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Do mergers lead to financial instability? How are shareholders' interests best served? How significant a role do taxes play? What are the implications for the structure and concentration of industry? Mergers and Acquisitions, prepared in an nontechnical format, answers these and other questions that have arisen from the takeover boom that began in the mid-1980s. "A significant piece of scholarship."—Peter Fuhrman, Forbes "Accessible to interested laypersons and policy makers. . . . [A] thoroughly readable and informative book."—Gregg A. Jarrell, Journal of Economic Literature

Now in its 5th edition, this popular text for secondary social studies methods courses integrates discussions of educational goals and the nature of history and social studies with ideas for organizing social studies curricula, units, lessons, projects, and activities.

In 'Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System', Alan J. Dettlaff presents a call to abolish the American child welfare system due to the harm and destruction it causes Black families. Dettlaff provides evidence of the vast harms that result from family separations and placement in foster care to make a case that the child welfare system is beyond reform. Rather, the only solution to ending this harm is complete abolition of the child welfare system and a fundamental reimagining of the way society cares for children and families.

"In his book A Philosophy of Gun Violence, Alan Reid offers a novel way to rethink our approach to the gun violence epidemic in America. By focusing on the gun as technology, whose design influences the way we use--and abuse--it, he reveals how we may advance gun safety, and calm our violent culture, in a manner that sidesteps the usual pitfalls of the debate." Firmin Debrabander, Professor of Philosophy, Maryland Institute College of Art, USA". Alan Reid's philosophical meditation on guns anticipates the research from other fields in positing that the mere presence of guns changes human behavior. That fundamental insight is only now finding empirical confirmation, yet it is a testament to Reid's thoughtful, timely, and highly readable analysis that he has arrived at the same conclusion and uses that insight to great effectiveness in this new work. Robert J. Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science Emeritus, SUNY, Cortland, USA This book uses a philosophy of technology to demonstrate that guns are predisposed for an intentional use, making them inherently non-neutral artifacts. This argument rejects the often-cited value neutral thesis and instrumentalist view that "guns don't kill people; people kill people", and instead, explains the lethality of the gun through the lenses of affordance theory, behavioral design, and choice architecture. Ultimately, this book proposes an ethical and value-sensitive model for gun reform, which embodies the perspective of French philosopher Bruno Latour, who said, "You are different with a gun in your hand; the gun is different with you holding it." Alan J. Reid is an Associate Professor of First-Year Writing & Instructional Technologies at Coastal Carolina University where he teaches courses in composition, new media, and graduate writing and research. He is also an Evaluation Analyst in the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University and teaches graduate courses in technology and design for the JHU School of Education.

Intro -- Contents -- Part I: Understanding and Identifying Racial Disproportionality and Disparities -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Child Welfare -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Defining and Identifying Racial Disproportionality and Disparities -- 1.2.1 Disproportionality -- 1.2.2 Disparity -- 1.3 Organization of This Volume -- References -- Chapter 2: The Evolving Understanding of Racial Disproportionality and Disparities -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Early Understandings of Disproportionality -- 2.2.1 Subsequent Theories Regarding Disproportionality -- 2.3 Shifting Dialogue -- 2.4 Poverty and Evidence of Racial Bias -- 2.5 Current Understandings of Disproportionality and Disparities -- 2.6 Racism as the Underlying Cause of Racial Disproportionality and Disparities -- References -- Chapter 3: Measurement Issues in Identifying and Describing Racial Disproportionality and Disparity -- 3.1 Definitions: Disproportionality Versus Disparity -- 3.2 Population Versus Decision-Based Enumeration -- 3.3 Issues with Measurement for Low-Incidence Groups -- 3.4 Selection of a Comparison Group -- 3.5 How Other Fields Are Looking at These Issues? -- 3.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Racial Disproportionality and Disparities Among African American Children in the Child Welfare System -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Impact of Policy on Black Families -- 4.2.1 Historical Context -- 4.2.2 Child Welfare Policies -- 4.3 Current Trends -- 4.4 Explanatory Factors -- 4.4.1 Socio-economic Factors -- 4.4.2 Implicit Bias -- 4.4.3 Visibility and Exposure Bias -- 4.4.4 Geographic Context -- 4.4.5 Disproportionate Needs of Black Families -- 4.5 Promising Practices/Strategies -- 4.5.1 Prevention and Early Intervention -- 4.5.2 Reporting -- 4.5.3 Investigation and Assessment -- 4.5.4 Blind Removal Meetings -- 4.6 Future Directions.

"The biotechnology industry and the law are inextricable. Patent, regulatory, and contract law profoundly shape this industry, and each of these practice areas is deeply intertwined with the science it governs. Yet many in the biotech industry lack even a basic grasp of these laws, jeopardizing their business success as a result. This book is an essential introduction to biotechnology law for startup founders, regulatory specialists, patent liaisons, investors, academics, students, and other non-attorneys with biotech backgrounds. It covers core topics such as patentability, patent prosecution and infringement, patent opinions, the development and FDA approval of small molecule and biologic drugs, regulatory exclusivity, generic drugs and ANDA litigation, biosimilars and the patent dance, patent licenses, and collaboration agreements. Biotechnology Law is a clear, concise, and entirely practical primer on the topic, replete with straightforward, real-world examples to illustrate each key concept. The author's expert treatment embraces the new reality that understanding the legal machinery through which science becomes business is not a luxury-it is a crucial part of a scientist's training. Alan J. Morrison is a lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University. He practices biotechnology law in New York City"--

Intro -- Contents -- Preface "The Work of the Future" -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Centralizing the History of Slavery, Racism, and Resistance: Why Race Still Matters -- Teaching Notes -- Teaching Notes -- 1 Most of the "Founders" Were Not Abolitionists, but Some from New York Were -- The Deleted Passage (1776) -- Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, President of the Continental Congress (1779) -- Rejected Motion at the New York State Constitutional Convention (1777) -- An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery (1799) -- An Act Relative to Slaves and Servants (1817) -- Tredwell's Address to the New York State Constitutional Ratification Convention (1788) -- Frederick Douglass and the Constitution (1849, 1860) -- Teaching Notes -- 2 Resistance! Resistance! Resistance!: New York State's Radical Black Abolitionists and the Coming of the Civil War -- Henry Highland Garnet Calls for Resistance (1843) -- Battling Slavecatchers in Buffalo -- Resisting the Fugitive Slave law -- Teaching Notes -- 3 Abolition on the Margins -- Teaching Notes -- 4 Narratives of Slavery and Escape: The Importance of Solomon Northup -- Teaching Notes -- 5 We May Never Know the Real Harriet Tubman -- William Still on Harriet Tubman -- Harriet Tubman in the Newspapers -- Teaching Notes -- 6 New York's Grand Emancipation Jubilee Celebrations -- Teaching Notes -- 7 Lincoln at Gettysburg: Were All Men Created Equal? -- Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address -- Teaching Notes -- New York Senator William Seward Battles against Slavery -- 8 The New York Press, Racism, and the Presidential Election of 1864 -- Teaching Notes -- 9 Abolition: From Marginalization to Emancipation -- Teaching Notes -- 10 "The Execration of History": New York's Opposition to Congressional Reconstruction -- Teaching Notes -- 11 Politics of Historical Memory -- Teaching Notes -- References -- Index

"The Smartphone Paradox is a critical examination of our everyday mobile technologies and the effects that they have on our thoughts and behaviors. Alan J. Reid presents a comprehensive view of smartphones: the research behind the uses and gratifications of smartphones, the obstacles they present, the opportunities they afford, and how everyone can achieve a healthy, technological balance. It includes interviews with smartphone users from a variety of backgrounds, and translates scholarly research into a conversational tone, making it easy to understand a synthesis of key findings and conclusions from a heavily-researched domain. All in all, through the lens of smartphone dependency, the book makes the argument for digital mindfulness in a device age that threatens our privacy, sociability, attention, and cognitive abilities."--

Presenting the first database of constitutional design in all African countries, and seven original case studies, Constitutions and Conflict Management in Africa explores the types of domestic political institutions that can buffer societies from destabilizing changes that otherwise increase the risk of violence