Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences

ABSTRACT This volume contends that Evidential Pluralism—an account of the epistemology of causation, which maintains that in order to establish a causal claim one needs to establish the existence of a correlation and the existence of a mechanism—can be fruitfully applied to the social sciences. Through case studies in sociology, economics, political science and law, it advances new philoso…

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Puberty and Adolescence : The Inner Worlds of …

Puberty is a time of tumultuous transition from childhood to adulthood activated by rapid physical changes, hormonal development and explosive activity of neurons. This book explores puberty through the parent-teenager relationship, as a "normal state of crisis", lasting several years and with the teenager oscillating between childlike tendencies and their desire to become an adult. The more…

Engendering Climate Change : Learnings from South Asia

This book focuses on the gendered experiences of environmental change across different geographies and social contexts in South Asia and on diverse strategies of adapting to climate variability. The book analyzes how changes in rainfall patterns, floods, droughts, heatwaves and landslides affect those who are directly dependent on the agrarian economy. It examines the socio-economic pressure…

Vibrations in rotating machinery : proceedings of the International Conferenc…

Sejak 1976, konferensi Getaran pada Mesin Putar telah berhasil mempertemukan industri dan akademisi untuk memajukan penelitian mutakhir dalam dinamika mesin putar. Konferensi Internasional ke-12 tentang Getaran pada Mesin Putar berisi kontribusi yang dipresentasikan pada konferensi edisi ke-12, dari para pakar industri dan akademis dari berbagai negara. Buku ini membahas tantangan dalam dinamik…

Intersectional lives : Chinese Australian women in white Australia

Kehidupan interseksional mengeksplorasi berbagai pengalaman perempuan Tionghoa Australia lintas waktu dan tempat selama era Kebijakan Australia Putih (1901-1973). Refleksi pribadi perempuan Tionghoa Australia diteliti bersama dengan pembacaan catatan resmi feminis pascakolonial untuk menggambarkan bagaimana kehidupan sehari-hari mereka dipengaruhi oleh berbagai identitas dan posisi subjek yang …

Food system transformations : social movements, local economies, collaborativ…

Buku ini mengkaji peran gerakan, perusahaan, dan jaringan pangan lokal dalam transformasi sistem pangan global yang saat ini tidak berkelanjutan. Buku ini mengeksplorasi serangkaian inovasi yang dirancang untuk mengintegrasikan kembali cara produksi pangan yang berkelanjutan dan mendorong kedaulatan pangan. Buku ini memberikan wawasan terperinci tentang jaringan khusus pelaku sosial yang berkol…

Cities after crisis : reinventing neighborhood design from the ground-up

Kota-kota setelah krisis menunjukkan bagaimana urbanisme dan desain perkotaan mendefinisikan ulang kota setelah krisis kesehatan, ekonomi, dan lingkungan global selama beberapa dekade terakhir. Buku ini merinci bagaimana krisis ini telah menghasilkan visi perkotaan baru—dari desain modern avant-garde hingga estetika artistik yang menyerukan kesederhanaan dan keseharian, dari paradigma pembang…

Systems Mapping

This open access book explores a range of new and older systems mapping methods focused on representing causal relationships in systems. In a practical manner, it describes the methods and considers the differences between them; describes how to use them yourself; describes how to choose between and combine them; considers the role of data, evidence, and stakeholder opinion; and describes how t…

COVID-19, Volume II: Social Consequences and Cultural Adaptations

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A Christian Education in the Virtues ; Character Formation and Human Flourishing

A Christian Education in the Virtues examines the connection between human nature and human flourishing. It draws on ancient and medieval sources to explore the formation of the person based on a Christian anthropology, emphasising the communal nature of the virtuous life and provides a richer approach to the question of contemporary character education. The book argues that the only way to …