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"The brief, practical texts in the Essentials of Qualitative Methods series introduce social science and psychology researchers to key approaches to capturing phenomena not easily measured quantitatively, offering exciting, nimble opportunities to gather in-depth qualitative data. In this book, Michelle Fine and Maria Elena Torre provide an introduction to participant action research, an approach that reveals the everyday stories of struggle and survival of the persons being studied, combats social injustice, and leverages social science research for action. Participant action research challenged the traditional and narrow ways in which research has been conducted and elevates the voices and perspectives of formerly marginalized groups. About the Essentials of Qualitative Methods book series: Even for experienced researchers, selecting and correctly applying the right method can be challenging. In this groundbreaking series, leading experts in qualitative methods provide clear, crisp, and comprehensive descriptions of their approach, including its methodological integrity, and its benefits and limitations. Each book includes numerous examples to enable readers to quickly and thoroughly grasp how to leverage these valuable methods"--

Contextualizing the Social Dimensions of a Black Evangelical Religious Movement -- On "Family Roots" and "Godly Family": Creating Kinship Worlds -- Moving Against the Grain: The Evangelism of T. Michael Flowers in the Segregated US South -- Black like Me? Or Christian like Me? Black Evangelicals, Ethnicity, and Church Family -- Scenes of Black Evangelical Spiritual Kinship in Practice -- Bible Study, Fraternalism, and the Making of Interpretive Community -- Churchwomen and the Incorporation of Church and Home -- Black Evangelicals, "the Family," and Confessional Intimacy.

Testimonios from Nogales / Tobin Hansen -- Wealth Inequality and Economic Migration / Tobin Hansen -- Violence and Maras / Jorge A. Andrade Galindo -- Gendered Violence / Cecilia Guadalupe Espinoza Martínez -- Separated from Family / María Engracia Robles Robles -- Clandestine Border Crossings / David Hill -- Abuses by Government / Joanna Williams -- Mexico as the New Southern U.S. Border / Marla Conrad and Jorge A. Andrade Galindo -- Deporting Through Crime and Race / Tobin Hansen -- Deported from Home / Tobin Hansen -- Dismantling Access to Asylum / Joanna Williams -- Spiritual Life / Fr. Samuel Lozano de los Santos -- Valuing Voices / Tobin Hansen

"Decoded in one volume are the five simple steps that everyone can master to succeed in negotiation. In a category saturated with breezy, self-help volumes, Russell Korobkin's long-awaited The Five Tool Negotiator stands apart as a revelatory guide for anyone eager to improve their bargaining skills. The nationally renowned author, who has spent three decades studying successful negotiations, now shares five distinct "tools" that we can all readily utilize: Bargaining Zone Analysis, Persuasion, Deal Design, Power, and Fairness Norms. Drawing on his academic research, Korobkin incorporates lively anecdotes that bring to life concepts from the disparate fields of psychology, economics, and game theory, along with fascinating social science experiments. These invaluable tools can be applied to everyday negotiations and transactions-from consumers hoping to obtain the best price for a used car to executives trying to close a multimillion-dollar deal. Intuitively accessible and reassuringly persuasive, this is a vital guide to mastering the critical skills of negotiation at the social, cultural, and human level"--

"Land use and water resources are two major environmental issues which necessitate conservation, management, and maintenance practices through the use of various engineering techniques. Water scientists and environmental engineers must address the various aspects of flood control, soil conservation, rainfall-runoff processes, and groundwater hydrology. Watershed management and applications of AI provides the necessary principles of hydrology to provide practical strategies useful for the planning, design, and management of watersheds. The book also synthesizes novel new approaches, such as hydrological applications of machine learning using neural networks to predict runoff and using artificial intelligence for the prediction of groundwater fluctuations. Presents hydrologic analysis and design along with soil conservation practices through proper watershed management techniques. Provides analysis of land erosion and sediment transport in watersheds from small to large scale. Includes estimations for runoff using different methodologies with systematic approaches for each. Discusses water harvesting and development of water yield catchments. This book will be a valuable resource for students in hydrology courses, environmental consultants, water resource engineers, and researchers in related water science and engineering fields"--

"From 2011, when Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives, until the present, Congress enacted hardly any major legislation outside of the tax law President Trump signed in 2017. In the same period, the Supreme Court dismantled much of America's campaign finance law, severely weakened the Voting Rights Act, permitted states to opt-out of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, weakened laws protecting against age discrimination and sexual and racial harassment, and held that every state must permit same-sex couples to marry. This powerful unelected body, now controlled by six very conservative Republicans, has and will become the locus of policymaking in the United States. Ian Millhiser, Vox's Supreme Court correspondent, tells the story of what those six justices are likely to do with their power. It is true that the right to abortion is in its final days, as is affirmative action. But Millhiser shows that it is in the most arcane decisions that the Court will fundamentally reshape America, transforming it into something far less democratic, by attacking voting rights, dismantling and vetoing the federal administrative state, ignoring the separation of church and state, and putting corporations above the law. The Agenda exposes a radically altered Supreme Court whose powers extend far beyond transforming any individual right--its agenda is to shape the very nature of America's government, redefining who gets to have legal rights, who is beyond the reach of the law, and who chooses the people who make our laws"--

Vorliegendes Buch (als Übersetzung aus dem Englischen) über die unausweichlichen Probleme und Begleiterscheinungen des Alterns speist sich aus langjähriger Berufserfahrung der Verfasserin als Geriaterin. Es richtet sich sowohl an medizinisches Betreuungspersonal, Betroffene als auch an Angehörige und trägt der Tatsache der immer längeren Lebenserwartung Rechnung. So sachkundig wie einfühlsam und dazu humorvoll-anekdotenreich werden in lockerem Stil in oft rührend-anteilnehmend erzählten lebendigen Geschichten die wichtigsten physisch-medizinischen, psychischen und auch administrativ-juristischen Aspekte behandelt. Alle "grossen Fragen" werden angesprochen, ob Sturzgefahr, Medikamenten-Konsum, altersgerechte Ernährung, Seniorensport, Inkontinenz, Autofahren, Demenz, Patientenverfügung, Geschäftsfähigkeit usw. In Fussnoten hat der Verlag die Unterschiede zum deutschen Gesundheits- und Betreuungssystem vermerkt