Helps you gain a comprehensive understanding of ultrasonics. This title covers the science, technology, and application of ultrasonics. It discusses topics ranging from sensors to systems, dealing primarily with both low- and high-intensity industrial and medical ultrasonic applications. It is suitable for system designers.

'Understanding the Social World of the New Testament'.

A comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of teaching English in secondary schools.

Explores how domestic actors are key to understanding the constitution of the global liberalization process entailed by the General Agreement on Trade in Services as well as the opposition to this process. This book is suitable for those with an interest in the future of higher education.

Offers an introduction to the basic concepts of contract law in England. Built around familiar real-world examples that illustrate the concepts, principles and key cases upon which English contract law is structured, this guide is suitable for those approaching an undergraduate law degree, or for general readers interested in this area of the law.

Provides support to student teachers on primary ITT, BEd and PGCE courses. This title provides a practical introduction to the teaching skills as well as the underlying theory. It is divided into twenty-three sections and each chapter contains a brief introduction to the key concepts, issues and skills.

The Western tradition of a sovereign state, which roots go back to antiquity, inherited a centre vouching for virtuous moderation. This book compares this tradition with what it quintessentially objects to: political extremes.

Examines the local and international dynamics and strategies that have come to define the often violent relationship between Israel and Lebanon.

Exploring a variety of 'neat compartmentalizations' at work in the representations of Islam, as well as distinct vocabularies employed by these key intellectuals (theological, political, philological, and poetic), this title parses these vocabularies to examine the importance of Islam in the very history of German thought.

Contains essays that investigate how the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture.

Presents a structured approach to consumer research, showing how a simple framework that embodies the rewards and costs associated with consumer choice can be used to interpret a wide range of consumer behaviours.

Explores the changing meanings of place for our identities and life stories in the 21st century, using an empirical approach developed in narrative and discursive psychology.

A writing and planning resource for public relations students and practitioners.

Tells the story of African Americans in San Francisco, tracing the obstacles faced and triumphs achieved in areas as housing, employment and education, and adding to our understandings of civil rights and the intersection of race and geography within the postwar period of American history.

Suitable for either self-study or classroom use, this course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Arabic of the Gulf. It presents numerous grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice.

Draws on the extant international law of human rights to derive the content of human rights that ought to be measured. This book contains a comprehensive methodological framework for operationalizing this human rights content into human rights measures. It includes also chapters on the methods, strengths and weaknesses of events-based measures.

Explores a range of key issues related to children and childhood, from birth to eighteen years. This book is suitable for students as well as those studying relevant professional qualifications in social work, teaching and health.

Examines feminist research methodology, including its constituting methods, theory, ontology, epistemology and ethics and politics, and analyses research issues relating to women, gender and feminism in Sri Lanka.

Explains the changing pattern of contentious politics in the democratization process of the two city-states Singapore and Hong Kong. This book explores the causal connections between popular contention and democratization by applying a multi-disciplinary approach, using theoretical insights from the political sciences, sociology and psychology.

Presents students with an overview of the main theories of conflict management and conflict resolution. This title equips them to respond to the complex phenomena of international conflict.