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  • Creationism in Europe

    by Stefaan Blancke, Hans Henrik Hjermitslev, Peter C. Kjærgaard ...
    A history of Creationism in Europe, from its reception to its rise and the response that has followed.For decades, the creationist movement was primarily situated in the United States. Then, in the 1970s, American creationists found their ideas welcomed abroad, first in Australia and New Zealand, then Korea, India, South Africa, Brazil, and elsewhere—including Europe, where creationism plays an ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • eQuality

    The Struggle for Web Accessibility by Persons with Cognitive Disabilities

    by Peter Blanck ...
    Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
    Never before have the civil rights of people with disabilities aligned so well with developments in information and communication technology. The center of the technology revolution is the Internet, which fosters unprecedented opportunities for engagement in democratic society. The Americans with Disabilities Act likewise is helping to ensure equal participation in society by people with ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Heavy Laden

    Union Veterans, Psychological Illness, and Suicide

    by Larry M. Logue, Peter Blanck ...
    Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
    The psychological aftereffects of war are not just a modern-day plight. Following the Civil War, numerous soldiers returned with damaged bodies or damaged minds. Drawing on archival materials including digitized records for more than 70,000 white and African-American Union army recruits, newspaper reports, and census returns, Larry M. Logue and Peter Blanck uncover the diversity and severity of ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Disability and the Future of Work

    Edited by Fitore Hyseni, Lisa Schur, Douglas Kruse, Peter Blanck ...
    Series Book 16 - Research in Social Science and Disability
    The employment landscape is evolving rapidly, driven by technological innovations, shifting employer practices, and new government policies that redefine where and how work is performed. However, these transformations have not been universally beneficial. Future research is required to explore the potential disproportionate impact they might have on marginalized populations already excluded from ... Read more

    $108.99 USD

  • People with Disabilities

    Sidelined or Mainstreamed?

    by Lisa Schur, Douglas Kruse, Peter Blanck ...
    Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
    To what extent are people with disabilities fully included in economic, political and social life? People with disabilities have faced a long history of exclusion, stigma and discrimination, but have made impressive gains in the past several decades. These gains include the passage of major civil rights legislation and the adoption of the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Supported Decision-Making

    Theory, Research, and Practice to Enhance Self-Determination and Quality of Life

    by Karrie A. Shogren, Michael L. Wehmeyer, Jonathan Martinis, Peter Blanck ...
    Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
    The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) recognized that people with disabilities should have the right to exercise their legal capacity and identified 'supported decision-making' as a means by which people with disabilities can be directly involved in decisions that impact their lives. Offering an overview of its emergence in the disability field and ... Read more

    $118.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Disability Law and Human Rights

    Edited by Peter Blanck, Eilionóir Flynn ...
    This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and policy on disability law.Bringing together a team of respected and experienced experts, the handbook offers a range of jurisdictional and multidisciplinary perspectives. The authors consider historical and contemporary, as well as comparative perspectives of disability law. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Genetic Discrimination

    Transatlantic Perspectives on the Case for a European Level Legal Response

    Edited by Gerard Quinn, Aisling de Paor, Peter Blanck ...
    As genetic technologies advance, genetic testing may well offer the prospect of detecting the onset of future disabilities. Some research also forwards that certain behavioural profiles may have a strong genetic basis, such as the determination to succeed, or the propensity for risk-taking. As this technology becomes more prevalent, there is a danger that genetic information may be misused by ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Covert Action

    National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention

    by Magda Long, Rory Cormac, Mark Stout, Jeffrey P. Rogg, Marco Munier, William A. Stoltz, Jens Wegener0, Steven Wagner1, Melinda Haas2, Paul M. McGarr3, Philippe B. Nader4, Joanisval B. Goncalves5, Nihat A. Ozcan6, Egemen Bezci7, Kevin A. O'Brien8, Folahanmi Aina9, Jennifer Mathers0, Kiril Avramov1, Daniela Richterova2, Peter Rendek3, Radek Schovanek4, Stephan Blancke5, Sara B. Castro6, Damien Van Puyvelde8 ...
    Series series Georgetown Studies in Intelligence History
    A comparative international perspective challenges conventional narratives about unacknowledged intervention"Covert action" is generally understood as politically motivated and plausibly deniable interference by one state in the affairs of another state. It includes propaganda, political or economic subversion, paramilitary action, and assassinations. Covert action is the most consequential and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • Disability Rights

    Edited by Peter Blanck ...
    Series series The International Library of Essays on Rights
    There is great diversity of definitions, causes and consequences of discrimination against persons with disabilities, yet there are fundamental themes uniting countries in their pursuit of human rights policies to improve the social and economic status of those with disabilities. In this volume are twenty-five important articles examining historical, contemporary and comparative issues crucial to ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • The Burglary

    The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI

    by Betty Medsger ...
    **INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS & EDITORS (IRE) BOOK AWARD WINNER • The story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists—quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans—that made clear the shocking truth that J. Edgar Hoover had created and was operating, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, his own shadow Bureau of Investigation.“Impeccably ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Systemic Ethics Textbook

    Edited by Kristina S Brown ...
    AAMFT's Systemic Ethics Textbook is a comprehensive, interactive textbook on ethics for the profession of marriage and family therapy. Editor Kristina Brown, PhD, and the contributing chapter authors capture the latest in ethical practice in the profession not only in the United States, but worldwide. This book is set to be the premier textbook for the profession assisting marriage and family ... Read more

    $67.99 USD