Encyclopedia

By Margaret Levi

A twenty first century method of the examine of politics Political technological know-how wishes a source that serves as a middle connection with the primary principles, innovations, and frameworks underlying the research of politics and that highlights the intersections of politics with different disciplines. "The Encyclopedia of Political technological know-how (TEPS)" is designed to fill that desire. it's the encyclopedia for political technology within the twenty-first century. ready with the help of the yankee Political technology organization (APSA), "TEPS" brings jointly a distinct editorial board and over six hundred distinctive and emerging students to chronicle and examine the middle concerns that experience lengthy involved scholars of politics. This accomplished, multi-volume paintings lines the evolution of political theories, thoughts, learn frameworks, and political practices from the world over. because it examines the interaction of political principles and approaches, the encyclopedia additionally conveys the energy and pleasure of politics in perform. Cognizant of the worldwide nature of political rules and activities, TEPS displays a variety of strategies and frameworks, either Western and non-Western, nationwide and foreign. An authoritative survey of the nation of politics and political technological know-how, this 5- quantity paintings contains greater than 1,500 A to Z signed entries by way of participants from over 30 international locations, together with three hundred evaluation articles or interpretive essays. The encyclopedia helps the entire middle undergraduate classes in political technology: American govt, comparative politics, diplomacy, public coverage, public management, political habit, political conception, and political technological know-how tools. it will likely be an important reference for all educational and public libraries. quickly proof: thematic desk of Contents that maps significant subfields and issues in politics; over 1,500 A to Z entries; contributing essays from students around the globe; and, ready with the help of the yank Political technology organization.

By Stephen E. Atkins

Horror. disappointment. Protests. army motion. Conspiracy theories. From own loss to financial upheaval to a paradigm shift in U.S. overseas family members, few occasions some time past a hundred years have impacted American lifestyles so enormously because the terrorist assaults of September eleven, 2001. This complete two-volume set information each occasion best as much as 9-11, going again as much as a decade ahead of the assaults, and together with all members from anywhere on this planet. additionally coated are occasions because the assault that experience motivated our knowing of the ordeal. With A-Z entries, descriptive sidebars, and over forty basic records, The 9-11 Encyclopedia is a vital resource for knowing one of many blackest marks at the pages of yank history.

By K Lee Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner

This identify within the renowned "World of...Series is a finished, subject-specific, two-volume encyclopedic consultant that covers the thoughts, theories, discoveries and pioneers in microbiology and immunology for college students, researchers, lecturers and librarians. incorporated are 650 alphabetically prepared and cross-referenced topical and biographical entries.

Increasing fiscal globalization has made knowing the realm financial system extra very important than ever. From alternate agreements to offshore outsourcing to overseas reduction, this two-volume encyclopedia explains the major components of the area economic climate and gives a primary step to additional study for college kids and students in public coverage, overseas reports, enterprise, and the wider social sciences, in addition to for fiscal coverage professionals.

Written via a world workforce of members, this entire reference comprises greater than three hundred updated entries masking quite a lot of subject matters in overseas alternate, finance, construction, and fiscal improvement. those themes comprise suggestions and ideas, types and concept, associations and agreements, rules and tools, research and instruments, and sectors and targeted matters. each one access comprises cross-references and a listing of resources for extra interpreting and examine. whole with an index and a desk of contents that teams entries through subject, The Princeton Encyclopedia of the area Economy is a necessary source for an individual who must higher comprehend the worldwide economy.

Features:

• More than three hundred alphabetically prepared articles on themes in foreign exchange, finance, construction, and fiscal improvement
• International workforce of members
• Annotated record of additional studying with each one article
• Topical checklist of entries
• Full index and cross-references

access different types and pattern topics:

• Concepts and principles: globalization, anti-globalization, reasonable alternate, overseas direct funding, overseas migration, monetary improvement, multinational companies
• Models and theory: Heckscher-Ohlin version, internalization conception, New exchange concept, North-South alternate, Triffin challenge
• Institutions and agreements: eu Union, foreign financial Fund, international alternate association, international financial institution, Doha around, overseas funding agreements
• Policies and instruments: buck typical, foreign reduction, sanctions, price lists
• Analysis and tools: alternate cost forecasting, powerful safeguard, financial coverage ideas
• Sectors and distinctive issues: baby exertions, company governance, the electronic divide, overall healthiness and globalization, unlawful medications exchange, petroleum, steel

By Wolfgang Donsbach

This concise quantity offers key options and entries from the twelve-volume ICA International Encyclopedia of Communication (2008), condensing top scholarship right into a useful and precious unmarried volume.

• Based at the definitive twelve-volume IEC, this new concise version provides key suggestions and the main appropriate headwords of communique technological know-how in an A-Z structure in an updated manner
• Jointly released with the foreign verbal exchange organization (ICA), the best educational organization of the self-discipline within the world
• Represents the easiest and newest foreign study during this dynamic and interdisciplinary field
• Contributions come from hundreds and hundreds of authors who symbolize excellence of their respective fields
• An cheap quantity to be had in print or online

A giant reference paintings at the scale of MITECS (The MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences), The MIT Encyclopedia of conversation issues turns into the traditional reference during this box for either learn and medical use. It bargains virtually 2 hundred exact entries, masking the total variety of communique and speech issues in youngsters and adults, from easy technological know-how to scientific diagnosis.MITECD is split into 4 sections that replicate the traditional different types in the box (also often called speech-language pathology and audiology): Voice, Speech, Language, and listening to. inside of every one class, entries are geared up into 3 subsections: uncomplicated technological know-how, issues, and scientific administration. simple technological know-how comprises appropriate info on basic anatomy and body structure, physics, psychology and psychophysics, and linguistics; this offers a systematic origin for entries within the different subsections. The entries that seem less than problems provide details at the definition and characterization of particular problems, and instruments for his or her id and review. The medical administration subsection describes acceptable interventions, together with behavioral, pharmacological, surgical, and prosthetic.Because the method of communique issues may be very diversified for kids and adults, many themes comprise separate entries reflecting this. even though a few problems which are first clinically determined in adolescence may possibly persist in a few shape all through maturity, many issues could have an onset in both formative years or maturity, and the timing of onset may have many implications for either evaluation and intervention.Topics coated in MITECD comprise cochlear implants for kids and adults, pitch notion, tinnitus, alaryngeal voice and speech rehabilitation, neural mechanisms of vocalization, holistic voice remedy concepts, computer-based methods to children?s speech and language issues, neurogenic mutism, neighborhood dialect, agrammatism, international aphasia, and psychosocial difficulties linked to communicative disorders.

By Sherry Torkos

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Health awareness is a space of transformational and unheard of progress within the North American public at the present time. an increasing number of individuals are looking substitute recommendations to standard scientific practices. for lots of, a usual method of therapeutic every little thing from universal illnesses to severe illnesses is premiere when put next to the invasive clinical methods and pharmaceuticals that abound.

Sherry Torkos, one in all Canada’s best pharmacists is extensively seemed for her wisdom of complementary drugs. Her most modern booklet, The Canadian Encyclopedia of ordinary Cures, is the definitive resource for substitute well-being deal with Canadians; it's absolutely finished and easy-tofollow, delivering ordinary therapies for daily difficulties resembling insect bites and muscle aches, in addition to for severe power problems corresponding to osteoporosis, Parkinson’s sickness, and diabetes. Torkos emphasizes the function of way of life, meals, workout and vitamins in optimizing healthiness and fighting affliction. This e-book contains a exact A to Z reference of diseases and ailment, with the newest details at the common treatments which have been confirmed to help of their therapy. certain details also will suggest readers of power drug interactions which may ensue while supplementations are taken along prescribed medications.

Canadians looking to create a extra holistic and customized overall healthiness software for themselves and for his or her households will flip to this reference time and time again.

By Leslie Alan Horvitz

Encyclopedia of struggle Crimes and Genocide, Revised version examines the modern background of crimes opposed to humanity, in the course of either wartime and peacetime. With greater than 500 entries, this two-volume A-to-Z encyclopedia covers quite a lot of correct themes, together with human rights, struggle criminals, struggle crimes, examples of genocide, foreign companies and foreign legislation pertaining to conflict crimes, and masses extra. This revised version additionally comprises up-to-date info on contemporary human rights and battle crime trials. It incorporates a fundamental assets part with files which are important to realizing this topic.

By Valerie Ann Worwood

This encyclopedic ebook comprises, in sensible and easy-to-understand shape, each a possibility use for crucial oils and aromatherapy in way of life. the writer, a working towards aromatherapist for greater than 20 years, unlocks the ability of crucial oils in additional than six hundred unique recipes, such a lot desiring just a couple of crucial oils. in contrast to over the counter items, the recipes you're making your self include no destructive preservatives. most elementary wishes might be coated with simply ten crucial oils.

First released in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa corporation.