This book focuses on the principles of wilderness, exploring the actual and potential values of wilderness, its ecology, economics, the effect of human impact, and mechanisms to protect small, relatively untouched tracts in or near urban areas in the United States.
This book provides a systematic, integrated review and comparison of the contributions of sociology, political science, economics, demography, anthropology, psychiatry, and... Læs mere
This book presents more than 1,000 entries organized in twenty-six major categories in the fields of conflict and peace studies. It focuses on global systems and... Læs mere
In this book, the author presents a behavioral-psychological perspective on intervention in health care, beginning with a definition of behavioral medicine and introducing the related issues of stress and patient compliance.
Emphasizing key aspects of Brazil's economy, politics, and society, this book presents an overall analysis of the present system and provides a base from which to assess Brazil's future development under a particular form of authoritarian regime.
In this first attempt to evaluate Ataturk's overall contribution to the modernization of Turkey, this book examines his impact on Turkey's political culture and... Læs mere
This book examines many of the policy-related developments in Poland during Edward Gierek's regime between 1970 and 1980. It describes... Læs mere
This book looks at how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center viewed ambulatory quality care assurance. It presents the forms and methods that serve as tested models for agencies involved in ambulatory quality care assurance.
This handbook is designed to teach professionals and laypersons how to use the whole spectrum of literature to promote greater self-knowledge, to renew the... Læs mere
Published in 1998, this book examines the offence of unlawful interference with international civil aviation and analyses critically the legal and... Læs mere
Originally published in 1995, Beyond Capital Labor is a comprehensive empirical study about how and how much technology and regional contextual factors may influence company production and productivity growth.
First published in 1971, this major bibliography devoted to Africa’s most populous country – Nigeria – is therefore a timely contribution which must be welcomed by all.