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 Strong Society, Smart State: The Rise of Public Opinion in China's Japan Policy (Contemporary Asia in the World) By James Reilly 2011 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 0231158068 | PDF | 5 MB The rise and influence of public opinion on Chinese foreign policy reveals a remarkable evolution in authoritarian responses to social turmoil. James Reilly shows how Chinese leaders have responded to popular demands for political participation with a sophisticated strategy of tolerance, responsiveness, persuasion, and repression-a successful approach that helps explain how and why the Communist Party continues to rule China. Through a detailed examination of China's relations with Japan from 1980 to 2010, Reilly reveals the populist origins of a wave of anti-Japanese public mobilization that swept across China in the early 2000s. Popular protests, sensationalist media content, and emotional public opinion combined to impede diplomatic negotiations, interrupt economic cooperation, spur belligerent rhetoric, and reshape public debates. Facing a mounting domestic and diplomatic crisis, Chinese leaders responded with a remarkable reversal, curtailing protests and cooling public anger toward Japan. Far from being a fragile state overwhelmed by popular nationalism, market forces, or information technology, China has emerged as a robust and flexible regime that has adapted to its new environment with remarkable speed and effectiveness. Reilly's study of public opinion's influence on foreign policy extends beyond democratic states. It reveals how persuasion and responsiveness sustain Communist Party rule in China and develops a method for examining similar dynamics in different authoritarian regimes. He draws upon public opinion surveys, interviews with Chinese activists, quantitative media analysis, and internal government documents to support his findings, joining theories in international relations, social movements, and public opinion.  Ronet D. Bachman, Raymond Paternoster, "Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice" English | 2016 | ISBN: 1506326102 | PDF | pages: 1267 | 55.2 mb Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Fourth Editionoffers students a practical and comprehensive introduction to statistics and highlights the integral role research and statistics play in the study of criminology and criminal justice. Packed with real-world case studies and contemporary examples utilizing the most current crime data and empirical research available, students not only learn how to perform and understand statistical analyses, but also recognize the connection between statistical analyses use in everyday life and its importance to criminology and criminal justice.
 Jason Laurendeau, "Sport, Physical Activity, and Anti-Colonial Autoethnography: Stories and Ways of Being " English | ISBN: 0367672340 | 2023 | 154 pages | PDF | 2 MB This book offers a brief history of how autoethnography has been employed in studies of sport and physical (in)activity to date and makes an explicit call for anti-colonial approaches - challenging scholars of physical culture to interrogate and write against the colonial assumptions at work in so many physical cultural and academic spaces.  Enrico Michelini, "Sport, Forced Migration and the 'Refugee Crisis' " English | ISBN: 1032441410 | 2023 | 152 pages | PDF | 19 MB Drawing on original research, this book looks at what sport can tell us about the social processes, patterns and outcomes of forced migration and the 'refugee crisis'.  Software Solutions to Problems on Heat Transfer Conduction: Part II English | 2014 | ISBN: 978-87-403-0627-9 | 325 pages | EPUB | 9.11 MB This book contains solutions to problems in the area of Heat Transfer, as per the syllabus of B.E. and M.Tech. courses in Visweswaraya Technological University, Karnataka (and other Universities as well).
 Software Requirements Essentials: Core Practices for Successful Business Analysis English | 2023 | ISBN: 9780138190279 | 238 Pages | EPUB | 8 MB Software Requirements Essentials presents 20 core practices for successful requirements planning, elicitation, analysis, specification, validation, and management. Leading requirements experts Karl Wiegers and Candase Hokanson focus on the practices most likely to deliver superior value in both traditional and agile projects, in any application domain. These core practices help teams understand business problems, engage the right participants, articulate better solutions, improve communication, implement the most valuable functionality in the right sequence, and adapt to change and growth.  John J. Macionis, "Society: The Basics" English | 2016 | ISBN: 0134206320 | PDF | pages: 593 | 89.7 mb For courses in Introductory Sociology  Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, Anna Y. Leon-Guerrero, "Social Statistics for a Diverse Society" English | 2017 | ISBN: 1506347207 | PDF | pages: 772 | 43.1 mb This Eighth Edition of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society continues to emphasize intuition and common sense, while demonstrating that social science is a constant interplay between methods of inquiry and important social issues. Recognizing that today's students live in a world of growing diversity and richness of social differences, authors Chava Frankfort-Nachmias and Anna Leon-Guerrero use research examples that show how statistics is a tool for understanding the ways in which race, class, gender, and other categories of experience shape our social world and influence social behavior. In addition, guides for reading and interpreting the research literature help students acquire statistical literacy, while SPSS demonstrations and a rich variety of exercises help them hone their problem-solving skills.  Tom Carter, "So You've Been Appointed Executor Ed 3" English | ISBN: 1770402640 | 2015 | 144 pages | EPUB | 2 MB The executor's job is much more involved than you might initially believe. At its simplest, the executor's role involves documenting assets of the deceased, paying the bills for the estate, and distributing assets to the rightful beneficiaries. These in themselves are not simple tasks, and there are many more to come.  Snowflake: Breaking Through Mental Health Stereotypes and Stigma by Lucy Nichol English | January 10th, 2023 | ISBN: 1801292175 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 0.57 MB Ever been called a Snowflake for sharing how you're feeling? |
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