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Chronicles South Africa's efforts to fashion a racially equitable state education system from the ashes of apartheid. Edward Fiske and Helen Ladd describe and evaluate the strategies that South Africa pursued in its quest for racial equity. They draw on previously unpublished data, interviews with key officials, and visits to dozens of schools to describe the changes made in the education system.

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Offers a comprehensive comparison of national, international, and human security concepts and policies. This book demonstrates how a state-first security ethic ultimately fails to secure states, the international community and, most important, human beings; how, we only can choose between degrees of insecurity; and true security remains elusive.

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Combines insights from Alexis de Tocqueville, John Dewey, and Jane Addams with sociology and addresses questions about civic and religious life that elude the 'social capital' concept. This book argues that to create civic relationships, groups need more than the right political beliefs or resources; they must learn new ways of being groups.

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During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated in an enemy, an allied, or a neutral state. This book offers an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies.

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During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated in an enemy, an allied, or a neutral state. This book offers an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies.

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Was there really a golden age of the family in the 1950s,or ever This penetrating history of the American family mounts a withering criticism of the culture of nostalgia" that clouds current debate and offers a plan for reconstituting the American family dream.

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Embedded Racism untangles Japan's complex narrative on nationality and race and how it threatens its very survival. Incorporating a quarter-century of research by a naturalized Japanese citizen, it argues that Japan's economic and demographic decline is irreversible until it c...

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Embedded Racism untangles Japan's complex narrative on nationality and race and how it threatens its very survival. Incorporating a quarter-century of research by a naturalized Japanese citizen, it argues that Japan's economic and demographic decline is irreversible until it can accept immigrants, regardless of physical appearance, as "new Japanese."

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Revised and updated for this Second Edition, Embedded Racism is the product of three decades of work by a scholar living in Japan as a naturalized Japanese citizen. It offers a perspective into how Japan's overlooked racial discrimination not only undermines Japan's economic future but also emboldens white supremacists worldwide.

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Deals with state responses to cultural difference through the examination of a number of encounters between individuals, groups, and the state, in the United States and elsewhere. This book opens the concepts of groups and the state, arguing for the complexity of their relations and interpenetrations.

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Writings by a thinkera psychiatrist, a philosopher, a cybernetician, and a poetwhose ideas about mind and brain were far ahead of his time.

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Embodying Ecological Heritage in a Maya Community is a rich ethnography detailing how ecological heritage practices are central to life and health in a Maya community. It clearly illuminates the more nuanced effects of development processes, including land rights, healthcare access, and education access.

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Embodying Ecological Heritage in a Maya Community is a rich ethnography detailing how ecological heritage practices are central to life and health in a Maya community. It clearly illuminates the more nuanced effects of development processes, including land rights, healthcare access, and education access.

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This book will guide elementary school leaders to create an enriching STEAM experience for their students. Detailed information is provided about teaching and learning philosophies that makerspace incorporates, budgeting, and professional development strategies and ideas to engage teachers.

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This book will guide elementary school leaders to create an enriching STEAM experience for their students. Detailed information is provided about teaching and learning philosophies that makerspace incorporates, budgeting, and professional development strategies and ideas to engage teachers.

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In Embrace the Pace: The 100 Most Exhilarating Lessons Learned in a Decade of Entrepreneurship, Rizzetta shares the 100 lessons that have helped him to become the leader of one of the fastest-growing independent public relations firms. He shares the real-world lessons that he's learned while building and operating a fast-growing business with practical and digestible stories behind each.

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In Embrace the Pace: The 100 Most Exhilarating Lessons Learned in a Decade of Entrepreneurship, Rizzetta shares the 100 lessons that have helped him to become the leader of one of the fastest-growing independent public relations firms. He shares the real-world lessons that he's learned while building and operating a fast-growing business with practical and digestible stories behind each.

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Presents a psychological analysis of the process of "coming out" for gay men in America since 1950. Koponen uses six American novels as guides to illustrate this process, including "Falconer" by John Cheever; "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin; and "The Beautiful Room is Empty" by Edmund White.

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This book contains essential information on understanding the autistic mind, promising evidence-based practices, critical components to developing programming for the autistic student, and the importance of transitional services and supports for this population.

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This book contains essential information on understanding the autistic mind, promising evidence-based practices, critical components to developing programming for the autistic student, and the importance of transitional services and supports for this population.

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Ginsberg argues that in the effort to reduce the achievement gap and mitigate the pejorative label of "at-risk," we are in danger of eliminating risk from education entirely. This is especially the case in urban schools with large numbers of poor and minority students. Ginsber...

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Embracing Social Media: A Practical Guide to Manage Risk and Leverage Opportunity is a practical guide for anyone wishing to facilitate the embrace of social media in a school system. Included are steps for creating policy, procedures, and guidelines, as well as specific strategies to help open the minds of reluctant colleagues and leaders.

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Embracing Social Media: A Practical Guide to Manage Risk and Leverage Opportunity is a practical guide for anyone wishing to facilitate the embrace of social media in a school system. Included are steps for creating policy, procedures, and guidelines, as well as specific strategies to help open the minds of reluctant colleagues and leaders.