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"The Role of the Police Officer, Detective and Correctional Officer, Action Imperatives, Active Listening Skills, Understanding the Difference Between Interview and Interrogation, Understanding Human Nature, Pre-Interview Conversation, The Four Techniques for Successful Interviewing, Interview Preparation, Understanding Human Nature, Understanding Interrogation, Kids vs. Adult interviews, False Confessions"--

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- The Earth's movements and their changes -- Evolution of the Earth's orbital motion -- Evolution of the Earth's rotational motion -- Evolution of the orbital motion of the Earth relative to its rotational motion -- Chapter Two -- Geometrical characteristics of the Earth's insolation -- Evolution of the Earth's obliquity and insolation -- Variation of insolation over the Earth's latitude -- The evolution of insolation at other latitudes -- Insolation periods and the paleoclimate -- Chapter Three

"This book offers comparative ontologies of both Islam and liberalism as discourses more broadly construed. The author argues that, despite recent efforts to speak of overlapping consensuses and discursive congruence, the fundamental categories that constitute 'Islam' and 'Liberalism' remain very different, and that these differences should be taken seriously. Thus far, no recent scholarly works have explicitly or meticulously broken down where these differences lie. The author rigorously explores questions related to rights, moral epistemologies, the role of religion in the public sphere, and more general approaches to legal discourse, via primary and canonical sources constitutive of both Islam and liberalism. He then goes on to articulate why communitarian modes of thought are better suited for engaging with Islam and contemporary socio-political modes of organization than liberalism. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Politics and International Relations, Islam, Liberalism, and Communitarianism"--

Setting the stage -- Human resource management: an overview -- Business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability -- Equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and workforce diversity -- Staffing -- Strategic planning, human resource planning, and job analysis -- Recruitment -- Selection -- Performance management and training -- Performance management and appraisal -- Training and development -- Compensation -- Direct financial compensation (monetary compensation) -- Indirect financial compensation (employee benefits) -- Labor relations, employee relations, safety, and health -- Labor unions and collective bargaining -- Internal employee relations -- Employee safety, health, and wellness -- Operating in a global environment -- Global human resource management

Cover -- Half Title -- About the Book and Editor -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 THE SHIFTING ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE RURAL SOUTH -- PART I QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE FARM -- 2 SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN AGRICULTURE -- 3 DILEMMAS FACING MINORITY FARM OPERATORS IN AN AGRICULTURAL CRISIS -- 4 AFTER STRUCTURAL CHANGE: ARE PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME FARMERS BETTER OFF? -- 5 QUALITY OF LIFE PERCEPTIONS AND FARM STRUCTURE -- PART II THE DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE AS A LIVELIHOOD -- 6 TRENDS AND DIMENSIONS IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE -- 7 THE "DISAPPEARING MIDDLE" AND OTHER MYTHS OF THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE -- 8 ENTRY INTO FARMING: IMPLICATIONS OP A DUAL AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE -- 9 DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY AMONG FARM OPERATORS IN NORTH CAROLINA -- 10 FACTORS IN THE SUCCESS AND SURVIVAL OF SMALLHOLDERS: A NORTH CAROLINA CASE STUDY -- 11 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FARM LABOR AND AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS -- PART III COMMUNITY CHANGES STEMMING FROM THE AGRICULTURAL CRISIS -- 12 AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL COMMUNITY INTERDEPENDENCIES -- 13 AN ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY FORCES AND AGRICULTURAL CHANGE -- 14 THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF FARMLAND OWNERSHIP IN THE SOUTH -- PART IV THE IMPACT OF OUTSIDE FORCES -- 15 MACROECONOMIC POLICY AND THE STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE -- 16 TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFUSION: EFFECTS ON PRODUCTIVITY, STRUCTURE, FIRMS, AND MARKETS -- 17 THE NEED TO RETHINK AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN GENERAL AND TO PERFORM SOME RADICAL SURGERY ON COMMODITY PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR -- 18 CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN THE SOUTH -- Subject Index -- Author Index -- Contributors.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. The United States and Indochina: Postwar Relations -- Impact of the War on U.S. Policy -- Immediate Postwar Policy Options: 1975 -- Major Postwar Issues Confronting the United States -- 2. Vietnam since the Communist Victory -- Leadership -- The Party -- Doctrine on National Reunification -- Government: Reunification and Structure -- Economic Problems and Prospects -- Foreign Policy -- 3. Laos since the Communist Victory -- Communist Accession to Power -- The Party -- Government and Administration -- Problems of Administration -- Economic Prospects -- Foreign Policy -- 4. Cambodia since the Communist Victory -- Origins of the Revolution -- The Party -- The Government -- Economic Prospects -- The Suffering of the Cambodian People -- Assessment of the Khmer Communist Methods -- Foreign Policy -- 5. Indochina and the United States: Problems and Prospects -- An Assessment of the Revolutions in Indochina -- Economic Problems and Prospects -- Foreign Policy -- U.S. Interests in Indochina -- Problems and Recommendations -- Notes -- Index.

"When we think of sex--good sex, bad sex, sexual assault, rape law, or university sexual misconduct policies--we so often turn to consent as both our moral and erotic savior. What counts as sexual consent? How can we make consent sexy? How do we teach consent to impressionable youth, potential predators, and victims alike? What if these are all the wrong questions? Screw Consent is a provocative take on consent and whether its place at the center of sexual politics and sex law is warranted. The book takes aim at sex imagined at the center of our moral universe: adult, coupled, consensual. By spotlighting sex on the periphery--bestial, necrophilic, kinky, cannibalistic--Screw Consent shows that sex on the margins confounds the ethical force of consent much further than we anticipate. Author Joseph J. Fischel fervently argues that the consent paradigm of sexual politics is profoundly flawed. In addition to the criticisms against consent leveled by feminist theorists of earlier generations, Fischel elevates three more: consent is insufficient, inapposite, and riddled with scope contradictions for regulating and imagining sex. We can do so much better than consent in our sexual politics. Fischel contends that sexual justice turns more productively on concepts of autonomy and access rather than consent. Cleverly humorous and adeptly researched, Screw Consent will have a significant impact on how we understand consent, sexuality, and law in the U.S. today"--Provided by publisher

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: When Consent Isn't Sexy -- 1. Kink and Cannibals, or Why We Should Probably Ban American Football -- 2. The Trouble with Mothers' Boyfriends, or Against Uncles -- 3. The Trouble with Transgender "Rapists" -- 4. Horses and Corpses: Notes on the Wrongness of Sex with Children, the Inappositeness of Consent, and the Weirdness of Heterosomething Masculinity -- 5. Cripping Consent: Autonomy and Access / O'Connell, Hilary -- Conclusion: #MeFirst—Undemocratic Hedonism -- Appendices -- Notes -- Court Cases Cited -- Bibliography -- Index

Cover; Half title; Climate Change; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: Why you Need to Know About Climate Change; Acknowledgments; 1 Climate Science Basics; What is the greenhouse effect and how does it warm the Earth?; Why are scientists so certain the climate system is warming?; How does global warming increase sea levels and what has been observed to date?; Where does most of human-​caused warming go?; What fraction of recent global warming is due to human causes versus natural causes?; How certain are climate scientists that humans are the primary cause of recent warning?

"What would the founders think? We live in a divided America that is currently incapable of sustained argument and is feeling unsure of its destiny. Joseph J. Ellis, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the recent best-selling The Quartet, explores anew four of our most prominent founders, in each instance searching for patterns and principles that bring the lamp of experience to our contemporary dilemmas. Ellis discusses Thomas Jefferson and racism, John Adams and economic inequality, James Madison and constitutional law, George Washington and foreign policy. Just as the founders went back to the Greek and Roman classics for seasoned wisdom in their time, Ellis takes us back to America's founders, our classics. In his compelling narrative voice, Ellis confronts the obstacles blocking discussions about our emerging multiracial society, the inherent inequalities of a global economy, the original meaning of the founders' words, and the impossible obligations confronting the one superpower once the moral certainties provided by the Cold War have disappeared. Ellis reminds us that the founders' greatest legacy lies not in providing political answers but in helping us find a better way to frame the question."--Dust jacket

Historical epistemology -- Introduction: Rethinking history and Freetown historiography -- Frontiers of identity: the Creoles and the politics of belonging -- Beyond the colonial Sphinx: African agency in the making of the colony -- Realpolitik and boundaries of power: the Temne in local administration -- Intergroup relations and genealogies of conflict: the Temne and Freetonian dichotomy -- Ethnocentrism and new frames of popular culture -- Temne cultural associations and popular representations -- Islamic triumphalism in a Christian colony: Temne agency in the spread and Sierra Leonization of Islam -- From the margins to the center: the role of Temne market women traders -- Conclusion: Nexus of microhistory: new perspective on the colony's historical landscape

Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Determining the Basis for Political Discourse for the Next Generation -- What this Work Seeks to Actually Do -- Islam and Governance-A Brief Overview of Last 20 Years -- Carpe Diem!-Why Now is the Time for Scholars to Offer New Ideas -- Going Back to Get to the Future -- Plato, Aristotle, and Ancient Greek Scholarship -- Case Studies and Application -- References -- Part I Historical Context and Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 2 The Trajectory of the Development of Islamic Thought-A Comparison Between Two Earlier and Two Later Scholars -- Introduction -- Peripateticism Within the Early Islamic Philosophical Discourse -- A Brief Look at Some of the Major Schools Kalām Within the Sunni Discourse -- Al-Fārābī: The Second Teacher -- Ibn Rushd: The Symbiosis of Reason and Faith -- Orthodoxy and the Inward Turn Following 1258 CE -- Ibn Taymiyyah: The Conservative Reformer of the Thirteenth Century -- Mohammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhāb: An Eighteenth-Century Conservative Ḥanbalī Response to bid'ah in the Islamic Discourse -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 The Ontological Framing of this Model of a Contemporary Islamic Governed State -- Introduction -- Why not the Enlightenment or Liberalism? -- A Closer Look at the Applicability of Aristotle in this Model -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Considering Leadership and Laws in a Contemporary Islamic Governed State -- Introduction: A Look at Some Specific Leadership Qualities -- Balancing Power with Restraint -- A Closer Look at Some of the Ideas of Ayatollah Khomeini -- Sharī'ah Versus Fiqh-Two Different Terms with Two Different Meanings -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Considering Bureaucracy and Democracy in a Contemporary Islamic Governed State -- Introduction