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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Features -- Share: Applied Social Research: A Tool for the Human Services -- Applied Social Research -- Chapter 1: Research in the Human Services -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- Human Services Research -- Goals of Research -- Applications of Research -- Evidence-Based Practice -- Diversity and Research: The Impact of Diversity and Difference on Research -- Parallels and Linkages Between Research and Practice -- Steps in Conducting Research -- Steps in Practice Intervention -- The Plan of the Book -- Review and Critical Thinking -- Main Points -- Important Terms for Review -- Critical Thinking -- Evaluating Competency (from the Council on Social Work Education [CSWE] 2015 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards [EPAS]) -- Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior -- Competency 2: Engage Difference and Diversity in Practice -- Competency 4: Engage in Practice-Informed Research and Research-informed Practice -- Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Communities, Groups, Organizations, and Communities -- Self-Assessment -- Answer Key for Self-Assessment Quiz -- For Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 2: The Logic of Social Research -- Chapter Outline -- Introduction -- Sources of Knowledge -- Tradition -- Experience -- Common Sense -- Journalism -- Scientific Method -- Scientific Practice -- Theories in Research and Practice -- What is a Theory? -- The Functions of Theories -- Concepts and Hypotheses -- Defining Concepts -- Developing Hypotheses -- Concepts and Operational Definitions Among Minority Populations -- Perspectives on Science -- Deduction Versus Induction -- Types of Explanations -- Paradigms in Science -- Cause-and-Effect Relationships -- Review and Critical Thinking -- Main Points -- Important Terms for Review -- Critical Thinking.

Cover -- Management Skills for Clinicians, Volume II: Advancing Your Skills -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Enhancing Your Relationships at Work: Managing Communication, Feedback, and Conflict -- Chapter 2: Hiring and Engaging People in a Culture of Well-Being -- Chapter 3: Business Basics: Finance and Budgeting Are Not Just for Accountants! -- Chapter 4: Where Do You Go from Here? Keeping the Motivational Fire Burning -- Appendix A: Grant Funding: Why or Why Not? -- Notes -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- Ad Page -- Back Cover.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Africa and globalisation -- A slowdown ripe for reforms -- Ten decisive years -- Using our resources -- The institutional key -- Notes -- PART 1: The challenges -- 1. The spectre of recolonisation -- Unfair control of capital? -- Africans have the power -- Civil society has to choose its battles -- Notes -- 2. Migration and trade: Africa has the choice of its tools -- Time for understanding and acting -- Changes in migration -- Asymmetrical exchanges and unfair competition -- A wider diversification of partners is urgently needed! -- Notes -- 3. The threat of competing Africas -- Rupture begets rupture -- The frantic race for first place -- The virtues of diversity -- Notes -- 4. African states faced with climate change -- Distress signals are coming from all over Africa -- Adaptation offers an opportunity, but … -- The mobilisation of technical and financial resources is indispensable -- Restoring lands, a key to the re-establishment of communities -- Halting climate-induced migration -- A singular voice for Africa -- Notes -- 5. Unique and uncontrolled demographics -- Demographic growth is predictable and manageable -- Prevention: the key to success -- The demographic dividend and the green revolution -- Agricultural corridors: from the informal to the creation of shared wealth -- Notes -- 6. African youth, between tradition and modernity -- The digital multiplier effect -- Tradition's paradoxical compensatory effect -- Notes -- PART 2: The keys -- 7. Reclaiming our intellectual sovereignty -- A great disruption -- On foreign investment and why we must be vigilant -- Basic education, universities and research -- Prioritising and measuring the effectiveness of education.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. At the Beach: Relaxation and Release -- 2. Tourism and Travel: Enrichment and Edification -- 3. Staying Home: Familiarity and Proximity -- 4. Objects and Identity -- 5. Space and Place -- 6. Temporality and the Self -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Methodological Note -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- The First Decade 1913 to 1922 -- The Second Decade 1923 to 1932 -- The Third Decade 1933 to 1942 -- The Fourth Decade 1943 to 1952 -- The Fifth Decade 1953 to 1962 -- The Sixth Decade 1963 to 1972 -- The Seventh Decade 1973 to 1982 -- The Eighth Decade 1983 to 1992 -- The Ninth Decade 1993 to 2002 -- The Tenth Decade 2003 to 2012 -- Chapter 11: Marking a Century of Achievement -- Chapter 12: Creating Alternative Structures -- Chater 13: Giving with a Purpose -- Chapter 14: Women Power: Inspiring Agents of Change -- Chapter 15: 2014 and Beyond -- Chapter 16: Historic Leadership -- Chapter 17: Acknowledgments -- Index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1. The Archaeology of Medieval Islamic Frontiers: An Introduction -- Part I. The Western Frontiers: The Maghrib and The Mediterranean Sea -- 2. Ibāḍī Boundaries and Defense in the Jabal Nafūsa (Libya) -- 3. Guarding a Well-Ordered Space on a Mediterranean Island -- 4. Conceptualizing the Islamic-Byzantine Maritime Frontier -- Part II. The Southern Frontiers: Egypt and Nubia -- 5. Monetization across the Nubian Border: A Hypothetical Model -- 6. The Land of Ṭarī' and Some New Thoughts on Its Location -- Part III. The Eastern Frontiers: The Caucasus and Central Asia -- 7. Overlapping Social and Political Boundaries: Borders of the Sasanian Empire and the Muslim Caliphate in the Caucasus -- 8. Buddhism on the Shores of the Black Sea: The North Caucasus Frontier between the Muslims, Byzantines, and Khazars -- 9. Making Worlds at the Edge of Everywhere: Politics of Place in Medieval Armenia -- About the Authors -- Index.