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Expanding horizons in the history of science:the comparative approach
This book challenges the common assumption that the predominant focus of the history of science should be the achievements of Western scientists since the so-called scientific revolution. The conceptual frameworks within which the members of earlier societies and of modern indigenous groups worked admittedly pose severe problems for our understanding. But rather than dismiss them on the grounds…
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- 9781316516249
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- 166 p
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- 509.01 LLO e
Living for the city:social change and knowledge production in the Central Afr…
More than most monographs, this book rests on the collective efforts of the brilliant team of researchers it has been my privilege and pleasure to work alongside during the five years (2016–2021) of the ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ project. Each of these researchers brought distinctive insights and made major contributions to the project as a whole and to this volume in particular. Ste…
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- 9781108973120
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- xiii, 182 p ; 24 cm
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- 967 LAR l
Systems thinking analyses for health policy and systems development:a Malaysi…
Health and development are inextricably linked. Countries require robust health systems to enable the delivery of quality health services and to ensure access to health as a public good while both balancing national budgets and providing protection against individual catastrophic spending on healthcare. Getting this balance right remains a problem for most countries, particularly in resou…
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- 9781108845205
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- xvii, 488 p ; 24 cm
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- 362.109595 MAR s
Personal names in cuneiform texts from Babylonia (c. 750-100 BCE):an introduc…
Personal names provide fascinating testimony to Babylonia’s multiethnic society. This volume offers a practical introduction to the repertoire of personal names recorded in cuneiform texts from Babylonia in the first millennium BCE. In this period, individuals moved freely as well as involuntarily across the ancient Middle East, leaving traces of their presence in the archives of institutions…
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- 9781009291071
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- 346 p
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- 935.5 GRO p
Constitutional challenges in the algorithmic society
Technologies have always led to turning points for social development. In the past, different technologies have opened the doors towards new phase of growth and change while influencing social values and principles. Algorithmic technologies fit within this framework. Although these technologies have positive effects for the entire society by increasing the capacity of individuals to exercise ri…
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- 9781108843126
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- x, 330 pages ; 24 cm
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- 342 MIC c
Law and policy for the quantum age
This book is the result of a chance meeting between the authorsm in the summer of 2019 on a 12-hour international flight. This was not a case of quantum superposition, but it certainly demonstrates the power of chance.The Oxford English Dictionary defines quantum as “A discrete quantity of electromagnetic energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents.”1 In…
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- 9781108883719
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- 602 p
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- 530.12 HOO l
Money, power, and AI:automated banks and automated states
edited by Zofia Bednarz, University of Sydney; Monika Zalnieriute, University of New South Wales, Sydney.
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- 9781009334297
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- 1 online resource
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Translation technology in accessible health communication
Meng Ji, Pierrette Bouillon, Mark Seligman ; with contributions from Bastien David, Magali Norre?, Irene Strasly, Herve? Spechbach, Johanna Gerlach, Lu?cia Morado Va?squez, Silvia Rodri?guez Va?squez.
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- 9781108837378
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- xiii, 212 pages; illustration
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- 610.1 JI t
Cultural expertise, law, and rights:a comprehensive guide
Cultural Expertise, Law and Rights introduces readers to the theory and practice of cultural expertise in the resolution of conflicts and the claim of rights in diverse societies. Combining theory and case-studies of the use of cultural expertise in real situations, and in a great variety of fields, this is the first book to offer a comprehensive examination of the field of cultural expertise: …
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- 9781003167075
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- xiv, 360 pages; illustration
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- 340.115 HOL c
Codeswitching in the classroom:critical perspectives on teaching, learning, p…
Bringing together sociolinguistic, linguistic, and educational perspectives, this cutting‐edge overview of codeswitching examines language mixing in teaching and learning in bilingual classrooms. As interest in pedagogical applications of bilingual language mixing increases, so too does a need for a thorough discussion of the topic. This volume serves that need by providing an original and wi…
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- 9781315401102
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- xiv, 290 pages; illustration
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- 370.117 COD m
Harnessing public research for innovation in the 21st century:an internationa…
Universities and public research institutes play a key role in the innovation ecosystem. Many countries have implemented national strategies to support the commercialization of knowledge produced by public institutions, to help take their innovations and scientific breakthroughs to market and ultimately boost economic growth. Research bodies themselves have also introduced practices to support …
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- 9781108842792
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- 544 p
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- 607.2 ARU h
Digital health care outside of traditional clinical settings:ethical, legal, …
A book like this is the result of the hard work of many. We thank our student line editors for their meticulous work.1 We are grateful to Laura Chong and Chloe Reichel for their administrative support in organizing the conference that gave rise to this book. We are also grateful for Laura Chong’s hard work shepherding all the many pieces of this manuscript. We thankfully acknowledge the …
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- 9781009373234
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- xvii, 196 p ; 24 cm
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- 610.285 COH d
States-in-waiting:a counter narrative of global decolonization
States-in-Waiting narrates how postcolonial statehood did not fulfill the aspirations of many nationalist claimants demanding independence. Foregrounding little-known regions and the networks connecting them to global politics, Lydia Walker illuminates the un-endings of decolonization. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
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- 9781009305815
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- xvi, 283 pages; illustration
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- 320.9 WAL s
social psychology of trauma:connecting the personal and the political
Many of us have been affected by trauma and struggle to manage our health and well-being. The social psychological approach to health highlights how social and cultural forces, as much as individual ones, are central to how we experience and cope with adversity. This book integrates psychology, politics and medicine to offer a new understanding that speaks to the causes and consequences of trau…
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- 9781009306997
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- 222 p
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- 302 MUL s
Transforming food systems under climate change through innovation
Our food systems have performed well in the past, but they are failing us in the face of climate change and other challenges. This book tells the story of why food system transformation is needed, how it can be achieved, and how research can be a catalyst for change. Written by a global interdisciplinary team of researchers, it brings together perspectives from multiple areas including climate,…
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- 9781009227216
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- 254 p
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- 338.1 CAM t
Politics, policy, and public options
A public option is a government-provided social good that exists alongside a similar privately provided good. While the public option is typically identified with health care policy, public options have been a longstanding feature of American life in a variety of sectors, ranging from libraries to swimming pools. Public schools, for example, coexist alongside private schools. However, there is …
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- 9781108487641
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- ix, 153 p ; 24 cm
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- 344.7303 SIT p
Pragmatism and methodology:doing research that matters with mixed methods
A pragmatist … turns away from abstraction and insufficiency, from verbal solutions, from bad a priori reasons, from fixed principles, closed systems, and pretended absolutes and origins. He turns towards concreteness and adequacy, towards facts, towards action, and towards power. That means the empiricist temper regnant, and the rationalist temper sincerely given up. It means the open ai…
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- 9781316516140
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- ix, 236 p ; 24 cm
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- 300.72 GIL p
Empire, colonialism, and the human sciences:troubling encounters in the Ameri…
For readers interested in the history of science, Indigenous studies, Latin American studies, and studies of empire and colonialism, this volume offers a revisionist history of research encounters in the human sciences in imperial and colonial contexts in the Americas and the Pacific. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
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- 9781009398152
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- 388 p
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- 325.8 WAR e
Cultural-historical perspectives on collective intelligence:patterns in probl…
In the new era of digital communication, collective problem solving is increasingly important. With the internet and digitalization of information, large groups can now solve problems together in completely different ways than are possible in offline settings (Le?vy, 1999). These novel online technologies and practices challenge our conceptions of individualized human problem solving in various…
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- 9781108981361
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- 468 p
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- 337.3 BAL c
Global governance in a world of change
Global governance began in the mid-nineteenth century and accelerated after the First World War. But it came of age in the post-Second World War era. In response to the lessons learned from the collapse of international order between the wars, and the need to rebuild after the devastation wrought by the Second World War, states, with the USA in the lead, set out to create a new and comprehe…
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- 9781108843232
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