Religious Responses to Sex Work and Sex Trafficking (Routledge Studies in Religion) by Lauren McGrow
2022 | ISBN: 0367348764 | English | 205 pages | PDF | 8 MB
This book examines the history, theological beliefs and current contextual practices of faith-based NGOs who work in the area of human trafficking that involves the sex industry. There are hundreds of religious organizations around the globe who minister with human trafficking survivors and sex workers, but what is really happening on the ground and how do theological beliefs support a faith-based response?

Regime Change and Succession Politics in Africa: Five Decades of Misrule By Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi (editor), Shadrack Wanjala Nasong'o (editor)
2012 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 0415534089 | PDF | 2 MB
Bringing together scholars from a wide array of disciplines - including anthropology, economics, history, sociology, and political science - this volume addresses the problems of the regime change and state failurein Africa in the context of the global economy, but from a specifically African perspective, arguing that the underdevelopment of the African economy is linked to the underdevelopment of the continents' nation states.

Reframing Realities through Translation (New Trends in Translation Studies) By Ali Almanna (editor), Juan José Martínez Sierra (editor)
2020 | 290 Pages | ISBN: 1789972280 | PDF | 7 MB
This volume affords an opportunity to reconsider international connections and conflicts from the specific standpoint of translation as a dynamic, sociocultural activity, carried out and influenced by numerous stakeholders. The various chapters contained in this volume survey a wide range of languages and cultures, and they all pivot around the relationships that can be established between translation and ideology, re-narration, identity, cultural representation and knowledge reproduction. The ultimate aim is to shed light on the actual act of translating in which the self is well-presented and beautified and the other is deformed and made ugly. In this volume, due consideration is given to the main frames (be they characterization, interpretive or identity frames) as well as to the nonverbal factors that play a fundamental role in forming the final shape of the translated product.

Reflections on Grand Strategy: The Great Powers in the Twenty-first Century by Samir Tata
English | PDF | 2022 | 205 Pages | ISBN : 9811937729 | 5.9 MB
The book provides an analytic framework for grand strategy and applies the framework to illuminate the grand strategies of the Great Powers of the twenty-first century: India, China, Russia, and the United States. The book also uses Coca-Cola as a case study to illustrate the potential influence of grand strategy on business strategy. The analysis is rigorous, logical, fact-based, historically rooted, and well-sourced with abundant endnotes to encourage further exploration by readers.

Recounting Migration: Political Narratives of Congolese Young People in Uganda By Christina R. Clark-Kazak
2011 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 077353881X | PDF | 2 MB
Christina Clark-Kazak, a former international aid worker, uses extensive interviews done in Kampala and Kyaka II refugee settlement, Uganda, to present the narratives of ten young people living as refugees. Their accounts reveal both political awareness and individual agency in everyday and extraordinary circumstances. The author shows how refugee youth seek to influence decision-making processes in families, communities, and at policy levels through formal and informal mechanisms, as well as through non-political channels such as education and music. She juxtaposes their interpretations of the situations with the discourse and bureaucracy of international aid organizations, showing the sometimes radical differences between these perspectives. Clark-Kazak not only provides insight into the politics of labelling but offers recommendations for future research, policy, and programs for refugee young people. A remarkable and compelling look at the lives of young refugees, Recounting Migration challenges stereotypes by giving these migrants a long-overdue opportunity to speak for themselves.

Reconsidering Obama: Reflections on Rhetoric (Frontiers in Political Communication) By Robert E. Terrill (editor)
2017 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 1433134721 | PDF | 4 MB
Perhaps no other presidential candidate or sitting president has attracted as much attention from rhetorical critics as Barack Obama. Much of this work was conceived and written during Obama's initial presidential campaign, or relatively early in his two terms in office. This book provides rhetorical critics an opportunity to revisit their published work on Obama in light of events that have occurred since its publication. In each chapter, these eminent critics begin by summarizing the analysis and conclusions in their original essays on Obama, and then reflect on their previous conclusions, revising or extending them in response to developments since the publication of the original work. The chapters provide a glimpse into the inventional strategies of practicing critics and into some of the ways that that critical insights may evolve over time. Scholars rarely have an opportunity to publish essays that reflect on their own previous work, even though few resources can be of greater use to both beginning critics and to established scholars seeking to continue to hone and reflect on their critical practice. This book, then, makes an important contribution not only to the existing literature on the 44th president of the United States, but also and perhaps most significantly to the study of the art and craft of rhetorical criticism.

Receptive and Productive L2 Vocabularies: Acquisition, Growth and Assessment (Sounds - Meaning - Communication) By Malgorzata Krzeminska-Adamek
2018 | 298 Pages | ISBN: 3631679246 | PDF | 5 MB
The author reviews both theory and research concerning learning foreign language lexis, and reports on a study into the dynamics of advanced learners' L2 lexicons. The theoretical part offers a discussion of the concept of the bilingual mental lexicon, the notion of lexical competence, the interface of word knowledge and the language skills, and the current trends in vocabulary testing. The study described in the book, which adopts a unique longitudinal design, is a significant contribution to our understanding of the changes taking place in receptive and productive lexicons in time. The obtained results carry important implications for course design, instruction and testing procedures in the context of teaching English as an L2 at the advanced level.

Recent Developments in Using Seismic Waves as a Probe for Subsurface Investigations Theory and Practices
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9781003177692 | 438 pages | True PDF | 55.93 MB
Seismology has come a long way. Being the scientific study of seismic waves and their allied phenomena, it has entered a multidisciplinary realm. As the main tool, it provides a wealth of information when applied systematically to dig inside the Earth structure. Notwithstanding, the utility of seismic waves has increased manifold. Starting from knowing the epicenter of seismic events, it has influenced mapping of civil engineering structures such as dams and bridges, as well as huge constructions. Although there is no dearth of technical papers in the area of seismic waves, there is an absence of synchronized and recent coherent contents in the direction of seismic waves.

Reason, Community and Religious Tradition : Anselm's Argument and the Friars (Routledge Revivals)
by Scott Matthews
English | 2018 by Routledge | ISBN: 1138702560 | 249 Pages | True PDF | 32 MB

Reading the Presidency: Advances in Presidential Rhetoric (Frontiers in Political Communication) By Stephen J. Heidt (editor), Mary E. Stuckey (editor)
2018 | 348 Pages | ISBN: 1433135426 | PDF | 5 MB
This edited collection explores ways to better understand the rhetorical workings of political executives, especially the United States president. Scholars of the presidency, rhetorical theorists and critics, and various authors examine the ways in which presidents use the institution, the media, and popular culture to instantiate, expand, and wield executive power.