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An introduction to engineering surveying is written for civil
engineering and geomatics or land surveying tertiary students who
are studying towards a Bachelors degree or a National diploma. It
covers a wide range of spatial measurement methods that support
civil engineering planning. The methods described include
levelling, traversing, satellite surveying, preparation of
topographic maps and setting out of roads, construction platforms
and reservoirs.
A manual for teaching Young Adult Literature, this textbook
presents perspectives and methods on how to organize and teach
literature in engaging and inclusive ways that meet specific
educational and programmatic goals. Each chapter is written by an
expert and offers a rich and nuanced approach to teaching YA
Literature through a distinct lens. The effective and creative ways
to construct a course explored in this book include multimodal,
historical, social justice, place-based approaches, and more. The
broad spectrum of topics covered in the text gives pre-service
teachers and students a toolbox to select and apply methods of
their choosing that support effective reading and writing
instruction in their own contexts, motivate students, and foster
meaningful conversations in the classroom. Chapters feature
consistent sections for theory and practice, course structure,
suggestions for activities and assessments, and takeaways for
further discussion to facilitate easy implementation in the
classroom. This book is an essential text for pre-service teachers
of English as well as professors and scholars of Young Adult
Literature.
A manual for teaching Young Adult Literature, this textbook
presents perspectives and methods on how to organize and teach
literature in engaging and inclusive ways that meet specific
educational and programmatic goals. Each chapter is written by an
expert and offers a rich and nuanced approach to teaching YA
Literature through a distinct lens. The effective and creative ways
to construct a course explored in this book include multimodal,
historical, social justice, place-based approaches, and more. The
broad spectrum of topics covered in the text gives pre-service
teachers and students a toolbox to select and apply methods of
their choosing that support effective reading and writing
instruction in their own contexts, motivate students, and foster
meaningful conversations in the classroom. Chapters feature
consistent sections for theory and practice, course structure,
suggestions for activities and assessments, and takeaways for
further discussion to facilitate easy implementation in the
classroom. This book is an essential text for pre-service teachers
of English as well as professors and scholars of Young Adult
Literature.
The past 15 years of leadership research have taught us a valuable
lesson: There is more than one way to be a successful leader. The
Charismatic, Ideological, and Pragmatic (CIP) approach to
leadership showcases three unique yet equally viable pathways to
leading and influencing others. This book reviews the history of
the CIP model of leadership and summarizes the empirical findings
supporting the framework. Emerging areas of leadership research on
the CIP model are explored, including: followership, shared
leadership, measurement, and gender. Contributions from a range of
international academics provide readers with insight into the
foundation of the CIP theory of leadership and into where the
future of leadership perspectives are headed. It includes a chapter
for practitioners seeking to understand the framework through an
applied lens and offers evidence for a new scale designed to
quantify a leader's CIP profile. Finally, a revised theoretical
framework, incorporating key findings to expand the model to meet
the diverse needs of future researchers and leaders is offered.
This thought-provoking volume will be essential reading for all
scholars, researchers and students interested in the charismatic,
ideological, and pragmatic approach to leadership, as well as
professionals considering the introduction of a new leadership
model.
The past 15 years of leadership research have taught us a valuable
lesson: There is more than one way to be a successful leader. The
Charismatic, Ideological, and Pragmatic (CIP) approach to
leadership showcases three unique yet equally viable pathways to
leading and influencing others. This book reviews the history of
the CIP model of leadership and summarizes the empirical findings
supporting the framework. Emerging areas of leadership research on
the CIP model are explored, including: followership, shared
leadership, measurement, and gender. Contributions from a range of
international academics provide readers with insight into the
foundation of the CIP theory of leadership and into where the
future of leadership perspectives are headed. It includes a chapter
for practitioners seeking to understand the framework through an
applied lens and offers evidence for a new scale designed to
quantify a leader's CIP profile. Finally, a revised theoretical
framework, incorporating key findings to expand the model to meet
the diverse needs of future researchers and leaders is offered.
This thought-provoking volume will be essential reading for all
scholars, researchers and students interested in the charismatic,
ideological, and pragmatic approach to leadership, as well as
professionals considering the introduction of a new leadership
model.
In recent years, Islamic fundamentalist, revolutionary, and
jihadist movements have overshadowed more moderate and reformist
voices and trends within Islam. This compelling volume introduces
the current generation of reformist thinkers and activists, the
intellectual traditions they carry on, and the reasons for the
failure of reformist movements to sustain broad support in the
Islamic world today. Richly detailed regionally focused chapters
cover Iran, the Arab East, the Maghreb, South Asia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Turkey, Europe, and North America. The editor's
introductory chapter traces the roots of reformist thinking both in
Islamic tradition and as a response to the challenge of modernity
for Muslims struggling to reconcile the requirements of
modernization with their cultural and religious values. The
concluding chapter identifies commonalities, comparisons, and
trends in the modernizing movements.
In recent years, Islamic fundamentalist, revolutionary, and
jihadist movements have overshadowed more moderate and reformist
voices and trends within Islam. This compelling volume introduces
the current generation of reformist thinkers and activists, the
intellectual traditions they carry on, and the reasons for the
failure of reformist movements to sustain broad support in the
Islamic world today. Richly detailed regionally focused chapters
cover Iran, the Arab East, the Maghreb, South Asia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Turkey, Europe, and North America. The editor's
introductory chapter traces the roots of reformist thinking both in
Islamic tradition and as a response to the challenge of modernity
for Muslims struggling to reconcile the requirements of
modernization with their cultural and religious values. The
concluding chapter identifies commonalities, comparisons, and
trends in the modernizing movements.
From the early years of the African slave trade to America, blacks have lived and labored in urban environments. Yet the transformation of rural blacks into a predominantly urban people is a relatively recent phenomenon – only during World War I did African Americans move into cities in large numbers, and only during World War II did more blacks reside in cities than in the countryside. By the early 1970s, blacks had not only made the transition from rural to urban settings, but were almost evenly distributed between the cities of the North and the West on the one hand and the South on the other. In their quest for full citizenship rights, economic democracy, and release from an oppressive rural past, black southerners turned to urban migration and employment in the nation’s industrial sector as a new “Promised Land” or “Flight from Egypt.” In order to illuminate these transformations in African American urban life, this book brings together urban history; contemporary social, cultural, and policy research; and comparative perspectives on race, ethnicity, and nationality within and across national boundaries.
From the early years of the African slave trade to America, blacks have lived and labored in urban environments. Yet the transformation of rural blacks into a predominantly urban people is a relatively recent phenomenon – only during World War I did African Americans move into cities in large numbers, and only during World War II did more blacks reside in cities than in the countryside. By the early 1970s, blacks had not only made the transition from rural to urban settings, but were almost evenly distributed between the cities of the North and the West on the one hand and the South on the other. In their quest for full citizenship rights, economic democracy, and release from an oppressive rural past, black southerners turned to urban migration and employment in the nation’s industrial sector as a new “Promised Land” or “Flight from Egypt.” In order to illuminate these transformations in African American urban life, this book brings together urban history; contemporary social, cultural, and policy research; and comparative perspectives on race, ethnicity, and nationality within and across national boundaries.
Multi-Level Issues in Creativity and Innovation is Volume 7 of
Research in Multi-Level Issues, an annual series that provides an
outlet for the discussion of multi-level problems and solutions
across a variety of fields of study. Using a scientific debate
format of a key scholarly essay followed by two commentaries and a
rebuttal, we present, in this series, theoretical work, significant
empirical studies, methodological developments, analytical
techniques, and philosophical treatments to advance the field of
multi-level studies, regardless of disciplinary perspective.Similar
to Volumes 1 through 6 (Yammarino & Dansereau, 2002, 2004,
2006; Dansereau & Yammarino, 2003, 2005, 2007), this volume,
Volume 7, edited by Mumford, Hunter, and Bedell-Avers, contains
five major essays with commentaries and rebuttals that cover a
range of topics, but in the realms of creativity and innovation. In
particular, the five critical essays offer extensive literature
reviews, new model developments, methodological advancements, and
some data for the study of creativity and social influence,
innovation and planning, creativity and cognitive processes,
sub-system configuration, and new venture emergence.While each of
the major essays, and associated commentaries and rebuttals, is
unique in orientation, they show a common bond in raising and
addressing multi-level issues or discussing problems and solutions
that involve multiple levels of analysis in creativity and
innovation. It is available in print and online via ScienceDirect.
It provides in-depth scholarly information on multiple level issues
in organizations and time. It is international in scope.
Iranian politics has been marked by sharp ideological divisions and
infighting. These divides, kept largely out of public view until
the 1990s, came to greater light with the contested 2009
presidential elections. To explain the diverse and complex forces
that led to this event and that animate Iran s current fractured
society and polity, author Shireen T. Hunter looks beyond the
battle between the forces of reform and reaction, democracy and
dictatorship, and considers the historic forces that created the
conditions faced by Iran since the revolution. Iran Divided: The
Historic Roots of Iranian Debates on Identity, Culture, and
Governance in the 21st Century explains historical and political
factors and their relevance to Iran today, shedding light on the
forces behind Iranian politics and society. This book discusses:
.historical roots of Iran s current divisions and debates; .Iran
versus Islam; .secularism versus religion; .constitutionalism
versus Islamic government; .fundamental issues of identity,
culture, and governance; .aging of the revolutionary coalition;
.development of new elites; .experiences of the Islamic republic;
.and new international conditions moving the country beyond old
divides and ideological rifts toward a new national consensus. A
comprehensive survey, the book will be an indispensable tool to any
student seeking to understand the Islamic Republic of Iran and its
standing in the world today."
This timely book offers an accessible introduction to religion in
international affairs. Shireen T. Hunter highlights the growing
importance of religion in politics and analyzes its nature, role,
and significance. She places the question of religion's impact on
global affairs in the broader context of state and nonstate actors,
weighing the factors that most affect their actions. Through the
lens of three compelling and distinctive case studies-Russia's
response to the Yugoslav crisis, Turkey's reaction to the Bosnian
war, and Europe's policy toward Turkish membership in the EU-Hunter
demonstrates that religion increasingly shapes international
affairs in significant and diverse ways. Her book is essential
reading for anyone needing a better understanding of why and, more
important, how, religion influences the behavior of international
actors and thus the character of world politics.
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