tradition of John Timbs's 1841 book of the same name, this explains errors, popular assumptions, myths and plain lies. With appeal to fans of "QI"…
The concept of 'subculture' has long been of significant importance in research on youth, style, deviance and popular culture. Although in more recent years subculture has been the subject of…
A comprehensive introduction to international political economy and to the different trade and financial issues in the contemporary international system. It explains the growth and consequences of globalization from a…
While economists have made contributions to specific aspects of economic globalization, there is a need to discuss the broader aspects of the issue in a more accessible way. This volume…
After discussing the fundamental problems of current science and other philosophic concepts, beginning with controversies between Heraclitus and Parmenides, this book launches into a message of great hope: the future…
During the last twenty-five years there has been a widespread move toward more market-oriented policies and institutions across the developing and former socialist (or current transition) countries, usually in the…
A compilation of key speeches and articles by the late Mr S Rajaratnam, this book is a tribute to one of the founding fathers of Singapore. It is divided into…
Brings together articles by scholars of China and India who share and discuss their research findings in four areas: Challenges, Opportunities and Responses to Globalization; Social Security and Governance; National…
The result of major research on development, security and culture, this collection, and second volume Sustainable Development in a Globalized World , outlines the emerging field of global studies and…
Presents an analysis of Asia's development and its architecture and urbanism. This book examines the concept of "multiple modernities" to provide the foundational understanding of Asian modernity, which is firmly…
Includes material on trade, monetary, and environmental issues. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of major developments in the global economy. It takes a stand that is supportive of globalization…
Showcases some of the key thematic issues reported by Asian migrants and sojourners residing abroad, as well as non-Asians living in the Far East. This book contains papers that demonstrate…
Focuses on rural poverty and those countries in Asia with the largest number of chronically poor, including the two emerging superpowers of China and India, other countries of South Asia…
Presents a research into 125 years of the history of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in City of Victoria as a case study of Chinese community leadership and operation of…
Features interviews of 38 eminent mathematicians and mathematical scientists who were invited to participate in the programs of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore. This book is…
This book explains how issues of governance lie at the heart of understanding and combating the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. It reviews the debates surrounding the root causes of the pandemic…
Adopting a people-centred perspective to globalization, the authors explore complex, counterintuitive and even unintended forms and consequences of bottom-up politics, going beyond simplistic understandings of ordinary people as either victims…
This edited volume brings together a series of contributions exploring the socio-cultural and psychological representation of peace and conflict. It ventures into areas of the humanities and social sciences not…
Along with the fast growing economy, the term "BRICs" was coined to represent the newly emerging countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China. This book shows readers that it is the…
