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Celebrating its 60th volume (and thus 60 years of publication),
this series remains one of the most cited sources in marine science
and oceanography. This anniversary volume includes an Editorial
discussing the UN Decade of Ocean Science as well as appreciation
notes on the work of previous Editor-in-Chiefs. Chapters are
authored by leading experts from around the world, including
Greece, Chile, Australia, Canada and Australia, while an
international Editorial Board ensures continued high quality and
rigorous peer review of published articles. The ever increasing
interest in work in oceanography and marine biology and its
relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate
change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative reviews
summarizing the results of recent research. Supplementary online
videos as well as additional Tables and Appendices are available on
the Support Tab of the book's Routledge webpage. This volume is
available Open Access.
This volume explores the conflict between two forces: party
polarization and party factionalism. The major change in America's
two political parties over the past half-century has been increased
polarization, which has led to a new era of heightened inter-party
competition resulting in stronger and more cohesive parties. At the
same time, elections, particularly primaries, often reveal deep
internal factional divisions within both the parties, and the 2020
election was no different. The Democratic coalition typically pits
moderate or establishment candidates against progressive activists
and candidates, while the Republican Party in 2020 was, at times,
polarized not only between moderates and conservatives but between
those willing to criticize President Trump and those who would not.
How did these two opposing forces shape the outcome of the 2020
election, and what are the consequences for the future of American
party politics and elections?
The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The
election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a
true outsider - a candidate with no previous governmental
experience and mixed support from his own party - won the election
by winning in traditionally Democratic states with coattails that
extended to Republican Senate candidates and resulted in unified
Republican government for the first time since 2008. This result
broke with the pre-election conventional wisdom, which expected
Hillary Clinton to win the presidency and a closer Senate divide.
This surprising result led many political scientists to question
whether 2016 truly marked a major turning point in American
elections as portrayed in the media - a break from the conventional
wisdom - or whether it was really the exception that proved the
rule. In this volume, political scientists examine previous
theories and trends in light of the 2016 election to determine the
extent to which 2016 was a break from previous theories. While in
some areas it seems as though 2016 was really just what would have
been predicted, in others, this election and the new president pose
significant challenges to mainstream theories in political science.
In particular, prominent political scientists examine whether voter
trends, with particular focus on groups by gender, age, geography,
and ethnicity, and election issues, especially the role of the
Supreme Court, followed or bucked recent trends. Several political
scientists examine the unconventional nomination process and
whether this signals a new era for political parties. The role of
conspiracy theories and voter confidence in the administration of
elections are also discussed. Finally, contributors also examine
the indirect effect the presidential candidates, especially Trump,
played in congressional election rhetoric.
Universities for years have been the bright spot in our educational
system. Today, these institutions are under siege from multiple
constituencies including students, parents, legislators, government
officials and their own faculties. Education has historically been
a way for students to improve their lives and fortunes. However,
the rising costs of college are a barrier to access for many
students, reducing their chances for upward mobility.Is technology
the solution, or is it just another costly problem for
universities? The purpose of this book is to explore how new
technology has the potential to transform higher education.
However, this same technology also has the potential to disrupt
universities. Much depends on how administrators, faculty and
students apply technologically enhanced learning.Technology and the
Disruption of Higher Education presents details on MOOCs, blended,
flipped and online classes and their role in transforming higher
education based on the author's experiences teaching all of these
types of courses. These technology-enabled approaches to teaching
and learning offer tremendous opportunities to schools, but they
also threaten the traditional university. The book identifies some
of these threats and opportunities and offers suggested strategies
to take advantage of the technology.Is this technology enough to
save the university system? While new ways of teaching and learning
are exciting, they are only part of the puzzle. Radical change
beyond what happens in the classroom is needed if our higher
education system is to continue to flourish and some of these ideas
are discussed in the last chapter of the book. The book is a call
to action for educators to realize that the technology is both
transformational and disruptive, and that some universities are
going to fail in the next 15 years.
Universities for years have been the bright spot in our educational
system. Today, these institutions are under siege from multiple
constituencies including students, parents, legislators, government
officials and their own faculties. Education has historically been
a way for students to improve their lives and fortunes. However,
the rising costs of college are a barrier to access for many
students, reducing their chances for upward mobility.Is technology
the solution, or is it just another costly problem for
universities? The purpose of this book is to explore how new
technology has the potential to transform higher education.
However, this same technology also has the potential to disrupt
universities. Much depends on how administrators, faculty and
students apply technologically enhanced learning.Technology and the
Disruption of Higher Education presents details on MOOCs, blended,
flipped and online classes and their role in transforming higher
education based on the author's experiences teaching all of these
types of courses. These technology-enabled approaches to teaching
and learning offer tremendous opportunities to schools, but they
also threaten the traditional university. The book identifies some
of these threats and opportunities and offers suggested strategies
to take advantage of the technology.Is this technology enough to
save the university system? While new ways of teaching and learning
are exciting, they are only part of the puzzle. Radical change
beyond what happens in the classroom is needed if our higher
education system is to continue to flourish and some of these ideas
are discussed in the last chapter of the book. The book is a call
to action for educators to realize that the technology is both
transformational and disruptive, and that some universities are
going to fail in the next 15 years.
First Published in 2011. This book describes the application of an
advanced analytical technique, simulation modeling, (WUSM) to a
significant problem in resources management. It includes ideas
which have grown out of practical resource management problems that
have progressed through conceptual models to operational tools and
finally to application in actual public land management settings.
It is similarly rewarding to see the work being adapted for use by
the National Park Service and other agencies at home and abroad.
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Jim Pearce, Ward J. Risvold; Edited by (ghost editors) William Given; Contributions by Christopher J. Crosbie, William A Coulter, …
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Essays on a wide range of topics including the role of early modern
chess in upholding Aristotelian virtue; readings of Sidney, Wroth,
Spenser, and Shakespeare; and several topics involving the New
World. Renaissance Papers collects the best scholarly essays
submitted each year to the Southeastern Renaissance Conference. The
present volume opens with an essay on early modern chess, arguing
that it covertly upheld an Aristotelian concept of virtue against
the destabilizing ethical views of writers such as Machiavelli.
This provocative opening is followed by iconoclastic discussions of
Sidney's Astrophil and Stella, Wroth's Urania, and Spenser's Fairie
Queen. The next essay investigates the mystery surrounding
editorship of the 1571 printing of The Mirror for Magistrates. The
essays then pivot into the exotic world of Hermetic "statue magic"
in Shakespeare's Winter's Tale and the even more exotic worlds of
alchemy, Aztec war gods, and conversion in sixteenth-century
Mexico. Two further essays remain in the New World, the first
examining the representational connections between the twelve
Caesars and the twelve Inca kings, the second taking stock of
Thomas Harriot's contribution to the understanding of Amerindian
languages. The penultimate essay looks at Holbein's depiction of
Henry VIII's ailing body, and the volume concludes with a complex
analysis of guilt and shame in Moliere's L'Ecole des Femmes.
Contributors: Jean Marie Christensen, William Coulter, Christopher
Crosbie, Shepherd Aaron Ellis, Scott Lucas, Fernando
Martinez-Periset, Timothy Pyles, Rachel Roberts, Jesse Russell,
Janet Stephens, Weiao Xing. The journal is edited by Jim Pearce of
North Carolina Central University and Ward Risvold of Georgia
College and State University.
This book assembles eight chapters by respected and emerging
scholars in political science, sociology, and psychology to produce
a sustained look at the wide range of identity politics in the 2020
US National Election and the lessons for 2024. These
chapters emerged from papers presented at the American Elections
Symposium held at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint
Anselm College in March of 2021; six edited volumes have been
produced based on research presented at previous conferences. They
apply an impressive diversity of theoretical explanations and
methodological approaches to explore the factors that shape
American elections, and what impact it could have in the future of
diversity and democracy.
This book assembles six chapters by respected and emerging scholars
in political science and communication to produce a first sustained
look at Twitter's role in the 2016 US Presidential Election. While
much attention has already been paid to Trump's use of Twitter as a
phenomenon-how it helps drive news cycles, distracts attention from
other matters, or levies attacks against rivals, the news media,
and other critics-there has been little scholarly analysis of the
impact Twitter played in the actual election. These chapters apply
an impressive diversity of theoretical explanations and
methodological approaches to explore how this new technology shaped
an American election, and what impact it could have in the future.
Successfully launching an academic career in the challenging
environment of higher education today is apt to require more
explicit preparation than the informal socialization typically
afforded in graduate school. As a faculty novice soon discovers,
job success requires balancing multiple demands on one's time and
energy. "New Faculty" offers a useful compendium of "survival"
advice for the faculty newcomer on a variety of subjects: practical
tips on classroom teaching, student performance evaluation,
detailed advice on grant-writing, student advising, professional
service, and publishing. Beginning faculty members--and possibly
their more experienced colleagues as well--will find this lively
guidebook both informative and thought-provoking.
Successfully launching an academic career in the challenging
environment of higher education today is apt to require more
explicit preparation than the informal socialization typically
afforded in graduate school. As a faculty novice soon discovers,
job success requires balancing multiple demands on one's time and
energy. "New Faculty" offers a useful compendium of "survival"
advice for the faculty newcomer on a variety of subjects: practical
tips on classroom teaching, student performance evaluation,
detailed advice on grant-writing, student advising, professional
service, and publishing. Beginning faculty members--and possibly
their more experienced colleagues as well--will find this lively
guidebook both informative and thought-provoking.
In many ways, the Old Testament book of Daniel is an enigma. It
consists of two different kinds of material: stories about Judean
exiles working in the court of pagan kings (chapters 1-6) and
accounts of visions experienced by one of these exiles (chapters
7-12). It is written in two languages, Hebrew and Aramaic, and the
language division does not match the subject division. Whether the
book's affinities lie more with the Hebrew prophets or with later
Jewish apocalypses is debated, as are its affinities with the
wisdom traditions of both Israel and Babylon. Refreshingly, Enest
Lucas postpones much of the discussion of such issues to an
Epilogue, and invites the reader to an investigation of the meaning
of the text in the form in which we now have it. He identifies the
central theme of the book as the sovereignty of the God of Israel.
With even-handedness and clarity, Lucas demonstrates that, for
preachers and teachers, there is much in Daniel that is fairly
readily understandable and applicable, and that there are also
theological depths that are rewarding for those willing to plumb
them and wrestle with the issues they raise.
This book explores multiple stories of the 2018 US midterm
elections. From retirements and redistricting, to #MeToo and
tariffs, it synthesizes the consequences through a thoughtful,
empirical analysis. As the final votes are counted, we scholars
know that midterm elections matter and have unforeseen consequences
for decades to come.
This book explores multiple stories of the 2018 US midterm
elections. From retirements and redistricting, to #MeToo and
tariffs, it synthesizes the consequences through a thoughtful,
empirical analysis. As the final votes are counted, we scholars
know that midterm elections matter and have unforeseen consequences
for decades to come.
The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The
election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a
true outsider - a candidate with no previous governmental
experience and mixed support from his own party - won the election
by winning in traditionally Democratic states with coattails that
extended to Republican Senate candidates and resulted in unified
Republican government for the first time since 2008. This result
broke with the pre-election conventional wisdom, which expected
Hillary Clinton to win the presidency and a closer Senate divide.
This surprising result led many political scientists to question
whether 2016 truly marked a major turning point in American
elections as portrayed in the media - a break from the conventional
wisdom - or whether it was really the exception that proved the
rule. In this volume, political scientists examine previous
theories and trends in light of the 2016 election to determine the
extent to which 2016 was a break from previous theories. While in
some areas it seems as though 2016 was really just what would have
been predicted, in others, this election and the new president pose
significant challenges to mainstream theories in political science.
In particular, prominent political scientists examine whether voter
trends, with particular focus on groups by gender, age, geography,
and ethnicity, and election issues, especially the role of the
Supreme Court, followed or bucked recent trends. Several political
scientists examine the unconventional nomination process and
whether this signals a new era for political parties. The role of
conspiracy theories and voter confidence in the administration of
elections are also discussed. Finally, contributors also examine
the indirect effect the presidential candidates, especially Trump,
played in congressional election rhetoric.
Israel's poets and sages left a scriptural legacy that has
powerfully shaped the worship, thoughts and actions of the people
of God. In the highs and lows and crossroads of life, we
instinctively turn to their poetry, proverbs and discourses for the
language we do not possess and the wisdom we desperately seek. Yet
there is more to this literature than meets the eye--or fills the
momentary need. A study of the Bible's wisdom and poetry will
dramatically enhance its power and effectiveness. From the depths
of lament to the heights of praise, from the eroticism of the Song
of Songs to the hard realism of Ecclesiastes, and from the
aphorisms of Proverbs to the discourses of Job, this guide
introduces readers to the ancient background, the literary
artistry, and the varied and timeless messages of the Psalms and
Wisdom literature. Ernest C. Lucas gives us an informed,
illuminating and interactive introduction to this portion of
Scripture. Sparkling with interest and geared to the needs of
students, this is an excellent textbook introduction to the Psalms
and Wisdom literature.
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