In today's world, we are witnessing both the spread of a hopeful secular humanism and the persistence of cultural traditions that mindlessly glorify humans and are paving the path to environmental collapse. In Dim and Dimmer, Peter Heinegg tackles the question: "Can the `New Enlightenment' already dawning save the day?"
This book argues that ethnic conflict increases or decreases in relation to changes in social structure and the location and distribution of political power. It examines five countries with a history of ethnic conflict and analyzes the effects of proposed solutions in each case.
This book argues that ethnic conflict increases or decreases in relation to changes in social structure and the location and distribution of political power. It examines five countries with a history of ethnic conflict and analyzes the effects of proposed solutions in each case.
Japan and the United States in the Evolving Asia-Pacific Order
Its economy still struggling after two decades of low growth, Japan now faces a difficult moment as it confronts this ongoing challenge to economic renewal. In Dilemmas of a Trading Nation, Mireya Solis describes how Japan's economic choices are important for the United States, as well.
Aims to introduce students to the complex skills necessary for effective management in human service administration. This textbook presents actual problems through concise case studies with study-guide questions for discussion. It covers a range of situations and dilemmas that a human services student can expect to encounter as an administrator.
This book offers an exhaustive overview of the different political, social, and intellectual circumstances that paved the way for the inception of sustainable development. It offers in-depth analyses of economic globalization, current society-environment relationships, and global trade.
In this work, Carol V.A. Quinn considers survivors' arguments in the debate concerning the ethics of using Nazi medical data, showing what it would mean to take their claims seriously. Her approach is interdisciplinary, incorporating philosophy, psychology, trauma research, survivors' testimony, Holocaust poetry, literature, and the Hebrew Bible.
How Caregivers Can Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease
For caregivers of deeply forgetful people: a book that combines new ethics guidelines with an innovative program on how to communicate and connect with people with Alzheimer's. How do we approach a "deeply forgetful" loved one so as to notice and affirm their continuing self-identity? For three decades, Stephen G. Post has worked around the ......
How Caregivers Can Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease
For caregivers of deeply forgetful people: a book that combines new ethics guidelines with an innovative program on how to communicate and connect with people with Alzheimer's. How do we approach a "deeply forgetful" loved one so as to notice and affirm their continuing self-identity? For three decades, Stephen G. Post has worked around the ......
