books about: underpinnings

books about: underpinnings

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Underpinnings

Shrinking the State: The Political Underpinnings of Privatization
Harvey Feigenbaum, Jeffrey Henig, ...

Cambridge University Press, 1998

Privatization has spread worldwide during the 1980s and 1990s, reshaping the balance between state and market in many countries. This book provides a comparative political analysis of privatization in the UK, United States and France. The authors argue that privatization is a political phenomenon and should be analyzed as such, rather than as an ...

The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life

Joseph Ledoux

Simon & Schuster, 1998

Improving the performance of your mind by understanding how the brain works
I have a special interest in training the mind to reduce negative thoughts and emotions with meditation exercises. I was therefore curious to find out if this book could give me some useful insights on this point. It does. In emotions we depend on two competing ...

Civil Society: The Underpinnings of American Democracy (Civil Society Series)
Brian O'Connell

Tufts, 1999

Edward Gibbon said of the ancient Athenians, "when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free." America is the longest-lived democracy in the history of the world, but there are signs that our own extraordinary system faces a similar peril. A vibrant civil society, characterized by active ...

Guidelines of Engineering Practice for Braced and Tied-Back Excavations (Geotechnical Special Publication)

American Society of Civil Engineers, 1997

Clearly detailed sections and sub-sections.
This book is designed to aid civil engineers making decisions on using braces and tie-backs to support excavations at construction sites. The guidelines presented were first suggested at the ASCE 1970 Specialty Conference on Lateral Stresses in the Ground and Design of ...

Concrete Buildings: Analysis for Safe Construction (New Directions in Civil Engineering)

CRC-Press, 1991

The most critical state of a structure's lifetime is during construction; many more disasters occur during construction than after projects have been completed. This book helps readers to determine construction loads; understand performance criteria during construction; prevent construction delays; maintain structural strength and stability; find ...

Jacked Tunnel Design and Construction: Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Congress 98 : October 18-21, 1998 ...
Mass.) Asce Geo-Congress 9 (1998 Boston

American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998

Emergency Rescue Shoring Techniques
John P. O'Connell

Fire Engineering Books & Videos, 2005

This book takes the reader step-by-step through the basic principles of emergency shoring operations so they may learn to operate in a safe and efficient atmosphere while conducting search and rescue operations in unstable environments.

Reflections on the subtractive underpinnings of education research and policy.: An article from: Journal of ...
Angela Valenzuela

Corwin Press, Inc., 2002

This digital document is an article from Journal of Teacher Education, published by Corwin Press, Inc. on May 1, 2002. The length of the article is 4007 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You ...

Underpinnings of Medical Ethics
Edmond A. Murphy, James J. Butzow, ...

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

Thus far in the development of the discipline of medical ethics, the overriding concern has been with solutions to specific problems. But discussion is hampered by lack of understanding of the scope and methodology of medical ethics, and its scientific and philosophical basis. In Underpinnings of Medical Ethics Edmond A. Murphy, James J. Butzow, ...