Inequality in Education: Comparative and International Perspectives is a compilation of conceptual chapters and national case studies that includes a series of methods for measuring education inequalities.
Tracing the adoption and dissemination of Geospatial Technology in a range of disciplines, it examines the impact this technology has had, and is likely to have, on the explanation of spatial behaviour, phenomena and processes.
In these studies they test methodically the intersubjective acceptability of the rules for... Læs mere
These decisions, regarding place of birth, position, who receives the baby and even how the mother may or may... Læs mere
Acknowledging that plant nutrition in greenhouse cultivation differs in many essentials from field production, this volume details specific information about testing methods for soils and substrates in a greenhouse environment.
Third, it is shown that this line of research opens up new perspectives on classical topics in the history of social philosophy and social science,... Læs mere
This is the revised and updated edition of the only comprehensive overview of fundamental concepts of animal behavior as they relate to insects. It includes 26 case studies, 45 new color plates, and 173 figures with detailed legends.
Other countries made up about one million barrels of oil per day but the net loss of four million barrels of oil production per day extended through March of 1974. At that time the United States imported about one third of its oil (about five million barrels per day).
This volume examines how the conditions of certain kinds of interaction in cyberspace differ from the conditions of face-to-face interaction and how these differences may come to affect the behavior of interacting agents in terms of ethics.
The essays in this book explore the interconnections between democracy, education and the moral life. The authors discuss such questions as the responsibility of education and its institutions to cultivate socially responsible and critically literate citizens.
Ed Diener is the leading research scientist studying happiness and well-being. This is the third of three volumes that collect all his major works. It analyzes the measures of well-being that are currently in use including several new and useful ones.
The culture and well-being questions are of fundamental importance to understanding in the entire eld and to scienti c knowledge in the behavioral s- ences as a whole.