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Provides strategies and ideas for public administration educators
across diverse environments, as well undergraduate and graduate
education, to include and integrate democratic principles in public
administration education and practice. Invites instructors to think
about what it means to be educators within higher education
institutions in a democratic society, championing deliberation and
engagement as a way to prepare students for professional roles in
their communities. Each chapter is written by a contributor who has
road-tested the inclusion of democratic ideals and principles in
their own classrooms, and each chapter therefore provides
curriculum plans and = lesson plans that may easily be adapted to
other courses.
Provides strategies and ideas for public administration educators
across diverse environments, as well undergraduate and graduate
education, to include and integrate democratic principles in public
administration education and practice. Invites instructors to think
about what it means to be educators within higher education
institutions in a democratic society, championing deliberation and
engagement as a way to prepare students for professional roles in
their communities. Each chapter is written by a contributor who has
road-tested the inclusion of democratic ideals and principles in
their own classrooms, and each chapter therefore provides
curriculum plans and = lesson plans that may easily be adapted to
other courses.
"One of the most significant books in my life." -Obie Fernandez,
Author, The Rails Way "Twenty years ago, the first edition of The
Pragmatic Programmer completely changed the trajectory of my
career. This new edition could do the same for yours." -Mike Cohn,
Author of Succeeding with Agile , Agile Estimating and Planning ,
and User Stories Applied ". . . filled with practical advice, both
technical and professional, that will serve you and your projects
well for years to come." -Andrea Goulet, CEO, Corgibytes, Founder,
LegacyCode.Rocks ". . . lightning does strike twice, and this book
is proof." -VM (Vicky) Brasseur, Director of Open Source Strategy,
Juniper Networks The Pragmatic Programmer is one of those rare tech
books you'll read, re-read, and read again over the years. Whether
you're new to the field or an experienced practitioner, you'll come
away with fresh insights each and every time. Dave Thomas and Andy
Hunt wrote the first edition of this influential book in 1999 to
help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy of
coding. These lessons have helped a generation of programmers
examine the very essence of software development, independent of
any particular language, framework, or methodology, and the
Pragmatic philosophy has spawned hundreds of books, screencasts,
and audio books, as well as thousands of careers and success
stories. Now, twenty years later, this new edition re-examines what
it means to be a modern programmer. Topics range from personal
responsibility and career development to architectural techniques
for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse. Read
this book, and you'll learn how to: Fight software rot Learn
continuously Avoid the trap of duplicating knowledge Write
flexible, dynamic, and adaptable code Harness the power of basic
tools Avoid programming by coincidence Learn real requirements
Solve the underlying problems of concurrent code Guard against
security vulnerabilities Build teams of Pragmatic Programmers Take
responsibility for your work and career Test ruthlessly and
effectively, including property-based testing Implement the
Pragmatic Starter Kit Delight your users Written as a series of
self-contained sections and filled with classic and fresh
anecdotes, thoughtful examples, and interesting analogies, The
Pragmatic Programmer illustrates the best approaches and major
pitfalls of many different aspects of software development. Whether
you're a new coder, an experienced programmer, or a manager
responsible for software projects, use these lessons daily, and
you'll quickly see improvements in personal productivity, accuracy,
and job satisfaction. You'll learn skills and develop habits and
attitudes that form the foundation for long-term success in your
career. You'll become a Pragmatic Programmer. Register your book
for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as
they become available. See inside book for details.
Bush II, Obama, and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony in the Western
Hemisphere applies competing definitions and conceptions of
hegemony to various foreign policy initiatives and events during
the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama to test
whether they manifest a decline in traditional United States
dominance and leadership in the Western Hemisphere. In particular,
the book examines the continued relevancy of the Inter-American
system, the failure to establish a Free Trade Area of the Americas
(FTAA), and the stillborn Energy and Climate Partnership of the
Americas (ECPA). It also discusses the implications of the People's
Republic of China becoming a major trading partner and important
source of financing and investment capital throughout Latin America
and the Caribbean. The book provides critical reviews of Plan
Colombia, the Merida Initiative, Pathways to Prosperity in the
Americas, the Central American Regional Security Initiative
(CARSI), the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), 100,000
Strong in the Americas, and the restoration of normal U.S.
diplomatic relations with Cuba. There are extensive analyses,
unusual for a work in English, on the Alianza Bolivariana para los
Pueblos de Nuestra America (ALBA), Comunidad de Estados
Latinoamericanos y del Caribe (CELAC), and Union de Naciones
Suramericanas (UNASUR).
It is hard to imagine just how startling the Christian message must
have sounded to those who first heard it.The story of a crucified
messiah was absurd. The death of Jesus as a ransom, a punishment,
or a sacrifice was an offense and an affront. Yet, by making the
death of Jesus central to its preaching and worship, Christianity
took a scandal, the cross, and called it a gospel. In Labor of God
, author Tom Bennett revisits the church's speech about the cross.
He recovers an equally shocking, but often overlooked, metaphor
from Scripture and tradition: the cross as an act of divine labor,
the travail through which God gives birth to the church. This
ancient understanding of the cross enables a fresh theology of
Christian atonement, one better able to answer questions of sin,
suffering, and divine violence. As Bennett argues, this
understanding of the cross can also reshape the classical
systematic doctrines of creation, election, soteriology, and the
church. Developed through close readings of biblical texts and
interaction with voices from theology and the sciences, Labor of
God shows how the Christian message of the cross can once again
prick the ears and trouble the hearts of those who hear it. To a
church immune to the radical character of its own message, Bennett
resists the temptation to sanitize and relishes the offenseaan
offense that gives birth to a scandalous gospel for a secular age.
This revised edition of a popular text offers students an updated
and comprehensive overview across special education. It critically
examines the intellectual foundations of special education and
considers the consequences of their influence for professional and
popular thinking about learning difficulties. The chapters place
inclusion within a social and political context to highlight how
concepts have been influences by theory and ideology across the
years. The book offers guidance to students on specific
issues such as reading and behavioural difficulties with
theoretically grounded information. With a fresh chapter discussing
current research, intersectionality and increased marketisation
within education this book reflects the new landscape and
legislation of special education. “Essential reading for
anyone studying or working in either special or inclusive
education… Few could build the case as well as Thomas and
Loxley.†Melanie Nind, Professor of Education, University of
Southampton, UK “Few books in the field of education merit the
soubriquet 'must read'. This is one such."Â Philip Garner,
Professor, Brunel University, UK “An absolute must-read for all
of us committed to realising genuine inclusion within schools and
society!†Jan Valle, The City College of New York, USA "Finishing
your first reading of their book makes you realise that you must
return to it, such is the richness of the analysis and reach of its
detail. This is a tour de force, a line in the sand for all
successive work in the field of inclusive education." Roger Slee,
Diamond Jubilee Professor of Disability Studies, University of
Leeds, UK
As the first full-length study of twentieth-century American legal
academics wrestling with the problem of free will versus
determinism in the context of criminal responsibility, this book
deals with one of the most fundamental problems in criminal law.
Thomas Andrew Green chronicles legal academic ideas from the
Progressive Era critiques of free will-based (and generally
retributive) theories of criminal responsibility to the midcentury
acceptance of the idea of free will as necessary to a criminal law
conceived of in practical moral-legal terms that need not accord
with scientific fact to the late-in-century insistence on the
compatibility of scientific determinism with moral and legal
responsibility and with a modern version of the retributivism that
the Progressives had attacked. Foregrounding scholars' language and
ideas, Green invites readers to participate in reconstructing an
aspect of the past that is central to attempts to work out bases
for moral judgment, legal blame, and criminal punishment.
Thomas Andrew Knight (1759-1838) was a distinguished British
naturalist and botanist who is often regarded as the father of
nineteenth-century horticultural science. From 1811 to 1838 Knight
was the president of the Royal Horticultural Society and his
interest in structural biology, plant physiology and plant breeding
is evident in this collection of papers, published in 1841. On his
country estate in Herefordshire, Knight devoted his time to
research and writing, and carried out experiments on plants and
trees. He published papers on his theories about such physiological
problems as the ascent and descent of sap and how buds are
produced. The main focus, however, is on Knight's own practical
work: building greenhouses and experimenting with plant nutrition,
fertilisation and the improvement of fruit trees by selective
breeding (work later appreciated by Darwin). In an interesting
chapter on animals, Knight relates his observations on the
behaviour of bees and dogs.
The fourth edition of this acclaimed textbook provides an in-depth
and engaging overview of community psychology, including its
theoretical underpinnings and methods for conducting research and
promoting change within communities. This book aims to get
students, including nonpsychology majors, excited about the field
and being agents of social change. New to this edition are an
increased focus on values, particularly those related to social
justice, empowering minority communities, and solving complex
societal problems - like poverty, oppression, and climate change -
across multiple ecological levels. New research and case examples
present important developments in the field and society at large,
accompanied by extensive discussion questions that will encourage
self-reflection and help students apply key concepts to their own
lives. A new marginal glossary also highlights important concepts.
Bush II, Obama, and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony in the Western
Hemisphere applies competing definitions and conceptions of
hegemony to various foreign policy initiatives and events during
the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama to test
whether they manifest a decline in traditional United States
dominance and leadership in the Western Hemisphere. In particular,
the book examines the continued relevancy of the Inter-American
system, the failure to establish a Free Trade Area of the Americas
(FTAA), and the stillborn Energy and Climate Partnership of the
Americas (ECPA). It also discusses the implications of the People's
Republic of China becoming a major trading partner and important
source of financing and investment capital throughout Latin America
and the Caribbean. The book provides critical reviews of Plan
Colombia, the Merida Initiative, Pathways to Prosperity in the
Americas, the Central American Regional Security Initiative
(CARSI), the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), 100,000
Strong in the Americas, and the restoration of normal U.S.
diplomatic relations with Cuba. There are extensive analyses,
unusual for a work in English, on the Alianza Bolivariana para los
Pueblos de Nuestra America (ALBA), Comunidad de Estados
Latinoamericanos y del Caribe (CELAC), and Union de Naciones
Suramericanas (UNASUR).
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A celebration of the American painter's life and work in the region
he loved best In 1883 American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
moved his studio from New York City to Prouts Neck, a slip of
coastline just south of Portland, Maine. Here, over the course of
twenty-five years, Homer produced his most celebrated and
emotionally powerful paintings, which often depicted the dramatic
views and storm-strewn skies around his home. Homer's influence and
the Prouts Neck area would have a profound effect on the rise of a
new American modernism, inspiring the artists who followed him.
This beautifully illustrated catalogue celebrates Homer's legacy at
Prouts Neck, and documents the Portland Museum of Art's six-year
conservation project to preserve the Winslow Homer Studio, the
former carriage house in which Homer lived and worked. Photographs
of the studio and site, never before open to the public, highlight
views that are recognizable as the subject of so many of Homer's
paintings. Essays by leading scholars examine his iconic
masterpieces; his artistic development in Prouts Neck; the
architecture of his studio; his relationship to French painting;
and the full range of his marine paintings. Published in
association with the Portland Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule:
Portland Museum of Art(09/22/12-12/30/12)
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