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By taking an unorthodox approach towards three phenomena that have changed considerably during the past thirty years, this book reveals through conceptual analysis that the three are both private and public, humiliating and empowering, and backward and progressive, and can ultimately be traced by similar social and psychological patterns.

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The material in this book covers more than three decades of exchanges between Betancourt and Robert Alexander, presenting details of Betancourt's career and the evolution of his thinking.

The material begins with Alexander's first meeting with Betancourt, in 1948, and continues up until the political leader's death forty years later.

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In Venezuelan Stick Fighting: The Civilizing Process in Martial Arts, Michael J. Ryan examines the modern and historical role of the secretive tradition of stick fighting within rural Venezuela.

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The gripping true story of the Israeli-led hunt for the men responsible for the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, which has inspired Steven Spielbergs forthcoming film epic Munich.

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A study of verbal interaction and development in families with adolescents. Topics covered include: the transformation of mother-daughter relationships in late childhood; the development of adolescent autonomy; and experiments with the role-playing method in the study of interactive behaviour.

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A study of verbal interaction and development in families with adolescents. Topics covered include: the transformation of mother-daughter relationships in late childhood; the development of adolescent autonomy; and experiments with the role-playing method in the study of interactive behaviour.

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In this book, James Boon ranges through history and around the globe in a series of provocative reflections on the limitations, attractions, and ambiguities of cultural interpretation.

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This analysis examines the influences of community, paramilitarism, post-conflict politics, and culture on contemporary Ulster loyalism to explain its socio-political dynamics.

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This analysis examines the influences of community, paramilitarism, post-conflict politics, and culture on contemporary Ulster loyalism to explain its socio-political dynamics.

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This book focuses on how military friendships translate from the battlefield into civilian life and how they assist soldiers in gaining peace with the past, happiness in the present, and hope for the future. Ward uses shared stories of comradeship both on and off the battlefield to demonstrate the pivotal role of friendship throughout a lifetime.

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Each of the 50 states offers benefit programs to its veteran residents, but many veterans and their families are not aware of the various options. Despite the wide variation in the benefits programs from one state to another, veterans can generally find programs that specifically address their needs in their resident state.

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Explains how governments are structured. This book shows why an increase in the number of 'veto players', or an increase in their ideological distance from each other, increases policy stability, impeding significant departures from the status quo.

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Fighting Squadron 11 was established at San Diego in August 1943, beginning a half-century record that spanned aerial combat in three wars from the piston to the jet age. The squadron produced seven aces while fighting in World War 2, Korea and Vietnam.

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Vibrant Learning focuses on creating language-rich and literacy-based classrooms where discourse, explaining and justifying, is the norm in all of the content areas.

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Vibrant Learning focuses on creating language-rich and literacy-based classrooms where discourse, explaining and justifying, is the norm in all of the content areas.

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Vicious Circles traces the history of development of public education and the near simultaneous advent of educational reform from its very beginning. Drawing on history, politics, law, sociology, and educational research, all aspects of public schooling are brought to light us...

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Vicious Circles traces the history of development of public education and the near simultaneous advent of educational reform from its very beginning. Drawing on history, politics, law, sociology, and educational research, all aspects of public schooling are brought to light us...

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Selected characteristics of some individuals and groups make them more vulnerable to crime than others. Contributors present a well-rounded view of the nature of the problems faced by each group, including critiques of past and current initiatives and suggestions for practical policy strategies.

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An inquiry into conscience and politics, this text examines fundamental ambiguities, dichotomies and contradictions. The author suggests that humanity should interpret and give meaning to its pains and sufferings. He focuses on the modern mind and the hedonistic society of the 20th century.

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An inquiry into conscience and politics, this text examines fundamental ambiguities, dichotomies and contradictions. The author suggests that humanity should interpret and give meaning to its pains and sufferings. He focuses on the modern mind and the hedonistic society of the 20th century.

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This compelling account of how technology and development affect indigenous peoples throughout the world provides a provocative context in which students can think about civilization and its costs.

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Memorial began as a group of dissidents who secretly met to exchange stories of Stalinist repression, make contacts, and collect whatever records they could obtain to establish historical truths about Soviet totalitarianism.