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Social Equity and Public Management Theory: A Global Outlook (ISSN)

by Sarah Young Denita Cepiku Kimberly Wiley

Social equity is a pillar of public service. Thus, social equity should be a central concern in public management in practice and scholarship. However, widespread incorporation and reflection of social equity practices in government and the anticipated public benefits still seem like an elusive goal. The ability to analytically assess social equity is the first step toward prescribing social equity reforms. Public affairs graduate programs, like a master’s in public administration or public policy, often teach public management separately from social equity. This book empirically and theoretically bridges social equity and public management for use in the public affairs graduate classroom. The book highlights international research that leverages public management theory to build reasonable social equity measures and applications. The research highlighted in the text includes studies from across countries in North and South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia. This is the first book specifically designed for global public affairs classrooms that connects public management theory and practice with social equity reforms.

Social Impact, Organizations and Society: The Contemporary Role of Corporate Social Responsibility (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)

by Magdalena Stefańska Katarzyna Bachnik Magdalena Kaźmierczak Magdalena Rojek-Nowosielska Justyna Szumniak-Samolej

Social Impact, Organizations and Society represents endeavors to comprehensively explore the essence of social impact. The editors aim to elucidate its definition, scope, measurement and implementation. Delving into how organizations integrate social impact into their core missions, decision-making processes and operational frameworks, this monograph strives to identify avenues for enhancing social impact generation. Furthermore, its focus lies on fostering effective relationships with diverse stakeholder groups and providing empirical evidence of social impact practices across industries and sectors. Through an in-depth examination of the latest research, this monograph sheds light on the evolving role of corporate social responsibility and its significance amidst contemporary challenges.

Social Media and Law Enforcement Practice in Poland: Insights into Practice Outside Anglophone Countries (Routledge Studies in Crime, Culture and Media)

by Paweł Waszkiewicz

This book explores the role of social media in the daily practice of Polish criminal justice and how social media is, in turn, reshaping this practice. Based on empirical research, it confronts common beliefs about how police officers, prosecutors, and judges use social media in their work. Readers will find answers to the following questions: Which social media platforms are popular among law enforcement officers in Poland? How do the police use social media to investigate and prosecute crimes? What are the strategies for using social media to communicate with the community? What strategies are most successful?The findings in this book challenge some popular beliefs and theories about social media in criminal justice. As the first book to explore the use of social media in criminal justice outside of English-speaking countries, this collection of academic research will be of interest to academics focusing on criminology, criminal justice, and policing and will be useful to police leaders and officers, police social media administrators, prosecutors, and judges, who may be inspired by the research to implement new successful and more effective practices.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 International license. The costs of the Open Access publication were covered by the University of Warsaw under the Excellence Initiative Research University Action I.2.4 Supporting Open Access Publications.

Soldiers and Sweets at the Ballet (Katie Woo And Jojo On The Go! Ser.)

by Fran Manushkin

Katie Woo and JoJo are wearing their best dresses and are ready for a fancy time at the ballet! They are taking in a special performance of the classic ballet, The Nutcracker. Which dancers will leap the highest? Who will have the best costumes? And what will be the best friends' favorite moments of the show?

Spider-Man: Youth, Race, and the Hypertext (Cinema and Youth Cultures)

by Charlie Michael

Exploring the dynamic genres of animation and comic book films, this book examines the transmedia role of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and its critical involvement in attempts to diversify representations in youth-oriented cinema and culture.Several years after the movie’s immense commercial and critical success, a look back on the innovative features of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse shows how the film’s force derives from its thoughtful depiction of Miles Morales – a young, Afro-Latino superhero who must face systemic obstacles his white predecessor nerver worried about. Engaging a web of pressing topics in the field – from transmedia storytelling to identity formation and minority representation – this book offers an accessible analysis of the hypertextual design and animation techniques, which help this film to sensitively confront the combustible dynamics of racial representation in contemporary American youth culture.Written in an approachable style, this book is suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates, and specialists in the field. It is a versatile resource for media studies, film studies, animation studies, and cultural studies courses, but will also appeal to fans seeking to investigate the thematic underbelly of Into the Spider-Verse.

Splish Splash at the Water Park (Katie Woo And Jojo On The Go! Ser.)

by Fran Manushkin

Katie Woo and JoJo decide to spend a rainy day at an indoor water park! From the wave pool to tasty treats, there's lots to love about the Happy Times Water Park. But there's one thing that Katie isn't so sure about: the Super-Duper Slide. Will JoJo help Katie face her fear of the big water slide?

Succeeding in Your Psychotherapy Practicum and Internship: Tips, Tools, and Tales From Supervisors and Interns

by Michael D. Reiter Kayleigh Sabo

Succeeding in Your Psychotherapy Practicum and Internship is a book about what students can often expect from their psychotherapy internship and how they can make the most of their experience.The book is written from two perspectives—one, that of a seasoned therapist, professor, and supervisor of therapy, and two, the perspective of a registered intern therapist who just went through the internship process. Succeeding in Your Psychotherapy Practicum and Internship covers the basics of psychotherapy internships, from the beginning stages of finding and starting at an internship site, to navigating the common experiences at an internship, to reflecting on therapeutic growth and the ending of an internship, and much more. Students will come away from this book with a deep understanding of each perspective, one that will enhance their appreciation of the practicalities and possibilities of their practicum and internship experiences.

The Super Berries Scam (Cyber Sleuths Ser.)

by Natasha Deen Mariano Epelbaum

A young girl uncovers the truth behind an online health fad in this installment of the Cyber Sleuths chapter book series. Dalia Gopie is shorter than all her friends. Then she discovers that her favorite social media influencer is promoting a miracle fruit—one that guarantees to make anyone taller overnight! Is this online fad the real deal, or is the popular influencer selling a tall tale? With the help of other Cyber Sleuths—a network of mystery-solving kids—and legit online resources, Dalia uncovers the truth about this too-good-to-be-true product. Created in partnership with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), this action-packed chapter book is perfect for young readers and demonstrates valuable media literacy skills. Books in This Series: The Lip-Sync Scandal The Sasquatch Suspect The Sham City of Atlantis The Super Berries Scam

Tana Cooks a Valentine Surprise (Tana Cooks! Ser.)

by Stacy Wells

Tana's class is having a party for Valentine's Day! Tana and her friends Lola and Ana are busy making plans. They will wear matching outfits and give all their classmates a small gift. The only problem? Tana doesn't know what to give out as a Valentine. She is stuck! What kind of surprise with Tana cook up?

Tana Cooks for a Special Veterans Day (Tana Cooks! Ser.)

by Stacy Wells

Tana is looking forward to hosting her great uncle Charles at her school's Veterans Day celebration. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, and she wants to make sure he feels honored. But when teachers and students become sick with a virus, Tana worries the celebration will be cancelled. Is there anything Tana can do to help?

Tana Cooks to Say Thanks (Tana Cooks! Ser.)

by Stacy Wells

After a happy morning handing out thank-you treats to the teachers at school, Tana notices Leo, a new boy, sitting by himself. She sees the school janitor, cafeteria workers, and office clerk join Leo, and she realizes she's made a mistake. All the school workers deserve thanks, and Tana has a plan to make sure they feel appreciated.

Tana Cooks with Care (Tana Cooks! Ser.)

by Stacy Wells

It's time for the second-grade school play, and everyone gets a part! There's just one problem. Tana's good friend Ana is nervous about auditioning. As Tana looks for ways to help her friend, she cooks to show that she cares. Will she find the winning recipe to keeping Ana calm and confident?

Tazkiya Therapy in Islāmic Psychotherapy (Islamic Psychology and Psychotherapy)

by Bagus Riyono

This book explores tazkiya therapy, a holistic psychological approach based on Qur’anic guidance and rooted in the understanding of human beings as multidimensional –that is, physical, psychological, social and spiritual beings.The book starts with a detailed explanation or the object, the process and the purpose of tazkiya therapy, along with an account of the boundaries and the enabling factors of the approach. Rather than a singular theoretical framework, tazkiya therapy is a dynamic and flexible approach that integrates multiple frameworks and disciplines to grow the human soul, cognition, emotion and behaviour. Although it is a multidimensional approach, the process of therapy is step-by-step, and the middle part of the book presents the key stages in the approach. Within these steps, the therapist is given seven different approaches that they can customise to the needs of the client depending on whether they need assistance with thinking patterns, emotional disturbance, a behavioural problem or a dysfunctional nervous system. The book ends with a comprehensive summary of the model, a series of case studies, a future outlook on training and an application for continuing the study and practice of tazkiya therapy.This book, based on the foundation that tazkiya therapy covers issues that are spiritual in nature and always connects to Allah in facilitating the healing process, will fulfil the needs of practicing Muslim psychologists, psychiatrists and students of psychology and Islāic studies.

Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice, Grades K-12: A Guide for Moving From Mindset to Action (Corwin Mathematics Series)

by Kristopher J. Childs John W Staley

Your journey to becoming a social justice mathematics educator begins here. Every journey has a beginning—a starting point—where you take a moment to set your sights on your next destination carefully. Teaching mathematics for social justice (TMSJ) means reimagining your mathematics classroom in a way that serves more children better–as a place that lifts mathematics up as a tool for students to analyze and understand the worlds around them, celebrate their unique identities and their communities, and become agents of change. For any K-12 educator who values these goals Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice, Grades: A Guide for Moving from Mindset to Action can be the start of a transformational journey. Guiding you in planning, implementing, assessing, and showcasing social justice mathematics lessons and helping children apply their learning beyond the classroom, this book: Encourages self-reflection on the "why" of your teaching and examines your own mindset about mathematics Provides a step-by-step action plan for creating equitable and socially just mathematics classrooms that focus on rich and collaborative mathematics learning Incorporates interactive reflection prompts, self-assessments, and activities throughout the journey Describes culturally responsive teaching practices to better respond to the instructional needs of the diverse individuals in your classroom Offers activities to identify what current events and social issues are important to children and their families Inspires you to remain steadfast in their journey of growth toward becoming a social justice mathematics educator Complete with sample lessons, online resources, and practical tools, this guide will empower you to better understand the children in your classroom, leverage their strengths, and make mathematics learning relevant and useful as they use mathematics to address the issues they care about. Start your journey towards becoming a social justice mathematics educator today.

Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice, Grades K-12: A Guide for Moving From Mindset to Action (Corwin Mathematics Series)

by Kristopher J. Childs John W Staley

Your journey to becoming a social justice mathematics educator begins here. Every journey has a beginning—a starting point—where you take a moment to set your sights on your next destination carefully. Teaching mathematics for social justice (TMSJ) means reimagining your mathematics classroom in a way that serves more children better–as a place that lifts mathematics up as a tool for students to analyze and understand the worlds around them, celebrate their unique identities and their communities, and become agents of change. For any K-12 educator who values these goals Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice, Grades: A Guide for Moving from Mindset to Action can be the start of a transformational journey. Guiding you in planning, implementing, assessing, and showcasing social justice mathematics lessons and helping children apply their learning beyond the classroom, this book: Encourages self-reflection on the "why" of your teaching and examines your own mindset about mathematics Provides a step-by-step action plan for creating equitable and socially just mathematics classrooms that focus on rich and collaborative mathematics learning Incorporates interactive reflection prompts, self-assessments, and activities throughout the journey Describes culturally responsive teaching practices to better respond to the instructional needs of the diverse individuals in your classroom Offers activities to identify what current events and social issues are important to children and their families Inspires you to remain steadfast in their journey of growth toward becoming a social justice mathematics educator Complete with sample lessons, online resources, and practical tools, this guide will empower you to better understand the children in your classroom, leverage their strengths, and make mathematics learning relevant and useful as they use mathematics to address the issues they care about. Start your journey towards becoming a social justice mathematics educator today.

Television Sitcom and Cultural Crisis (Routledge Advances in Television Studies)

by Holly Willson Holladay Chandler L. Classen

This volume demonstrates that television comedies are conduits through which we might resist normative ways of thinking about cultural crises.By drawing on Gramscian notion of crisis and the understanding that crises are overlapping, interconnected, and mutually constitutive, the essays in this collection demonstrate that situation comedies do more than make us laugh; they also help us understand the complexities of our social world’s moments of crisis. Each chapter takes up the televisual representation of a modern cultural crisis in a contemporary sitcom and is grounded in the extensive body of literature that suggests that levity is a powerful mechanism to make sense of and cope with these difficult cultural experiences.Divided into thematic sections that highlight crises of institutions and systems, identity and representation, and speculation and futurism, this book will interest scholars of media and cultural studies, political economy, communication studies, and humor studies.

Thief of Dragons (International School Of Dragon Training Ser.)

by Gina Kammer

Toni Carpenter is a Treefielder who hates dragons and dragon trainers. Her family lost their home because of a fire-breathing dragon, and she’s been sent off to live with her cousin while her parents start over. But Toni has other plans. If she can steal a dragon egg from the International School of Dragon Training, she can sell it to help rebuild her family’s home. But then the worst thing possible happens—a baby dragon unexpectedly hatches and bonds with her! Now she’s stuck taking care of the very thing she hates. Will Toni follow through on her plans to steal an egg? Or will she learn to become a talented dragon trainer herself?

A Typological Study of the Existential Clause: A Functional Linguistics Perspective

by Wang Yong

This book investigates the existential clause (EC) from a cross-linguistic perspective and within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics.The prototypical EC in the less familiar languages is identified through its functional equivalents in the more familiar ones, which share the common semantic basis of ‘there exists something in some location’. Topics addressed include the morpho-syntactic features of the EC, the subject of the EC, the definiteness effect and its manifestations in the EC, the EC as impersonals, the distinction between entity- vs. event-existentials, and the EC and its related constructions. Drawing on both cross-linguistic observations based on the language sample and in-depth investigations in particular languages (e.g., in Chinese and English), the study aims to unravel how the lexico-grammar of EC is related to its meanings and functions, that is, how meaning is realised in form.The title will appeal to scholars and students in the field of linguistics, especially functional linguistics, and syntax.

U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power

by Steven W. Hook Amy Skonieczny

The same aspects of American government and society that propelled the United States to global primacy have also hampered its orderly and successful conduct of foreign policy. This paradox challenges U.S. leaders to overcome threats to America′s world power in the face of fast-moving global developments and political upheavals at home. U.S. Foreign Policy explores this paradox, identifies its key sources and manifestations, and considers its future implications. Authors Steven W. Hook and Amy Skonieczny help students learn how to think critically about these cascading developments and the link between the process and the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.

U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power

by Steven W. Hook Amy Skonieczny

The same aspects of American government and society that propelled the United States to global primacy have also hampered its orderly and successful conduct of foreign policy. This paradox challenges U.S. leaders to overcome threats to America′s world power in the face of fast-moving global developments and political upheavals at home. U.S. Foreign Policy explores this paradox, identifies its key sources and manifestations, and considers its future implications. Authors Steven W. Hook and Amy Skonieczny help students learn how to think critically about these cascading developments and the link between the process and the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.

Understanding Comparative Politics: An Inclusive Approach

by Lisa A. Baglione

"Baglione speaks cogently to our current generation of college students, who came of age amidst resurgent racism and an unprecedented pandemic." —Audie Klotz, Syracuse University It’s time for a new approach to help students engage more fully with comparative politics. By elevating all the components of identity as core elements of any political system, Lisa A. Baglione′s Understanding Comparative Politics helps students better appreciate the lived realities of people around the world. The book puts issues of race, gender, ethnicity, and religion in context, encouraging students to think critically about world regions and individual countries through the lens of current issues like social justice movements and the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the book, Baglione empowers students to be active learners in this sometimes-daunting subject by engaging them in important questions, grounding them in foundational concepts like geography, and helping them make personal connections. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Learning Platform / Courseware Sage Vantage is an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support. It′s a learning platform you, and your students, will actually love. . Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available in Sage Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. LMS Cartridge: Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.

Understanding Comparative Politics: An Inclusive Approach

by Lisa A. Baglione

"Baglione speaks cogently to our current generation of college students, who came of age amidst resurgent racism and an unprecedented pandemic." —Audie Klotz, Syracuse University It’s time for a new approach to help students engage more fully with comparative politics. By elevating all the components of identity as core elements of any political system, Lisa A. Baglione′s Understanding Comparative Politics helps students better appreciate the lived realities of people around the world. The book puts issues of race, gender, ethnicity, and religion in context, encouraging students to think critically about world regions and individual countries through the lens of current issues like social justice movements and the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the book, Baglione empowers students to be active learners in this sometimes-daunting subject by engaging them in important questions, grounding them in foundational concepts like geography, and helping them make personal connections. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Learning Platform / Courseware Sage Vantage is an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support. It′s a learning platform you, and your students, will actually love. . Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available in Sage Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. LMS Cartridge: Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.

Understanding Magnetism in Max Axiom's Lab (In The Lab With Max Axiom Ser.)

by Ailynn Collins

From decorative refrigerator magnets to Earth itself, we are surrounded by magnetism. Have you ever wondered how magnets work and why they’re attracted to some objects? Here’s your chance to find out! Join Super Scientist Max Axiom in his personal lab to learn all about magnets and magnetism. Then follow along as he demonstrates several fun experiments with magnets that you can try at home.

US Media and Diversity: Representation, Dissemination, and Effects (ISSN)

by Travis L. Dixon

This volume fully illuminates the role of diversity in media representation, dissemination, and effects across various platforms, including social media. Against a backdrop of shifting demographics and increasing diversity, the book highlights the implications for media consumption patterns and explores the simultaneous rise in online hate.Organized into three thematic sections, the book first centers people of color in the discussion of media stereotypes and identity, considering the impact of technology on such identities. This volume then moves to analyze the news media, and how stereotypes are presented and perpetuated, before focusing on paradigm shifts brought on by critical media effects and counter-stereotyping research. The empirical studies and theoretical analyses push readers to imagine better how Communication scholars can advance this essential work at a precarious time in history.Budding and senior scholars interested in understanding stereotypical media representations and effects will gain insights from this critical and timely book, and it will interest those working in the areas of media and communication, media representation, social justice, diversity and inclusion, media sociology, social media, and journalism.

Vicarious Liability in the Sports Industry (Ethics and Sport)

by James Brown

This timely book is the first to critically examine the doctrine of vicarious liability in the context of the sports industry.Drawing on theoretical, empirical and interdisciplinary research, the book focuses on the close connection test at stage two of vicarious liability, highlighting how vicarious liability could be used to hold sports employers strictly liable for a wide range of on-the-field and off-the-field harms committed by their athletes. It considers the extent to which vicarious liability might be applied to clubs and sporting organisations for personal injuries and racial abuse suffered by participants during competition, and examines whether employers in the sports industry ought to be held vicariously liable for the sexual assault of young athletes and women away from the field.This book is important reading for any student, researcher or practitioner interested in sports law, tort law, private law theory, socio-legal studies, jurisprudence, gender studies and sports ethics.

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