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THE CRISIS OF MARXISM

ELÍAS J. PALTI

In this book, Elías J. Palti analyzes the writings of key thinkers who have theorized the present situation of Marxism: Perry Anderson, Fredric Jameson, Ernesto Laclau, Slavoj Žižek, Judith Butler, Alain Badiou, and Jacques Derrida. His aim is to interrogate what appears to be the final crisis of Marxist political tradition from a historical-intellectual point of view, placing ...

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THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

T. OLAWALE ELIAS

Originally published in 1954 and here reissuing the second edition of 1963, The Nigerian Legal System (now with a new preface by Olusoji Elias), is an account of the history of the courts, the sources and general principles of law in Nigeria. It discusses the applications of the English doctrine of judicial precedent, the relationship of English law to customary law, and the li...

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MAKING SENSE OF IDENTITY AND EQUITY IN PUBLIC SECTOR WORKPLACES

NICOLE M. ELIAS, MAJA HUSAR HOLMES, AND MARIA J. D’AGOSTINO

This important new book offers public administration scholars, practitioners, and students a comprehensive resource to make sense of identity and equity, two of the most crucial, yet complex, concepts for public decision-makers to address. The chapters in this volume present original research and explore timely and relevant theories and practices of identity and equity in publi...

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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

ELIAS CHACOUR

This book provides the essential meaning of the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount, how these teachings spoke directly to Jesus' listeners, and then moves directly to how these teachings of Jesus have relevance for people today. The context of the teaching in Israel/Palestine is provided with an introduction to the life and mission of Jesus. The Sermon on the Mount is identif...

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OF THINGS FOR SMARTER ECO-CITIES

SIMON ELIAS BIBRI

This book takes readers on a captivating journey into the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI of Things (AIoT) technologies in reshaping sustainable urban development. By combining comprehensive theoretical analyses, synthesized empirical evidence, and practical case studies, it offers pioneering interdisciplinary insights and unifying frameworks. The boo...

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NIGERIAN LAND LAW AND CUSTOM

T. OLAWALE ELIAS

Originally published in 1951, Nigerian Land Law and Custom (now with a new preface by Olusoji Elias), the first of its kind, is an excellent comparative study of the whole system of land tenure in Nigeria. There are, of course, a few anthropological attempts, almost invariably designed as or inspired by Government Reports on some specific areas of the country, and their aim is ...

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POLICIES AND PEDAGOGIES OF CANADIAN OFFSHORE SCHOOLS

FEI WANG, ANDRÉ ELIAS MAZAWI

This book critically examines the international, geopolitical, policy, institutional, and curricular challenges facing Canadian offshore school programs. Bringing together scholars and practitioners concerned with addressing the pedagogical, organizational, curriculum, and policy aspects of this transnational mode of schooling, it represents a ground-breaking exploration of K-1...

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GROWING UP AND OUT OF CRIME

ELIAS NADER

Developmental norms and expectations for young people aged 18–25 have diverged from previous generations, creating a new stage in the life course called Emerging Adulthood. Theory surrounding this stage of emerging adulthood emphasizes a delay in achieving turning points into adulthood that are typical of this age group. These delays, in turn, affect how maturation can influenc...

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THE DREAM LIVES ON

JACOB W. ELIAS

Dorothy Word, an African American woman dreaming of a hopeful future for her people, advocated for African American scientists, athletes, inventors, and others often not recognized for their contributions. She writes not as noted scholar, politician, or journalist, but as a layperson from the back row of public visibility. As a retired teacher in several elementary schools she ...

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THE DREAM LIVES ON

JACOB W. ELIAS

Dorothy Word, an African American woman dreaming of a hopeful future for her people, advocated for African American scientists, athletes, inventors, and others often not recognized for their contributions. She writes not as noted scholar, politician, or journalist, but as a layperson from the back row of public visibility. As a retired teacher in several elementary schools she ...

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CYBERPHYSICAL SYSTEMS

KOSTAS SIOZIOS / DIMITRIOS SOUDRIS / ELIAS KOSMATOPOULOS

As systems continue to evolve they rely less on human decision-making and more on computational intelligence. This trend in conjunction to the available technologies for providing advanced sensing, measurement, process control, and communication lead towards the new field of Cyber-Physical System (CPS). Cyber-physical systems are expected to play a major role in the design and ...

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GENOMIC SELECTION IN PLANTS

ANI A. ELIAS

Genomic selection (GS) is a promising tool in the field of breeding especially in the era where genomic data is becoming cheaper. The potential of this tool has not been realized due to its limited adaptation in various crops. Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) has been the method of choice for plant breeders while using the genomic information in the breeding pipeline. MAS, howev...

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STUDENTS TAKING ACTION TOGETHER

LAUREN M. FULLMER / LAURA F. BOND / CRYSTAL N. MOLYNEAUX / SAMUEL J. NAYMAN / MAURICE J. ELIAS

A field-tested, classroom-based approach for developing the critical thinking, social-emotional, problem-solving, and discussion skills students need to be good citizens and effective changemakers.We often hear that a key purpose of schooling is to prepare students for informed and active citizenship. But what does this look like in practice? How do teachers pursue this goal am...

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SOCIALIST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY

ALBERTO GABRIELE / ELIAS JABBOUR

Over a hundred years after the first socialist revolution broke the global monopoly of capitalism, a new class of socialist-oriented socioeconomic development is coming to the fore. Capitalism is still dominant worldwide, although its hegemony is no longer undisputed, and humankind is now faced with a key existential challenge. This book proposes an alternative path to overcomi...

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CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PRACTICE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

MATTHEW PEPPER / ORIANA MILANI PRICE / ARUN ELIAS

Local government plays a critical role in the provision of governance, infrastructure, and services for local communities. Over the past 30 years this sector has undergone significant reforms because of various superordinate governments policy changes. Continuous improvement and quality programs have been a common tactical response undertaken by various local government organis...

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EU AND CARICOM

WINFRIED HUCK / STEPHEN HARDY / ALICIA ELIAS ROBERTS

Investigating the unique EU-CARICOM legal relationship, this book explores the major theme of globalisation, which shapes inter-regional organisations individually and determines their relationship to one another. It evaluates how EU-CARICOM relations have fostered trade, security and other development measures, reflecting on the past, future and present of the Caribbean states...

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ARAB INDUSTRIAL INTEGRATION (RLE ECONOMY OF MIDDLE EAST)

ELIAS GHANTUS

The Arab countries are increasingly recognising their importance as a regional economic grouping. Given the highly skewed distribution of natural, human and financial resources, the course of economic development in the Arab countries seems to be interrelated. Through pooling their resources and markets these countries will not only be able to optimise investment decisions but ...

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ETHICS FOR CONTEMPORARY BUREAUCRATS

NICOLE M. ELIAS / AMANDA M. OLEJARSKI

In the current United States (U.S.) context, we are facing a constitutional crisis with frequent government shutdowns and new debates surrounding immigration, climate change, budgeting practices, and the balance of power. With competing interests, unclear policy, and inconsistent leadership directives, the question becomes: How do contemporary bureaucrats make sense of this eth...

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THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF AFRICAN THEOLOGY

ELIAS KIFON BONGMBA

Theology has a rich tradition across the African continent, and has taken myriad directions since Christianity first arrived on its shores. This handbook charts both historical developments and contemporary issues in the formation and application of theologies across the member countries of the African Union. Written by a panel of expert international contributors, chapters fir...

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RUSSIA AND THE QUESTION OF WORLD ORDER

ELIAS GÖTZ / ‎CAMILLERENAUD MERLEN

Russia and the Question of World Order engages with three sets of questions that cut to the heart of the ongoing debate about Russia’s role in the present world order. Firstly, the book asks what are Russia’s aims and objectives? Is Russia a highly revisionist power bent on overturning established rules and institutions, or is it best understood as a country with limited ambiti...

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GENDER POLITICS AND THE PURSUIT OF COMPETITIVENESS IN MALAYSIA

JUANITA ELIAS

This book is concerned with how the pursuit of national economic competitiveness by states has come to be intertwined with a globalised gender agenda—one in which women and the household economy are seen as ‘untapped’ resources. In many East and Southeast Asian economies, competitiveness and the dangers of the middle-income trap dominate economic policy agendas: states’ commitm...

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NURTURING STUDENTS' CHARACTER

JEFFREY S. KRESS / MAURICE J. ELIAS

Nurturing Students’ Character is an easy-to-use guide to incorporating social-emotional and character development (SECD) into your teaching practice. The links are clear—elementary and middle school students have better odds of academic success if you nurture their social and emotional skills. Drawing on broad field experience and the latest research, this book offers intuitive...

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CONTEMPORARY GREECE AND EUROPE

ACHILLEAS MITSOS / ELIAS MOSSIALOS

This title was first published in 2000: Contemporary Greek society is characterized by an all-embracing trend for reform. This task, however, is constrained by problems of Greek polity rooted in the historical and political culture. This text explores the important facets of divergence between Greece and the EU, examining the process through which they affect the relative perfo...

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HEALTH CARE AND COST CONTAINMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

ELIAS MOSSIALOS

First published in 1999, this volume aims to describe and analyse the experience of cost containment in Europe over the last fifteen years in order to understand that experience and to determine, as best we can, which methods were successful and which were not. Part I provides an overview of healthcare in the European Union, an overview of recent expenditure trends. Part II com...

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BAYESIAN COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS

ELIAS MORENO / FRANCISCO JOSE VAZQUEZ-POLO / MIGUEL ANGEL NEGRÍN-HERNÁNDEZ

Cost-effectiveness analysis is becoming an increasingly important tool for decision making in the health systems. Cost-Effectiveness of Medical Treatments formulates the cost-effectiveness analysis as a statistical decision problem, identifies the sources of uncertainty of the problem, and gives an overview of the frequentist and Bayesian statistical approaches for decision mak...

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ADVANCED SPATIAL MODELING WITH STOCHASTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS USING R AND INLA

ELIAS KRAINSKI / VIRGILIO GÓMEZ-RUBIO / HAAKON BAKKA / AMANDA LENZI / DANIELA CASTRO-CAMILO / DANIEL SIMP

Modeling spatial and spatio-temporal continuous processes is an important and challenging problem in spatial statistics. Advanced Spatial Modeling with Stochastic Partial Differential Equations Using R and INLA describes in detail the stochastic partial differential equations (SPDE) approach for modeling continuous spatial processes with a Matérn covariance, which has been impl...

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PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

WALTER HOLLAND / ELIAS MOSSIALOS / BERNARD MERKEL

First published in 1999, this volume recognises that the role and status of public health in Europe has again become increasingly recognized and features contributions on various nations within the European Community. This is not only in individual countries but also in the policies of the European Union as exemplified in the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties. This book is a cr...

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RELIGION AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION IN AFRICA

ELIAS KIFON BONGMBA

Religion has played a major role in both the division and unification of peoples and countries within Africa. Its capacity to cause, and to heal, societal rifts has been well documented. This book addresses this powerful societal force, and explores the implications of a theology of reconstruction, most notably articulated by Jesse Mugambi. This way of thinking seeks to build o...

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DOMINANT BELIEFS AND ALTERNATIVE VOICES

JOAN ELIAS GORE

This book examines why study abroad is a marginal activity in American higher education and evaluates the role gender has played in the development and maintenance of this marginality. ...

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HEIDEGGER ON LITERATURE, POETRY, AND EDUCATION AFTER THE "TURN"

JAMES M. MAGRINI / ELIAS SCHWIELER

Offering new and original readings of literature, poetry, and education as interpreted through the conceptual lens of Heidegger’s later philosophy of the "Turn", this book helps readers understand Heidegger’s later thought and presents new takes on how to engage the themes that emerged from his later writing. Suggesting novel ways to consider Heidegger’s ideas on literature, po...

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