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The scarcity of statistical data for earlier historical periods and the relative inaccessibility of widely scattered source materials have created difficulties for scholars attempting to focus on the patterns of American crime.

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Classified under eight broad subject headings, materials cover the criminal justice system, crime and criminals, law enforcement, the courts, corrections, juvenile justice, security, and special resources.

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Through detailed and empirical analysis of the institutions, governing logics, risk-management practices, and crisis communications involved in the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the 2010 BP oil crisis, and the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis, this book demonstrates that contemporary financial and energy complexes pose significant threats to liberal democracy and ecological sustainability.

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This edited volume both provides and examines different ways of engaging with critical communication pedagogies in an age of crisis acceleration, where crisis communication impacts social systems including political, economic, educational, cultural, and environmental systems.

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Constant developments in information technology are creating fundamental changes in librarianship. Chapters in this section consider such topics as the neutrality of technology, information technology and censorship, the role of computers in education, and the sometimes critical views of scientists on technology.

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This collection features engaging scholarly essays and creative writings that examine the meaning of race, gender, and sexual orientation as interlocking systems of oppression. It provides a meaningful space to analyze identity and identity politics, highlighting the complexities of identity formation in the twenty-first century.

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This collection features engaging scholarly essays and creative writings that examine the meaning of race, gender, and sexual orientation as interlocking systems of oppression. It provides a meaningful space to analyze identity and identity politics, highlighting the complexities of identity formation in the twenty-first century.

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This book addresses different approaches to critical intercultural communication pedagogy. The contributors explore a range of theoretical frameworks and intercultural concepts, and offer practical applications and case studies to illuminate the many facets of critical intercultural communication pedagogy.

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This text provides an overview of major critical theorists from across disciplines-including the humanities, social sciences, and education-that discusses the importance of these critical perspectives for the advancement of LIS research and scholarship.

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Help maximize your existing collection with this browsable volume containing titles that serve double-duty with their appeal to both teens and adults and cover genres spanning crime novels, romance, horror, science fiction, and more.

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Calling for structured interaction between students and books, Leonard specifies how teachers and media specialists can collaborate to create a library media-centred programme that develops the talents of all K-6 students.

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If you want to boost your library's relevancy and support youth learning, consider incorporating connected learning at your library.

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This book argues that relational citizenship articulates relational membership for individuals, not as a status granted from the state, but as a multilayered interactive process centered on connections to multifaceted histories, peoples, institutions, and future paths. This theory offers strategies to rethink how belongingness is accomplished.

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Not until the early 1980s did Americans collectively redirect their attention to Vietnam. Diverse forms of symbolic expressions- speeches and argument, prose and poetry, films, TV programs, memorials, private conversations- all strive to give shape and significance to the war.

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Talking about Botswana, this book provides information on such topics as the legacy of Christian missionaries, especially David Livingstone, society since Independence, the unique blend of Christianity and ancestral spiritual practices, the AIDS crisis, and more. It also features photos, a chronology, and a glossary.

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This brief overview of Brazilian culture contains 10 chapters discussing the country's geography, history, religion, race and class relations, language, customs, print and broadcast media, cinema, literature, and art and architecture. It assumes no previous familiarity with the country. Vincent taug

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Included in this discussion are contributions of Cubans in exile which Luis considers an inherent part of Cuban culture.

Encouraging a wider understanding of Cuba, this volume describes and highlights the cultures and customs of the island.