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While Mexico's spiritual history after the 1910 Revolution is often
essentialized as a church-state power struggle, this book reveals
the complexity of interactions between revolution and religion.
Looking at anticlericalism, indigenous cults and Catholic
pilgrimage, these authors reveal that the Revolution was a period
of genuine religious change, as well as social upheaval.
Butler sheds light on how American political leaders sell the
decision to intervene with military force to the public and how a
just war frame is employed in US foreign policy. He provides three
post-Cold War examples of foreign policy crises: the Persian Gulf
War (1990-91), Kosovo (1999), and Afghanistan (2001).
This collection of essays by leading German scholars from Britain, Germany, and the United States covers German literature, culture, and politics from the Middle Ages to the present day. Literary analysis is combined with approaches derived from sociology and cultural studies; historical assessment of literature and writers is accompanied by close linguistic criticism of texts. Essays on intellectual history, the continuing impact of the Third Reich on literature, parody, the tension between high and low literature, and the special case of cultural production, including fine art, in the former German Democratic Republic are balanced with discussion of the impact of dictatorship and Anglo-Saxon Liberalism on German society, the revival of Jewry since 1945, and the legacy of "1968" on contemporary German Politics. The result is a fascinating, if electic, introduction to the vitality and richness of university German studies on the threshold of the new millennium.
Self-study is inherently collaborative. Such collaboration provides
transparency, validity, rigor and trustworthiness in conducting
self-study. However, the ways in which these collaborations are
enacted have not been sufficiently addressed in the self-study
literature. This book addresses these gaps in the literature by
placing critical friendship, collaborative self-study and community
of practice at the forefront of the self-study of teaching. It
highlights these forms of collaboration, how the collaboration was
developed and enacted, the challenges and tensions that existed in
the collaboration, and how practice and identity developed through
the use of these forms of collaboration. The chapters serve as
exemplars of enacting these forms of collaboration and provide
researchers with an additional base of literature to draw upon in
their scholarly writing, teaching of self-study, and their
enactment of collaborative self-study spaces.
"Service Level Agreements for Cloud Computing" provides a unique
combination of business-driven application scenarios and advanced
research in the area of service-level agreements for Clouds and
service-oriented infrastructures. Current state-of-the-art research
findings are presented in this book, as well as business-ready
solutions applicable to Cloud infrastructures or ERP (Enterprise
Resource Planning) environments. "Service Level Agreements for
Cloud Computing" contributes to the various levels of service-level
management from the infrastructure over the software to the
business layer, including horizontal aspects like service
monitoring. This book provides readers with essential information
on how to deploy and manage Cloud infrastructures. Case studies are
presented at the end of most chapters. "Service Level Agreements
for Cloud Computing" is designed as a reference book for high-end
practitioners working in cloud computing, distributed systems and
IT services. Advanced-level students focused on computer science
will also find this book valuable as a secondary text book or
reference.
For many years, the dominant fault model in automatic test pattern
gen eration (ATPG) for digital integrated circuits has been the
stuck-at fault model. The static nature of stuck-at fault testing
when compared to the extremely dynamic nature of integrated circuit
(IC) technology has caused many to question whether or not stuck-at
fault based testing is still viable. Attempts at answering this
question have not been wholly satisfying due to a lack of true
quantification, statistical significance, and/or high computational
expense. In this monograph we introduce a methodology to address
the ques tion in a manner which circumvents the drawbacks of
previous approaches. The method is based on symbolic Boolean
functional analyses using Or dered Binary Decision Diagrams
(OBDDs). OBDDs have been conjectured to be an attractive
representation form for Boolean functions, although cases ex ist
for which their complexity is guaranteed to grow exponentially with
input cardinality. Classes of Boolean functions which exploit the
efficiencies inherent in OBDDs to a very great extent are examined
in Chapter 7. Exact equa tions giving their OBDD sizes are derived,
whereas until very recently only size bounds have been available.
These size equations suggest that straight forward applications of
OBDDs to design and test related problems may not prove as fruitful
as was once thought."
Critical Perspectives on Teaching in the Southern United States
presents new and provocative insights into education in the
Southern United States, from the perspective of educators with a
variety of experiences. This book foregrounds the Southern United
States as having unique sociopolitical, sociohistorical, and
sociocultural contexts which directly influence knowledge and
classroom pedagogies. Contributors use a range of critical
frameworks that coalesce around methods including: self-reflection
through research, social justice advocacy, and culturally
responsive, culturally relevant, culturally sustaining, and
asset-based pedagogies. Through the lenses of these critical
frameworks, several contributors also address challenges and
strategies for teaching controversial topics in the classroom.
Drawing upon unique experiences teaching in various regions of the
Southern United States, chapters explore salient topics such as
race, language, gender, discrimination, identity, immigration,
poverty, social justice, and their influence(s) on pedagogy. This
book raises questions considering the ways that history has shaped
present-day Southern education and about the myriad complex
dynamics that influence pedagogy in the Southern U.S. context.
Ultimately, this book affirms the importance of utilizing critical
perspectives in contemporary discussions about education in the
Southern United States.
Political inequality is a major issue in American politics, with
racial minorities and low-income voters receiving less favorable
representation. Scholars argue that this political inequality stems
largely from differences in political participation and that if all
citizens participated equally we would achieve political equality.
Daniel M. Butler shows that this common view is incorrect. He uses
innovative field and survey experiments involving public officials
to show that a significant amount of bias in representation traces
its roots to the information, opinions, and attitudes that
politicians bring to office and suggests that even if all voters
participated equally, there would still be significant levels of
bias in American politics because of differences in elite
participation. Butler's work provides a new theoretical basis for
understanding inequality in American politics and insights into
what institutional changes can be used to fix the problem.
First-Generation College Student Research Studies displays a group
of dynamic scholars from a variety of institutions across the
United States. This extraordinary edited volume highlights the
first generation college student population and examines topics of
discussion such as; college choice, social experiences, dual credit
on academic success, life styles and health status, and
professional identity/teaching practices. The collection of
empirical studies in this text contributes greatly to the research
literature regarding the role that educational leaders have in
educating first-generation college students.
England has traditionally been understood as a latecomer to the use
of forensic medicine in death investigation, lagging nearly
two-hundred years behind other European authorities. Using the
coroner's inquest as a lens, this book hopes to offer a fresh
perspective on the process of death investigation in medieval
England. The central premise of this book is that medical
practitioners did participate in death investigation - although not
in every inquest, or even most, and not necessarily in those
investigations where we today would deem their advice most
pertinent. The medieval relationship with death and disease, in
particular, shaped coroners' and their jurors' understanding of the
inquest's medical needs and led them to conclusions that can only
be understood in context of the medieval world's holistic approach
to health and medicine. Moreover, while the English resisted
Southern Europe's penchant for autopsies, at times their findings
reveal a solid understanding of internal medicine. By studying
cause of death in the coroners' reports, this study sheds new light
on subjects such as abortion by assault, bubonic plague,
cruentation, epilepsy, insanity, senescence, and unnatural death.
Divorce in Medieval England is intended to reorient scholarly
perceptions concerning divorce in the medieval period. Divorce, as
we think of it today, is usually considered to be a modern
invention. This book challenges that viewpoint, documenting the
many and varied uses of divorce in the medieval period and
highlighting the fact that couples regularly divorced on the
grounds of spousal incompatibility. Because the medieval church was
determined to uphold the sacrament of marriage whenever possible,
divorce in the medieval period was a much more complicated process
than it is today. Thus, this book steps readers through the process
of divorce, including: grounds for divorce, the fundamentals of the
process, the risks involved, financial implications for wives who
were legally disabled thanks to the rules of coverture, the custody
and support of children, and finally, what happens after a divorce.
Readers will gain a much greater appreciation of marriage and
women's position in later medieval England.
Forensic DNA analysis plays a central role in the judicial system.
A DNA sample can change the course of an investigation with immense
consequences. Because DNA typing is recognized as the epitome of
forensic science, increasing public awareness in this area is
vital. Through several cases, examples and illustrations, this book
explains the basic principles of forensic DNA typing, and how it
integrates with law enforcement investigations and legal decisions.
Written for a general readership, Understanding Forensic DNA
explains both the power and the limitations of DNA analysis. This
book dispels common misunderstandings regarding DNA analysis and
shows how astounding match probabilities such as one-in-a-trillion
are calculated, what they really mean, and why DNA alone never
solves a case.
Divorce in Medieval England is intended to reorient scholarly
perceptions concerning divorce in the medieval period. Divorce, as
we think of it today, is usually considered to be a modern
invention. This book challenges that viewpoint, documenting the
many and varied uses of divorce in the medieval period and
highlighting the fact that couples regularly divorced on the
grounds of spousal incompatibility. Because the medieval church was
determined to uphold the sacrament of marriage whenever possible,
divorce in the medieval period was a much more complicated process
than it is today. Thus, this book steps readers through the process
of divorce, including: grounds for divorce, the fundamentals of the
process, the risks involved, financial implications for wives who
were legally disabled thanks to the rules of coverture, the custody
and support of children, and finally, what happens after a divorce.
Readers will gain a much greater appreciation of marriage and
women's position in later medieval England.
Legislative solutions to pressing problems like balancing the
budget, climate change, and poverty usually require compromise. Yet
national, state, and local legislators often reject compromise
proposals that would move policy in their preferred direction. Why
do legislators reject such agreements? This engaging and relevant
investigation into how politicians think reveals that legislators
refuse compromise - and exacerbate gridlock - because they fear
punishment from voters in primary elections. Prioritizing these
electoral interests can lead lawmakers to act in ways that hurt
their policy interests and also overlook the broader electorate's
preferences by representing only a subset of voters with rigid
positions. With their solution-oriented approach, Anderson, Butler,
and Harbridge-Yong demonstrate that improving the likelihood of
legislative compromise may require moving negotiations outside of
the public spotlight. Highlighting key electoral motives underlying
polarization, this book is an excellent resource for scholars and
students studying Congress, American politics, public policy, and
political behavior.
England has traditionally been understood as a latecomer to the
use of forensic medicine in death investigation, lagging nearly
two-hundred years behind other European authorities. Using the
coroner's inquest as a lens, this book hopes to offer a fresh
perspective on the process of death investigation in medieval
England. The central premise of this book is that medical
practitioners did participate in death investigation although not
in every inquest, or even most, and not necessarily in those
investigations where we today would deem their advice most
pertinent. The medieval relationship with death and disease, in
particular, shaped coroners' and their jurors' understanding of the
inquest's medical needs and led them to conclusions that can only
be understood in context of the medieval world's holistic approach
to health and medicine. Moreover, while the English resisted
Southern Europe's penchant for autopsies, at times their findings
reveal a solid understanding of internal medicine. By studying
cause of death in the coroners' reports, this study sheds new light
on subjects such as abortion by assault, bubonic plague,
cruentation, epilepsy, insanity, senescence, and unnatural
death."
In medieval England, a defendant who refused to plead to a criminal
indictment was sentenced to pressing with weights as a coercive
measure. Using peine forte et dure ('strong and hard punishment')
as a lens through which to analyse the law and its relationship
with Christianity, Butler asks: where do we draw the line between
punishment and penance? And, how can pain function as a vehicle for
redemption within the common law? Adopting a multidisciplinary
approach, this book embraces both law and literature. When Christ
is on trial before Herod, he refused to plead, his silence
signalling denial of the court's authority. England's discontented
subjects, from hungry peasant to even King Charles I himself, stood
mute before the courts in protest. Bringing together penance, pain
and protest, Butler breaks down the mythology surrounding peine
forte et dure and examines how it functioned within the medieval
criminal justice system.
Political inequality is a major issue in American politics, with
racial minorities and low-income voters receiving less favorable
representation. Scholars argue that this political inequality stems
largely from differences in political participation and that if all
citizens participated equally we would achieve political equality.
Daniel M. Butler shows that this common view is incorrect. He uses
innovative field and survey experiments involving public officials
to show that a significant amount of bias in representation traces
its roots to the information, opinions, and attitudes that
politicians bring to office and suggests that even if all voters
participated equally, there would still be significant levels of
bias in American politics because of differences in elite
participation. Butler's work provides a new theoretical basis for
understanding inequality in American politics and insights into
what institutional changes can be used to fix the problem.
"Service Level Agreements for Cloud Computing" provides a unique
combination of business-driven application scenarios and advanced
research in the area of service-level agreements for Clouds and
service-oriented infrastructures. Current state-of-the-art research
findings are presented in this book, as well as business-ready
solutions applicable to Cloud infrastructures or ERP (Enterprise
Resource Planning) environments. "Service Level Agreements for
Cloud Computing" contributes to the various levels of service-level
management from the infrastructure over the software to the
business layer, including horizontal aspects like service
monitoring. This book provides readers with essential information
on how to deploy and manage Cloud infrastructures. Case studies are
presented at the end of most chapters. "Service Level Agreements
for Cloud Computing" is designed as a reference book for high-end
practitioners working in cloud computing, distributed systems and
IT services. Advanced-level students focused on computer science
will also find this book valuable as a secondary text book or
reference.
For many years, the dominant fault model in automatic test pattern
gen eration (ATPG) for digital integrated circuits has been the
stuck-at fault model. The static nature of stuck-at fault testing
when compared to the extremely dynamic nature of integrated circuit
(IC) technology has caused many to question whether or not stuck-at
fault based testing is still viable. Attempts at answering this
question have not been wholly satisfying due to a lack of true
quantification, statistical significance, and/or high computational
expense. In this monograph we introduce a methodology to address
the ques tion in a manner which circumvents the drawbacks of
previous approaches. The method is based on symbolic Boolean
functional analyses using Or dered Binary Decision Diagrams
(OBDDs). OBDDs have been conjectured to be an attractive
representation form for Boolean functions, although cases ex ist
for which their complexity is guaranteed to grow exponentially with
input cardinality. Classes of Boolean functions which exploit the
efficiencies inherent in OBDDs to a very great extent are examined
in Chapter 7. Exact equa tions giving their OBDD sizes are derived,
whereas until very recently only size bounds have been available.
These size equations suggest that straight forward applications of
OBDDs to design and test related problems may not prove as fruitful
as was once thought."
While Mexico's spiritual history after the 1910 Revolution is often
essentialized as a church-state power struggle, this book reveals
the complexity of interactions between revolution and religion.
Looking at anticlericalism, indigenous cults and Catholic
pilgrimage, these authors reveal that the Revolution was a period
of genuine religious change, as well as social upheaval.
Legislative solutions to pressing problems like balancing the
budget, climate change, and poverty usually require compromise. Yet
national, state, and local legislators often reject compromise
proposals that would move policy in their preferred direction. Why
do legislators reject such agreements? This engaging and relevant
investigation into how politicians think reveals that legislators
refuse compromise - and exacerbate gridlock - because they fear
punishment from voters in primary elections. Prioritizing these
electoral interests can lead lawmakers to act in ways that hurt
their policy interests and also overlook the broader electorate's
preferences by representing only a subset of voters with rigid
positions. With their solution-oriented approach, Anderson, Butler,
and Harbridge-Yong demonstrate that improving the likelihood of
legislative compromise may require moving negotiations outside of
the public spotlight. Highlighting key electoral motives underlying
polarization, this book is an excellent resource for scholars and
students studying Congress, American politics, public policy, and
political behavior.
In terms of worldwide sales (around 25 million copies to date, and
no signs of stopping), Terry Pratchett is one of the leading
writers in English. He is also a writer of complexity and
allusiveness, whose rich work raises important issues about the
real world within a fantasy/comic environment. This encyclopedia
mixes shorter entries conveying specific information for foraging
readers with longer, more discursive articles for readers wanting
more reflective engagement with Pratchett's novels. Entries on
novels and characters not only highlight Pratchett's celebrated
inventiveness but also analyse the underlying meanings. Entries on
'Fantasy', 'Science Fiction', 'Fairy Tales' and related topics
situate the novels within literary genres, and other articles
discuss the scientific, social and philosophical idea underpinning
Pratchett's playful but sophisticated narratives. Associates and
collaborators, such as Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman and Ian Stewart,
feature in articles discussing contemporary influences, and
plentiful information about the fascinating peripheral detail of
audio editions, radio broadcasts, TV adaptations and film scripts
enhance the fun. A Companion to the Novels of Terry Pratchett is
essential reading for fans who want to unpick the allusions and
appreciate the rich complexity of one of the great bodies of
contemporary popular literature.
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