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Cultural expertise, law, and rights: a comprehensive guide
Cultural Expertise, Law and Rights introduces readers to the theory and practice of cultural expertise in the resolution of conflicts and the claim of rights in diverse societies. Combining theory and case-studies of the use of cultural expertise in real situations, and in a great variety of fields, this is the first book to offer a comprehensive examination of the field of cultural expertise: …
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- 9781003167075
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- xiv, 360 pages; illustration
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- 340.115 HOL c
Generative AI in higher education: the ChatGPT effect
Chan and Colloton's book is one of the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the use and impact of ChatGPT and Generative AI (GenAI) in higher education. Since November 2022, every conversation in higher education has involved ChatGPT and its impact on all aspects of teaching and learning. The book explores the necessity of AI literacy tailored to professional contexts, assess the str…
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- 9781003459026
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- xxv, 260 pages; illustration
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- 371.9 CHA g
Children, media, and pandemic parenting: family life in uncertain times
This book examines changes in families’ rules and routines connected with media during the pandemic and shifts in parents’ understanding of children’s media use. Drawing on interviews with 130 parents at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the book explores specific cultural contexts across seven countries: Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, South Korea, United Kingdom, and United St…
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- 9781003458074
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- x, 196 pages; illustration
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- Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture
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- 302.23083 WIL c
The nordic education model in context: historical developments and current re…
Tracing historical and cultural factors which gave rise to the Nordic Education Model, this volume explores why Northern European education policy has become an international benchmark for schooling. The text explains the historical connection between a Nordic ideal of democracy and schooling, and indicates how values of equality, welfare, justice, and individualism might be successfully int…
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- 9781003218180
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- xix, 347 pages ; 24 cm.
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- Studies in curriculum theory
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- 302.23083 TRO n
Literature, science and public policy from Darwin to genomics
Literature, Science, and Public Policy shows how literature and literary study can help shape public policy concerning controversial scientific issues such as genetic engineering, cloning, GMOs, gene editing, and more. Literature brings unique insights to these issues, dramatizing their full complexity. Its value for public policy is demonstrated by striking examples in chapters that take …
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- 9781009263504
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- xviii, 244 pages; illustration
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- 823.009 CLA l
Generational tensions and solidarity within advanced welfare states
This book explores generation as both a reference to family or kinship structures, and a reference to cohorts or age sets. The principal objective is branching out this two-part concept through studies of tensions and solidarity within and between generations of advanced and robust welfare states. Answering key questions using multiple disciplinary approaches, the book considers how generations…
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- 9781003129592
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- xii, 216 pages : illustrations
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- Social welfare around the world
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- 305.209722 FAL g
Making sense of politics, media and law: rhetorical performance as invention,…
From Trump’s ‘make America great again’ to Johnson’s ‘build back better’, performative politicians use The Making Sense to persuade their public audiences. Law ‘makers’ do it too: A courtroom trial is a ‘truth factory’ in which facts are not found but forged. The ‘court of popular opinion’ is another such factory, though its processes are often flawed and its product…
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- 9781009336413
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- xii, 284 pages; illustration
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- Law in context
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- 340.115 WAT m
Education for social justice: the meaning of justice and current research
Education for Social Justice is a statement of the role of education in promoting social justice. Drawing on research, this book explains what social justice is, presents the argument that democracy requires a commitment to social justice, and shows what action steps need to be taken to ensure social justice is achieved within education and society more broadly. The text presents research an…
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- 9781032420301
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- xviii, 195 pages; illustration
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- 370.117 MIC e
Framing social theory: reassembling the lexicon of contemporary social sciences
This book explores the current forms of social science theorization starting from some federative themes: Agency, Anthropocene, Coloniality, Intersectionality, Othering, Singularization, Technoscience and Uncertainty. The book proposes a reconstruction of contemporary social theory starting from some thematic issues rather than starting from authors or schools of thought. It emphasizes the usef…
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- 9781003203308
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- x, 160 pages : illustrations
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- Routledge advances in sociology
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- 300.1 REB f
Indigenous knowledges and the sustainable development agenda
"This book discusses the vital importance of including indigenous knowledges in the sustainable development agenda. In the wake of colonialism and imperialism, dialogue between indigenous knowledges and Western epistemology has broken down time and again. However, in recent decades the broader indigenous struggle for rights and recognition has led to more understanding of indigenous knowledges,…
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- 9780367853785
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- xiv, 236 pages : illustrations
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- Routledge studies in indigenous peoples and policy
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- 338.9 BRE i
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