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The Responsible University Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond /

Table of Contents: “…The responsible university in southeast Asia: A tale of the transition from an elite to a mass higher education system; Laila Nordstrand Berg, Rómulo Pinheiro, Puguh Prasetya Utomo and PradnikaYunic Nurhayati -- Chapter 11. …”
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Society - Water - Technology A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects /

Table of Contents: “….- Major Water Engineering Projects: Definitions, Framework Conditions, Systemic Effects -- A Global View on Future Major Water Engineering Projects -- Neglected Values of Major Water Engineering Projects: Ecosystem Services, Social Impacts and Economic Valuation -- Water Governance: A Systemic Approach -- Research in two Case Studies: Irrigation and Land Use in the Fergana Valley and Water Management in the Lower Jordan Valley -- Part III: The Fergana Valley - Uzbekistan's Hydro-Agricultural System between Inertia and Change -- Between Multiple Transformations and Systemic Path Dependencies -- From Upscaling to Rescaling - Transforming the Fergana from Tsarist Irrigation to Water Management for an Independent Uzbekistan -- Irrigation Infrastructure in Fergana Today: Ecological Implications -Economic Necessities -- Where Water Meets Agriculture: The Ambivalent Role of the Water Users Associations -- Theory, the Market and the State: Agricultural Reforms in Post Socialist Uzbekistan between Economic Incentives and Institutional Obstacles -- Part IV: The Lower Jordan Valley - The Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Project and its Complex History -- Water Resources, Cooperation and Power Asymmetries in the Water Management of the Lower Jordan Valley - The Situation Today and the Path that has led there -- Reclaiming the Dead Sea: Alternatives for Action -- Jordan's Shadow State and Water Management: Prospects for Water Security will depend on Politics and Regional Cooperation -- Technologies, Incentives and Cost Recovery: Is there an Israeli Role Model? -- Part V: Outlook and Options for Action -- Lessons Learnt, Open Research Questions and Recommendations.…”
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Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development

Table of Contents: “…Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management Innovations in Central Asia -- 14. Biomass-based value web. A Novel Perspective for Emergng Bioeconomies in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Part 3 Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture -- 15. …”
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When Children Draw Gods A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach to Children's Representations of Supernatural Agents /

Table of Contents: “…The representation of God in Islam and its prohibition: strategies used by Iranian children in drawings of God (Zahra Astaneh) -- Chapter 13. Natural and supernatural agents: children's representations of gods and dead entities (Ramiro Tau) -- Chapter 14. …”
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British Literature I Anthology From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: The Middle Ages -- 1.1 Learning Outcomes -- 1.2 Introduction -- 1.3 Recommended Reading -- 1.4 The Dream of the Rood -- 1.5 Beowulf -- 1.6 Judith -- 1.7 The Wanderer -- 1.8 The Wife's Lament -- 1.9 The Venerable Bede -- 1.10 Anglo-Saxon Riddles -- 1.11 Marie de France -- 1.12 Middle English Lyrics -- 1.13 Geoffrey Chaucer -- 1.14 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- 1.15 Julian of Norwich -- 1.16 The Second Shepherds' Play -- 1.17 Sir Thomas Malory -- 1.18 Everyman -- 1.19 Key Terms -- Part Two: The Tudor Age (1485-1603) -- 2.1 Learning Outcomes -- 2.2 Introduction -- 2.3 Recommended Reading -- 2.4 Thomas More -- 2.5 Thomas Wyatt -- 2.6 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey -- 2.7 Queen Elizabeth -- 2.8 Edmund Spenser -- 2.9 Sir Walter Raleigh -- 2.10 Sir Philip Sidney -- 2.11 Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke -- 2.12 Christopher Marlowe -- 2.13 William Shakespeare -- 2.14 Key Terms -- Part 3: The Seventeenth Century: The Age of Revolution (1603-1688) -- 3.1 Learning Outcomes -- 3.2 Introduction -- 3.3 Recommended Reading -- 3.4 John Donne -- 3.5 Aemilia Lanyer -- 3.6 Ben Jonson -- 3.7 Robert Herrick -- 3.8 Andrew Marvell -- 3.9 Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle -- 3.10 John Milton -- 3.11 John Dryden -- 3.12 Samuel Pepys -- 3.13 Key Terms -- Part 4: Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century (1603-1688) -- 4.1 Learning Outcomes -- 4.2 Introduction -- 4.3 Recommended Reading -- 4.4 Aphra Behn -- 4.5 William Congreve -- 4.6 Daniel Defoe -- 4.7 Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea -- 4.8 Jonathan Swift -- 4.9 Alexander Pope -- 4.10 Henry Fielding -- 4.11 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu -- 4.12 Samuel Johnson -- 4.13 James Boswell -- 4.14 Olaudah Equiano -- 4.15 Key Terms…”
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ePortfolio Performance Support Systems Constructing, Presenting, and Assessing Portfolios

Table of Contents: “…Mapping, Re-Mediating, and Reflecting on Writing Process Realities: Transitioning from Print to Electronic Portfolios in First-Year Composition, Steven Corbett, Michelle LaFrance, Cara Giacomini, and Janice Fournier -- Chapter 11. ePortfolios as Tools for Facilitating and Assessing Knowledge Transfer from Lower Division, General Education Courses to Upper Division, Discipline-specific Courses, Carl Whithaus -- Chapter 12. …”
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Nostalgia and Hope: Intersections between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe

Table of Contents: “…Evidence from European Right-wing Populist Politics: Gokay Özerim and Selcen Öner -- Section II Retrogressive Mobilizations Outside The Political Arena: Chapter 6 The Trans-European Mobilization of "Generation Identity": Anita Nissen -- Chapter 7 Endangered Swedish Values: Immigration, Gender Equality, and "Migrants' Sexual Violence": Emil Edenborg -- Chapter 8 Invented Nostalgia: The Search for Identity among the Hungarian Far-right: Katherine Kondor and Mark Littler -- Chapter 9 "Retrotopia" as a Retrogressive Force in the German PEGIDA-movement" Andreas Önnerfors -- Section III Emancipatory Initiatives Mobilizing Beyond Politics: Chapter 10 Challenging Misconceptions: Danish Civil Society in Times of Crisis: Martin Bak Jørgensen and Daniel Rosengren Olsen -- Chapter 11 "Impossible" Activism and the Right to be Understood: The Emergent Refugee Rights Movement in Finland: Camilla Haavisto -- Chapter 12 Hope as Master Frame in Feminist Mobilization: Between Liberal NGO-ization and Radical-Intersectional Street Politics: Alexandra Ana -- Chapter 13 Latin American Transnational Political Engagement: Steering Civic Movements and Cultural Repertoires from the Global City of Brussels: Larisa Lara-Guerrero and María Vivas-Romero -- Chapter 14 Civil Society between Populism and Anti-Populism: Carlo Ruzza.…”
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Earth Observation Science and Applications for Risk Reduction and Enhanced Resilience in Hindu Kush Himalaya Region A Decade of Experience from SERVIR /

Table of Contents: “…Getting prepared for droughts in South Asia -- Chapter 6. Mapping crops for better national production estimates in Afghanistan and Nepal -- Chapter 7. …”
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Land Use Cover Datasets and Validation Tools Validation Practices with QGIS /

Table of Contents: “…General Land Use Cover datasets for America and Asia -- Chapter 19. Global thematic Land Use Cover datasets characterizing vegetation covers -- Chapter 20. …”
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Advancing Energy Policy Lessons on the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities /

Table of Contents: “…Shaping Blue Growth: Social Sciences at the Nexus Between Marine Renewables and Energy Policy; Sandy Kerr, Laura Watts, Ruth Brennan, Rhys Howell, Marcello Graziano, Anne Marie O'Hagan, Dan van der Horst, Stephanie Weir, Glen Wright, Brian Wynne -- Chapter 4. …”
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Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond (Volume 3) A Focus on Non-EU Sending States /

Table of Contents: “…Access to Social Protection by Immigrants, Emigrants and Resident Nationals in Tunisia: Laura Gelb, Mohamed Ali Marouani -- 23. Diaspora Policies, Consular Services and Social Protection for Tunisian Citizens Abroad: Stéphanie Pouessel -- 24. …”
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Influences of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies Practice, Policy, and Research Across Countries and Regions /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Introduction from Editors -- Part 1: National Perspectives on Participation in IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies -- 1 Flemish Belgian Students' and Teachers' Results in the IEA ICCS Studies: Implication for Cross-Curricular Approaches to Civic Education; Ellen Claes and Linde Stals -- 2 Bulgarian Civic Education in Transition; Svetla Petrova -- 3 Civic and Citizenship Education in Chile and the Influence of International Civic and Citizenship Education Studies; Gabriela Cares and Elisa Salinas Valdivieso -- 4 Civic and Citizenship Education in Colombia: Challenges for Both Students and Teachers; Luis Felipe Dussán Zuluaga and Juan Camilo Ramírez Chaguendo -- 5 Civic and Citizenship Education in Denmark 1999-2019: Discourses of Progressive and Productive Education; Jens Bruun -- 6 Building Civic and Citizenship Education in the Dominican Republic; Ancell Scheker and Michelle Guzmán -- 7 Estonian Civic and Citizenship Education in Turbulent Times; Anu Toots and Mare Oja -- 8 IEA's International Civic and Citizenship Education Study and the Teaching of Civic Education in Italy; Laura Palmerio, Valeria Damiani and Elisa Caponera -- 9 Improving Civic and Citizenship Education in Latvia; Ireta Čekse -- 10 How IEA's Civic and Citizenship Education Studies Have Contributed to Educational Discourse in Lithuania; Rita Dukynaitė, Ginta Orintienė, and Šarūnas Gerulaitis -- 11 The Role of IEA's Civic and Citizenship Education Studies in Mexico; María Eugenia Luna-Elizarrarás, María Teresa Meléndez-Irigoyen and Citlalli Sánchez-Alvarez -- 12 Inequality in Citizenship Competences: Citizenship Education and Policy in The Netherlands; Anne Bert Dijkstra, Geert ten Dam and Anke Munniksma -- 13 Strengthening Connections Between Research, Policy and Practice in Norwegian Civic and Citizenship Education; Heidi Biseth, Idunn Seland and Lihong Huang -- 14 The Role of IEA's Studies in the Development of Civic and Citizenship Education in Slovenia; Eva Klemenčič Mirazchiyski -- Part 2: Regional and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Findings From the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies -- 15 The Personal, the Professional, and the Political: An Intertwined Perspective on the IEA Civic Education Studies; Erik Amnå -- 16 Joining an International Community of Practice: Reflections on the IEA Civic Education Studies as an Early Career Scholar; Carolyn Barber -- 17 IEA Civic Education Studies in Latin America: Paths of Influence and Critique in Policy and Research; Cristian Cox -- 18 Reflecting on IEA's CIVED in the United States: Policies, People, and Research; Carole Hahn -- 19 The Contribution of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies to Educational Research and Policy in Europe; Maria Magdalena Isac -- 20 Asian Students' Citizenship Values: Exploring Theory by Reviewing Secondary Data Analysis; Kerry Kennedy -- 21 Understanding School and Classroom Contexts for Civic and Citizenship Education: The Importance of Teacher Data in the IEA Studies; Bruno Losito, Gabriella Agrusti, and Valeria Damiani -- 22 The Landscape and Recent Developments of Civic and Citizenship Education Across the Latin American Region; Andrés Sandoval-Hernández and Daniel Miranda -- 23 Reflections on the Development of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies; Wolfram Schulz -- 24 A Moral Perspective on Citizenship Education and on IEA's International Civic and Citizenship Studies; Wiel Veugelers.…”
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Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories Analysing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) /

Table of Contents: “…(Anne Christine Holtmann, Laura Menze and Heike Solga) -- 13. Occupational Sex Segregation and its Consequences for the (Re-)Production of Gender Inequalities in the German Labour Market (Corinna Kleinert, Kathrin Leuze, Ann-Christin Bächmann, Dörthe Gatermann, Anna Erika Hägglund and Kai Rompczyk) -- 14. …”
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Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing Conditions A Comprehensive Science Synthesis /

Table of Contents: “…Urban Soils (Richard Pouyat, Susan Day, Sally Brown, Kirsten Schwarz, Richard Shaw, Katalin Szlavecz, Tara Trammell, and Ian Yesilonis) -- Chapter 8. Soil Management And Restoration (Mary Williams, Cara Farr, Deborah Page-Dumroese, Stephanie Connolly, and Eunice Padley) -- Chapter 9. …”
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Managing Transnational UNESCO World Heritage sites in Africa

Table of Contents: “…Managing the migration - Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti WHS connectivity (Jacinta Nzioka) -- Chapter 3. …”
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Remittances as Social Practices and Agents of Change The Future of Transnational Society /

Table of Contents: “…Overseas Remittances from Southeast Asia to China around the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) -- Chapter 5. …”
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Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality

Table of Contents: “…North America, and South America" -- Positive Psychology and Religion/Spirituality Across Cultures in Africa, Asia, and Oceania -- Part IV: Developmental Considerations -- Religion, Spirituality, and Youth Thriving: Investigating the Roles of the Developing Mind and Meaning-Making -- Religious/Spiritual Development and Positive Psychology: Toward an Integrative Theory -- Part V: Happiness and Well-Being -- The Scientific Study of Life Satisfaction and Religion/Spirituality -- The Scientific Study of Positive Emotions and Religion/Spirituality -- The Scientific Study of Positive Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, and Physical Health -- The Scientific Study of Positive Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, and Mental Health -- Part VI: Character Strengths and Virtues -- The Scientific Study of Religion/Spirituality, Forgiveness, and Hope -- Religion/Spirituality and the Twin Virtues of Humility and Gratitude -- Theological Virtues, Health, and Well-Being: Theory, Research, and Public Health -- Part VII: Clinical and Applied Considerations -- Integrating Positive Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, and a Virtue Focus Within Culturally Responsive Mental Healthcare -- Meaningfulness and Religious/Spiritual Meaning Systems at Work: A Multilevel Framework -- Positive Psychology and Religiousness/Spirituality in the Context of Couples and Families -- Positive Psychology in the Context of Religious Communities -- Building Spiritual Fortitude and Resilience Following Disaster: Synthesizing the Contributions of Positive Psychology and Religion/Spirituality -- Part VIII: Field Unification and Advancement -- Future Directions for the Positive Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.…”
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25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries Reform and Continuity /

Table of Contents: “…Latvia: A Historical Analysis of Transformation and Diversification of Higher Education System; Ali Ait Si Mhamed, Zane Vārpiņa, Indra Dedze & Rita Kaša -- Chapter 11. Lithuanian Higher Education: Between Path-Dependency and Change; Liudvika Leisyte, Anna-Lena Rose & Elena Schimmelpfennig -- Chapter 12. …”
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The Palgrave Handbook of South-South Migration and Inequality

Table of Contents: “…Unfair and Unjust: Temporary Labour Migration Programmes in and from Asia and the Pacific as Barriers to Migrant Justice -- 33. …”
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Climate Smart Agriculture Building Resilience to Climate Change /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debates -- Chapter 3:Economics of Climate-Smart Agriculture -- Chapter 4: Innovation in Response to Climate Change -- Chapter 5: Use of Satellite Information on Wetness and Temperature for Decision of Crop Yield Prediction, River Discharge and Planning -- Chapter 6: Early Warning Techniques for Local Climate Resilience: Smallholder Rice in Lao PDE -- Chapter 7 : Farmers' Perceptions of and Adaptations to Climate Change in Southeast Asia: The Case Study from Thailand and Vietnam -- Chapter 8: U.S. …”
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