Summary: "Almost every preface to every syntax textbook out there starts out by telling the reader how different this book is from every other syntax textbook. On one hand, this is often the truth: each author shows their own particular spin or emphasis. This is certainly true of this textbook. For example, you'll be hard-pressed to fi
Isis : a History
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Subject(s): DAISH | Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Summary: The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world's leading authorities
Contents:Administrative reform and development : an introduction / Ali Farazmand -- Innovations for administrative reforms in Korea : a case of the local autonomy system / Jong-Hae Yoo -- Administrative reforms in India / Krishna K. Tummala -- Administrative reform in Bangladesh : an unfinished agenda / Habib Zafarullah -- Resistance to a
Contents:Introduction -- Part I. Setting the Scene. Breaking down the barriers: protest -- Underlying instability -- Syria's flirtation with Jihadism -- Part II. First on the scene. March-December 2011: Jabhat Al-Nusra forms -- January-August 2012: Jabhat Al-Nusra emerges -- September 2012-March 2013: Jabhat Al-Nusra rises -- Part III
Contents:Welcome to sport and exercise psychology -- Science and professional practice of sport and and exercise psychology -- Personality and sport -- Motivation -- Arousal, stress, and anxiety -- Competition and cooperation -- Feedback, reinforcement, and intrinsic motivation -- Diversity and inclusion -- Team dynamics and cohesion -- L
Subject(s): Terrorism -- Prevention
Summary: This book examines community-based approaches to counter-terrorism through an analysis of the notions of community, partnership, engagement, gender and religion in order to shed new light on the potential of and drawbacks to these approaches. It stresses the need for policy makers and practitioners t
