Electronic Books

Total Books: 901 - 920 /1219

Signs of Logic

This work sheds considerable new light on these and other aspects of Peirce’s philosophy and his pragmatic theory of meaning. ...

Simulation

This book examines the historical roots and evolution of simulation from an epistemological, institutional and technical ...

Sirius : Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky

Sirius - A Diamond in the Night will tell two stories. The first and most obvious is why the star known as Sirius has been ...

Situating Children of Migrants across Borders and Origins

This is the best book we have about the methodology to conduct research on the second generation or the children of immigrants ...

Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction

Social computing concerns the study of social behavior and context based on computational systems. Behavioral modeling reproduces ...

Social Development in the World Bank Essays in Honor of Michael M. Cernea

This book honors the work of Michael Cernea, who was the World Bank’s first professional sociologist, by taking on and ...

Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication

From the phone phreaks of the 1970s to Anonymous, how how hackers deploy persuasion, helpfulness, manipulation, and deception ...

Social Geographies of Educational Change

Social Geographies, as spatial location, is a factor relevant to understanding the variety of people’s interpretations ...

Social Innovations in the Urban Context

This book addresses the practice of social innovation, which is currently very much in the public eye. New ideas and approaches ...

Social Security as a Human Right

International Expert Workshop on the Right to Social Security was held in April 2005 at the German Institute for Human Rights, ...

Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity : Cross-National Perspectives in Classifications and Identity Politics

This open access book examines the question of collecting and disseminating data on ethnicity and race in order to describe ...

Social and Economic Vulnerability of Roma People Key Factors for the Success and Continuity of Schooling Levels

This book provides an understanding of the different aspects of success, school continuity and social mobility among European ...

Socioeconomic Differences in Old Age Mortality

Provides a comprehensive, thoughtful and critical discussion of all aspects involved in the relationship between socioeconomic ...

Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Outcomes

Education systems generally aim to narrow the achievement gap between low- and high-SES students and to improve the performance ...

Sociological Practice

The second edition of this text focuses on how to plan, carry out, analyze, and evaluate interventions at the micro, meso, ...

Sociology in Germany A History

This book traces the development of sociology in Germany from the late 19th century to the present day, providing a concise ...

Solidarity and Prosocial Behavior

It is now a well-accepted fact in all human sciences that human behavior is not always governed by egotism and selfish motives. ...

South-North Migration of EU Citizens in Times of Crisis

This open access book looks at the migration of Southern European EU citizens (from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece) who move ...

Sovereignty and Interpretation of International Norms

This work contents a comprehensive and critic approach to international judicial and arbitral case law concerning interpretation ...

Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration

This book tells the story of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme. The book is ideally suited to cover not only the engineering ...

Total Books: 901 - 920 /1219