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Responsive Open Learning Environments : Outcomes of Research from the ROLE Project

This book presents the outcomes of four years of educational research in the EU-supported project called ROLE (Responsive ...

Régression : Théorie et applications = Regression : Theory and Applications

This book explains in detail, with supporting examples, one of the most common statistical methods: regression. The first ...

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 ...

Sceptical Doubt and Disbelief in Modern European Thought

This collection continues along a rich, fruitful path opened by Richard H. Popkin and pursued by many important scholars, ...

Science of Societal Safety

This book covers comprehensive but fundamental principles and concepts of disaster and accident prevention and mitigation, ...

Seeing Ourselves Through Technology: How We Use Selfies, Blogs and Wearable Devices to See and Shape Ourselves

This book is open access under a CC BY license. Selfies, blogs and lifelogging devices help us understand ourselves, building ...

Sensitivity Analysis: Matrix Methods in Demography and Ecology

This book shows how to use sensitivity analysis in demography. It presents new methods for individuals, cohorts, and populations, ...

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in India : Self-care for Universal Health Coverage

This book addresses self-care on sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV prevention and treatment in the most marginalized ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Space, Place and Educational Settings

This book explores the nexus between knowledge and space with a particular emphasis on the role of educational settings that ...

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