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One Hundred Years of Social Protection The Changing Social Question in Brazil, India, China, and South Africa

As the first in-depth study of the ideational foundations of social protection policies and programmes in these four countries, ...

Open and Distance Education in Asia, Africa and the Middle East

This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: China, India, ...

Opportunities and Challenges for New and Peripheral Political Science Communities : A Consolidated Discipline?

The volume demonstrates that political science on the European fringes has seized opportunities and shown a remarkable development. ...

Ostracodology — Linking Bio- and Geosciences

Ostracod taxonomy and phylogeny contribute to general studies of crustacean evolution. The diversity of ostracod applications ...

Outdoor Learning and Play Pedagogical Practices and Children's Cultural Formation

This book examines children’s participation in dialectical reciprocity with place-based institutional practices by presenting ...

Pedagogy and ICT Use : In Schools Around the World Findings from the IEA Sites 2006 Study

What impact is the pedagogical use of ICT making in schools around the world? This book addresses such questions through ...

Pharmacovigilance in the European Union

The book presents the results of an in-depth comparative study assessing the implementation of the EU Pharmacovigilance Directive ...

Practical Economics

In this book, Nika Gilauri reveals his formulas for government reform and economic recovery, including how to fight against ...

Preparing for Life in a Digital Age : The IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study International Report

Ability to use information and communication technologies (ICT) is an imperative for effective participation in today’s ...

Preparing for Life in a Digital World IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2018 International Report

This book summarizes the key findings from the second cycle of IEA’s International Computer and Information Literacy Study ...

Primary and Secondary Education During Covid-19

One of the first academic comparative studies of the educational impact of the pandemic, the book explains how the interruption ...

Promoting Active Citizenship

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book analyses the considerable variation in the shares of private ...

Protecting the Rights of People with Autism in the Fields of Education and Employment : International, European and National Perspectives

Fundamental rights for all people with disabilities, education and employment are key for the inclusion of people with autism. ...

Reality Lost : Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation

This book looks at how a democracy can devolve into a post-factual state. The media is being flooded by populist narratives, ...

Regulatory Genomics

Research in the field of gene regulation is evolving rapidly in an ever-changing scientific environment. Microarray techniques ...

Reliability and Validity of International Large-Scale Assessment Understanding IEA’s Comparative Studies of Student Achievement

This book describes and reviews the development of the quality control mechanisms and methodologies associated with IEA’s ...

Religious Education in Public Schools: Study of Comparative Law

This publication is a compilation of studies on religious instruction in state schools. It describes the diversity between ...

Rethinking Nordic Courts

This book examines whether a distinctly Nordic procedural or court culture exists and what the hallmarks of that culture ...

Rising Powers and Peacebuilding

This edited volume examines the policies and practices of rising powers on peacebuilding. It analyzes how and why their approaches ...

Same-Sex Families and Legal Recognition in Europe

This book focuses on family diversity from a legal, demographical and sociological perspective. It investigates what is ...

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