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Reflective practice is a key element of both police training and police practice in the 21st century. This text provides an essential guide to reflective practice for all those studying for degrees and foundation degrees in policing. Taking an accessible and practical...
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Learning Matters
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2011-02-15
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Although the human population growth rate of the world has been declining since peaking in the early 1960s, the populations of individual countries are changing at different rates. Population dynamics at national level are partly determined by levels of fertility and...
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Springer
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2011-02-15
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Understanding Population Trends and Processes
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The 150th anniversary of the discovery of the famous Neanderthal fossils gave reason for an international and interdisciplinary symposium in Bonn/Germany.The present book arose from this congress and focuses on multiple aspects of archaeological investigation on...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-02-11
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Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
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This groundbreaking handbook provides a comprehensive picture of the ethical dimensions of communication in a global setting. Both theoretical and practical, this important volume will raise the ethical bar for both scholars and practitioners in the world of global...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-02-11
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The first book to provide an introduction to the new theory of Net Locality and the profound effect on individuals and societies when everything is located or locatable. Describes net locality as an emerging form of location awareness central to all aspects of digital...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-02-10
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A Companion to the Anthropology of IndiaA Companion to the Anthropology of India offers a broad overview of the rapidly evolving scholarship on Indian society from the earliest area studies to views of India’s globalization in the twenty-first century. Contributions by...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-02-10
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
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Navigating Time and Space in Population Studies presents innovative approaches to long-standing questions about the diffusion of population and demographic behavior across space and over time. This collection utilizes newly-available historical data along with spatially...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-02-10
Collection :
International Studies in Population
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In this volume the dynamic patterns of human density and distribution are examined in relation to the viability of native species and the integrity of their habitats. Social, biological, and earth scientists describe their models, outline their conclusions from field...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-02-08
Collection :
Ecological Studies
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A captivating collection of essays, Desire delves headfirst into its subject matter and explores the complexity of desire with essays about the things women want, crave, lust after, and covet. An extraordinary group of writers tackle difficult and taboo subjects, from...
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Seal Press
Parution :
2011-02-08
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Illustrated thoroughly, Biomolecular Archaeology is the first book to clearly guide students through the study of ancient DNA: how to analyze biomolecular evidence (DNA, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates) to address important archaeological questions. The first book...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-02-08
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Illustrates new methodological directions in analyzing human social and biological variation Offers a wide array of research on past populations around the globe Explains the central features of bioarchaeological research by key researchers and established experts...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-02-08
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology
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98,95€
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A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key essays by...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-02-08
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
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The work of Niklas Luhmann is the most innovative and comprehensive attempt to describe modern society. His views, in turn, have triggered the most intensive criticism ever in social sciences. This book presents his extraordinarily complex theory in a step-by-step...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-02-03
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This book is a collection of selected essays presented at the International Symposium on «Contemporary Asian Modernities: Transnationality, Interculturality and Hybridity» hosted by the Humanities Programme of Hong Kong Baptist University in September 2006. As...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-02-03
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What does Western science know about the relationship between individual well-being and cultural trends?What can learn from other cultural traditions?What do the recent advancements in positive psychology teach us on this issue, particularly the eudaimonic framework,...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-02-02
Collection :
Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology
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Tragedy in Crimsonis award-winning journalist Tim Johnson's extraordinary account of the cat-and-mouse game embroiling China and the Tibetan exile community over Tibet. Johnson reports from the front lines, trekking to nomad resettlements to speak with the people who...
Editeur :
Bold Type Books
Parution :
2011-02-01
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The Handbook of Internet Studies HANDBOOKS IN COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA “Highly recommended.” CHOICE “A state-of-the-art collection that represents and celebrates the diversity of theoretical and disciplinary approaches marking this brave new field. A new must-have...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-01-31
Collection :
Handbooks in Communication and Media
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Dynamics of International Advertising brings to light the unique challenges marketers face in developing and implementing successful campaigns globally. With a balance of theoretical and practical perspectives, this second edition takes the reader inside the dynamics of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-01-31
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Utilizing innovative ethnographic research, Swept Up Lives? challenges conventional accounts of urban homelessness to trace the complex and varied attempts to care for homeless people Presents innovative ethnographic research which suggests an important shift in...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-01-31
Collection :
RGS-IBG Book Series
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67,80€
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This book provides a comprehensive portrait of the experience of poverty among Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants in the US. Given that these two groups experience some of the highest rates of poverty of any ethnicity and that it persists even while a majority...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-01-27
Collection :
The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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