This book contains important and original research on the effects of addiction to drugs and/or alcohol amongst children. It looks mainly at the biological and psychological reaction to addiction in the young....Daugiau...
The Graduate Grind looks closely at the culture of graduate school in an effort to uncover why graduate students routinely experience extreme depression, illness, divorce and sometimes even suicide and murder....Daugiau...
Describes issues involved with foster care and adoptions of children with special needs by presenting the findings of a research project that concerned three types of adoption outcomes: intact (successful), disrupted (breakdown before finalization...Daugiau...
This important work offers the first detailed analysis of recent changes in health care for the elderly. The contributors examine primary care in urban, suburban, and rural settings and show what makes each of these successful care-providers....Daugiau...
Exploring the full range of animal behaviour studies, this handbook covers the late 1990s state-of-the-art as well as important historical developments in the field since its beginnings over a century ago....Daugiau...
This revised textbook for courses on urban politics challenges the notion that the field is dominated by political economy, showing that despite the undeniable importance of economic issues, citizens do play a significant part in urban politics....Daugiau...
The Song Index features over 150,000 citations that lead users to over 2,100 song books spanning more than a century, from the 1880s to the 1990s. This comprehensive volume also includes a bibliography of the books indexed; an index of sources from...Daugiau...
This is a text covering women and womens issues in developing countries. It is a reference which spans the entire developing world - from Africa to Asia, the Near East to South and Central America, from the Pacific to the Caribbean....Daugiau...
Looks at this countrys complicated weapons procurement process, delving into how decisions are made and the professed and real reasons behind them. Examines how unwanted weapons systems come into existence, why the governments watchdog agencies ha...Daugiau...
This encyclopedia offers 323 original articles covering every major aspect of the subject. It includes the work of over 200 experts in the field and includes such entries as Says Law, Phillips Curve and Eng....Daugiau...
Ten original essays place the current debate over homosexual military service in its historical, theoretical, political, and policy context. They discuss parallels between policies on race on sexuality, the effects of Bill Clintons 1994 Dont Ask D...Daugiau...