Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures
The impact of illness on individual lives and society at large was once considered too vast to gauge. More recently, quantitative measures of quality of life, life expectancy, and the financial costs of illness and treatment are showing not only how this impact can be calculated but also how the results can be used to further research and improve public health.
Remote Sensing from Space: Supporting International Peace and Security
‘Remote Sensing from Space – Supporting International Peace and Security’ provides the reader with an overview of the state-of-the-art EO related research in the most relevant topics of security research.
More Guerrilla Marketing Research: Asking the Right People, the Right Questions, the Right Way, and Effectively Using the Answers to Make More Money
More Guerrilla Marketing Research will take readers on a journey through one of the most misunderstood and under-utilized marketing techniques. The follow-up to Guerrilla Marketing Research, this book destroys the myth that only big companies can afford marketing research.
The book draws upon recent studies in the areas of globalisation, equity, and the role of the State. It explores conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches applicable in the research covering the State, globalisation, and education reforms. The research evinces the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current education and policy reforms, and illustrates the way that shifts in the relationship between the State and education policy affect current trends in education reforms and schooling globally. Individual chapters critically assess the dominant discourses and debates on comparative education research in education and policy reforms.
Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage: Greenwood Milestones in African American History
For the first time, the Middle Passage, the experience of slaves on the trans-Atlantic ships, receives a full reference treatment in an encyclopedia. This A-to-Z reference consists of 226 signed entries arranged alphabetically, exhaustively covering the Middle Passage from a variety of perspectives for student research and browsing.
