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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.

"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

"Everyone needs to understand how climate change will directly affect their lives and the lives of their family in the years to come. This is the first general audience book aimed at giving you and your family the knowledge you need to know to navigate your future"--

"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

This book highlights research on and examples of redemptive managerial behaviors used in the successful reinstatement and improved performance of employees previously terminated for cause. Organizational pressure to hire and retain near-perfect employees is higher than ever, but by offering second chance opportunities and utilizing the resources outlined in this book managers can reclaim, restore, and redirect current employees with great potential. Based on qualitative research and contemporary stories of successful reinstatement, the author highlights the benefits of adopting a redemptive approach and offering employees second chances. The value proposition of retaining an already trained but underperforming employee often results in avoidance of arbitration costs, reduced turnover, higher productivity, and greater employee loyalty. Little research has been conducted assessing the impact of the manager leadership behavior on post-reinstatement employees, and this book fills that gap by providing seminal reading for faith-oriented students, scholars, managers, and human resources professionals.