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This paper examines the relation between the involvement of teachers in school management and their pupils' school-relevant attitudes. The teacher participation is conceived in terms of a process of dialogue, decision-making, and action-taking (DDA) regarding particular changes under way in the school. The pupil attitudes that are shown to be associated with DDA are attitudes toward learning, attitudes toward school, and the pupil's self-concept. Data are presented to substantiate the view that it is not the teachers' personal characteristics (e.g., teaching experience or dogmatism) which are crucial in developing favorable student attitudes, but rather the teachers' organizational participation. The evidence indicates that teachers who are more involved in the dialogue-decision-action process have students with more favorable attitudes; and that these teachers likewise reflect the greater sense of mastery (low powerlessness scores) that staff participation hypothetically should encourage.

Old Age and American Slavery explores how antebellum southerners, Black and white, adapted to, resisted, or failed to overcome changes associated with old age, both real and imagined. Slavery was a system of economic exploitation and a contested site of personal domination, both of which were affected by concerns with age. In examining how individuals, families, and communities felt about the aging process and dealt with elders, David Stefan Doddington emphasizes the complex social relations that developed in a slave society. In connecting old age to the arguments of Black activists, abolitionists, enslavers, and their propagandists, the book reveals how representations of old age, and experiences of aging, spoke to wider struggles relating to mastery, paternalism, resistance, and survival in slavery. The book asks us to rethink long-standing narratives relating to networks of solidarity in the American South and it illuminates the violent and exploitative nature of American slavery.

This volume examines in an innovative and applied perspective the interdependence between the role of international organizations, the existence of global public goods and the need of sustainable development. Moreover, it is set within the context of current challenges in today's world of dramatic transition and clearly responds to the need for filling the existing research gap in this area. It also demonstrates excellent knowledge of primary resources and a very good mastery of the various concepts and policy issues. Moreover, it offers an important added value to the theory, research and recent publications of the concerned broad study field. Contributors are: Aleksandra Borowicz, Leiza Brumat, Diego Caballero Vélez, Giuseppe T. Cirella, Rasa Daugėlienė, Agnieszka Domańska, Małgorzata Dziembała, Lenka Fojtíková, Katja Zajc Kejžar, Agnieszka Kłos, Ewa Kosycarz, Anatoliy Kruglashov, Andrzej Latoszek, Ewa Latoszek, Mirella Mărcuț, Willem Molle, Ewa Osuch-Rak, Marta Pachocka, Nina Ponikvar, Magdalena Proczek, Angela Maria Romito, Piotr Stolarczyk, Aleksandra Szczerba, and Anna Wójtowicz

This volume examines in an innovative and applied perspective the interdependence between the role of international organizations, the existence of global public goods and the need of sustainable development. Moreover, it is set within the context of current challenges in today's world of dramatic transition and clearly responds to the need for filling the existing research gap in this area. It also demonstrates excellent knowledge of primary resources and a very good mastery of the various concepts and policy issues. Moreover, it offers an important added value to the theory, research and recent publications of the concerned broad study field. Contributors are: Aleksandra Borowicz, Leiza Brumat, Diego Caballero Vélez, Giuseppe T. Cirella, Rasa Daugėlienė, Agnieszka Domańska, Małgorzata Dziembała, Lenka Fojtíková, Katja Zajc Kejžar, Agnieszka Kłos, Ewa Kosycarz, Anatoliy Kruglashov, Andrzej Latoszek, Ewa Latoszek, Mirella Mărcuț, Willem Molle, Ewa Osuch-Rak, Marta Pachocka, Nina Ponikvar, Magdalena Proczek, Angela Maria Romito, Piotr Stolarczyk, Aleksandra Szczerba, and Anna Wójtowicz

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Plato's Philosopher King -- Confucius's Sage-King -- Gandhi's Brahmachari-Leader -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: The Philosopher King: Body, Mind, and Eros -- Historical Sources of Plato's Ideas -- Foundations of Plato's Political Order in the Republic -- The Morality of Sensual Austerity and Political Rule -- Influence on Subsequent Political Philosophy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Moral Social Order and the Ideal Ruler, the Sage-King -- Life and Time of Confucius and Evolution of Confucianism(s) -- The Confucian Worldview -- Moral Self-Cultivation and Moral Leadership in a Harmonious Society -- Moral Principle and Legal Formalism -- Ruler as Moral Exemplar -- Moral Leadership and Sensual Austerity -- Chapter 4: Brahmacharya, Nonviolent Social Praxis, and Leadership -- Gandhian Worldview and Nonviolent Social Praxis -- Brahmacharya, Public Service, and Political Leadership -- Brahmacharya, 'Mastery of the Science of Life' -- Chapter 5: Parallels, Variations, and Pathways -- Sensual Austerity and Moral Leadership -- Differences and Cultural Variations -- Pathways for Research -- Index.

"Personalized competency-based education (PCBE) is a system of education in which each student learns at his or her individual pace and progress depends on mastery rather than age. While PCBE has countless benefits, one challenge of adopting this system is the difficulty of scheduling classes and organizing learning on a day-to-day basis. Scheduling for Personalized Competency-Based Education guides K-12 school leaders and teachers through resolving this issue. Authors Michelle M. Finn and Douglas E. Finn III offer an overview of the PCBE system, describe the use of student data as the foundation for PCBE scheduling, and address various considerations related to creating a schedule that prioritizes students' learning needs. The processes for structuring and transitioning to two scheduling options-horizontal and vertical-are explored in detail. This book also provides tips for individual teachers looking to convert their classrooms to a more flexible PCBE model"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- PART I Studies on choice of technique -- 2 Sectoral capital intensities -- 3 Technical rigidity and appropriate technology in less developed countries -- 4 The choice of technique vs the choice of beneficiary: What the Third World chooses -- PART II: X-efficiency, learning and technical mastery -- 5 Productivity during industrialisation: Some Latin American evidence -- 6 Technological effort in industrial development - an interpretative survey of recent research -- 7 Limited learning in infant industry: A case study -- PART III The creation of third world technology -- 8 Technological learning in the Third World: Some implications of technology exports -- 9 Opening Pandora's Box: Technology and social performance in the Indian tractor industry -- 10 Institutions and decision-making in agricultural research -- PART IV Products -- 11 New products: A discussion of the welfare effects of the introduction of new products in developing countries -- 12 Product standards in developing countries -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

In a fascinating analysis of the great psychological and sociological thinkers--including Freud, Maslow, McClelland, Durkheim, Skinner, Lewin and Mead--this erudite text challenges the models, myths and metaphors of modern psychology. Psychologists have promoted the view that human beings are the victims of internal and external forces, and have laboured to absorb free and responsible individuals into a pseudo-scientific framework that denies moral agency and thus renders them incapable of recognising notions of right and wrong. This book will appeal to anyone who has read enough psychology to have been perplexed and frustrated by its famous emperors. It demonstrates that if we take these naked emperors seriously and deny human freedom and personal responsibility, we shall have contributed to the undermining of our civilisation. With skill and verve, the book carries readers through an array of ideas to a 'purposive psychology' that enables individuals to gain insight into, and mastery of, themselves.

"During 1942, the decisive battles of Stalingrad and El Alamein raged and the Nazi genocide was at its lethal peak. The Pen Confronts the Sword examines the shared motives behind four remarkable texts German exiles began writing that year: Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus (1947); Ernst Cassirer's The Myth of the State (1946); Erich Auerbach's Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature (1946); and Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno's Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944). Each identified a specific danger in Nazi ideology and mustered new theories, approaches, and sources to combat it. The books aimed to expose the encompassing catastrophes of German culture (Mann), politics (Cassirer), philology (Auerbach), and philosophy and sociology (Horkheimer and Adorno). Their scope, mastery, and sense of urgency constitute a comprehensive Kulturkampf (culture war) against Nazi barbarism. Avihu Zakai cogently analyzes each work, explains the context of its creation, and draws connections between these four landmark books in Western intellectual history"--

KEY FEATURES: . Designed to be used in a range of 100-level and 200-level courses, including introductory sociology, social problems, and courses that focus on race, class, gender, or sexuality. . Introduces students to basic analytic techniques in the social sciences, such as frequency distributions, cross-tabulations, and comparisons of means. . No software purchase required-all exercises are carried out on the open-access Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) website. . Screen captures from the SDA website, and careful step-by-step instructions, are provided to help students with no previous data analysis experience. . Early chapters focus on single categories of difference and inequality; later chapters examine how these factors intersect within the domains of family, education, and work. . Multiple choice questions and open-ended exercises at the end of each chapter test mastery of the material and give students opportunities to extend their analyses to other questions.

"A truly splendid accomplishment. Drawing on a prodigious amount of primary-source research, it effectively corrects many misconceptions sewn into both popular understandings of the election and the regrettably meager body of professional literature on the subject."-Journal of the Early Republic "This fine book provides a detailed overview of the election of 1824, when the reigning Democratic-Republican coalition collapsed into a complex race for the presidency. His analysis should force historians to rethink long-held assumptions about the rise of American democracy."-Register of the Kentucky Historical Society "Ratcliffe explains the election of 1824 within the context of the politics of the early 1820s, a period often overlooked by historians, when the country was dealing with the aftermath of the Missouri Compromise and recovering from economic crisis."-Journal of Southern History "Ratcliffe's mastery of the personalities, issues, and political process relevant to the 1824 election is evident."-Choice.

The Business Environment of Europe is the first textbook to provide a complete overview of Europe's business landscape, examining the region's diverse economies and government policies within historical, political, and cultural contexts. This well-researched text examines the European Union and select European nations, and leads students to a full understanding of the structure and dynamics of specific industries, the impact of globalization on European companies, and the future challenges facing the region's business environment. Numerous tables, maps, figures, case studies and chapter-specific bibliographies support students with little background knowledge of the subject, and lead them to total mastery of the material. Ideal for business students seeking background on the historical and cultural foundations of European business, and for international studies students seeking specific information on European governments, policies and economics, this introductory textbook provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the subject.

John Stuart Mill (1806–73) is widely regarded as the pre-eminent thinker of the liberal tradition; and yet because his views on international relations cannot be traced in any particular book or essay, his political thought remains largely misunderstood. Liberty Abroad is the first comprehensive, critical study which brings together all of John Stuart Mill's extensive contributions with particular attention to the historical contexts in which they were produced, as well as the political and philosophical preoccupations that prompted them, and how they were received among his contemporaries. A leading Mill scholar, Dr Georgios Varouxakis combines an extraordinary command of Mill's varied and extensive writings with a meticulous mastery of a range of Victorian controversies and thinkers to give a full, subtle evaluation of a major aspect of Mill's thought. This definitive study offers a major contribution to an area of increasing scholarly interest: the history of international political thought

Animism and invisible worlds : the place of non-humans in indigenous ontologies / Marc Brightman, Vanessa Elisa Grotti, and Olga Ulturgasheva -- Too many owners : mastery and ownership in Amazonia / Carlos Fausto -- Revisiting the animism versus totemism debate : fabricatinf persons among the Eveny and Chukchi of north-eastern Siberia / Rane Willerslev and Olga Ulturgasheva -- Animism and the meaning of life : reflections from Amazonia / Laura Rival -- Stories about Evenki people and their dogs : communication through sharing contexts / Tatiana Safonova and István Sántha -- Making animals into food among the Kanamari of western Amazonia / Luiz Costa -- 'Spirit-charged' animals in Siberia / Alexandra Lavrillier -- Shamans, animals and enemies : human and non-human agency in an Amazonian cosmos of alterity / Casey High -- Expressions and experiences of personhood : spatiality and objects in the Nenets tundra home / Vera Skvirskaja -- Humanity, personhood and transformability in northern Amazonia / Vanessa Elisa Grotti and Marc Brightman -- Masked predation, hierarchy, and the scaling of extractive relations in Inner Asia and beyond / Katherine Swancutt

"Lessons for leaders on resolving the ongoing struggle between instinct and the creative mindKings, heads of government, and corporate executives lead thousands of people and manage endless resources, but may not have mastery over themselves. Often leaders know that right action is important, but have little (if any) understanding of what prevents them from acting in accordance with their intentions. In this important book, leadership expert Richard Daft portrays this dilemma as a struggle between instinct (elephant) and intention (the executive) using the most current research on the intentional vs. the habitual mind to explain how this phenomenon occurs. Based on current research and real-life examplesOffers leaders a method for directing themselves more productivelyWritten by an expert in leadership, organizational performance, and change managementThrough real-life examples and recent studies in psychology, management and Eastern spirituality Daft provides guidance to all of us who struggle finding our own balance and cultivating the behavior of others"--