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Presents studies using forms of measurement and quantitative analysis current in diverse areas of linguistic research from language assessment to language change, from generative linguistics to experimental psycholinguistics, and from longitudinal studies to classroom research.

Bridging the gap between textbook models of how public policy should work, and how the process actually works in contemporary Washington, this book provides a framework that integrates the roles of political interests and policy ideals in the contemporary policy process.

The territorial dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands has repeatedly strained Sino-Japanese relations. This book reminds us that the tensions over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands are only a part of a long history of both conflict and cooperation in maritime relations between Japan and China.

How can we agree to disagree in today's pluralistic society, one in which individuals and groups are becoming increasingly polarized by fierce convictions that are often at odds with the ideas of others? This book shows how we can cope with diversity and be appropriately open toward opponents even while staying true to our convictions.

A collection of essays, scriptural analysis, and personal reflections featuring leading Christian and Muslim scholars who explore the meaning of death, resurrection, and human destiny within their religious traditions.

Wars have negative consequences, not the least impinging on human life, and offer infrequent and uncertain benefits, yet war is part of the human condition. This book features insightful analysis of jus ad bellum ("the right of war") that is grounded in a variety of contemporary examples from World War I through Vietnam.

Assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view. This book includes chapters that highlight advances in the intelligence community in structured analytic techniques, training, expertise-building, and professional development.

Civil war and conflict within countries is the most prevalent threat to peace and security in the opening decades of the twenty-first century. This title examines the varied roles of religious leaders in societies divided by ethnic, racial, or religious conflict.

What ethical considerations should guide war's settlement and its aftermath? In cases of protracted conflicts, recurring war, failed or failing states, or genocide and war crimes, is there a framework for establishing an enduring peace that is pragmatic and moral? This title provides answers to these questions from the just war tradition.

Traces the importance of the Spanish language in the United States and presents an overview of the major varieties of Spanish that are spoken there. This work provides descriptions of the distinguishing characteristics of the major varieties, from Cuban and Puerto Rican, to the varieties dating back to the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.

For well over a century the Catholic Church has articulated clear positions on many issues of public concern, particularly economics, capital punishment, foreign affairs, sexual morality, and abortion. This title offers an examination of the role Catholic clergy play in shaping the political views of their congregations.

Drawing on a range of ideas, including theories of intelligence and modes of thought, assumptions about numbers and information, and the nature of professionalism, this title sheds light on the hidden complexities of creating standards to evaluate performance.

Their responses constitute a broad overview of the development of the Belmont Report and the extent of its influence, especially on governmental commissions, as well as an assessment of its virtues and shortcomings.

Examines the economic, political, and social causes and consequences of declining wages in the United States. This title presents a comprehensive analysis of the many factors affecting labor costs and concludes that many of them result from choices made by the states themselves through the laws and policies they enact.

Most of us are content to see ourselves as ordinary people - unique in ways, talented in others, but still among the ranks of ordinary mortals. The author probes our contented state by asking important questions: How should "ordinary" people respond when others need our help, whether the situation is a crisis, or something less?

Takes a reader on a doctor's rounds over many years to meet the faces and the struggles, the heartaches and the joys of being a pediatrician.

Covers the history, legal status, controversies, and impact of affirmative action in both the private and public sectors - and in education as well as employment. This title shows how the development and implementation of affirmative action policies have significantly influenced by the nature and operation of our political institutions.

The United States was founded on a commitment to religious tolerance. Inherent in this political reality is the question, "What is the appropriate relationship between religious beliefs and public life?" This is not a new question, but in contemporary US politics it has become a particularly insistent one. This book offers new and nuanced answers.

During China's Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong's "rustication program" resettled seventeen million urban youths, known as "sent downs," to the countryside for manual labor and socialist reeducation. This book examines the mechanisms and dynamics of state craft in China, from the rustication program's inception to its termination.

What are the origins of the idea of human rights and universal human dignity? How can we most fully understand - and realize - these rights going into the future? This title sets out a path, proposing an affirmative genealogy in which human rights are the result of a process of "sacralization" of every human being.

Suitable for students, faculty, and practitioners, this title discusses the shifts in society's attitudes toward public action, the availability of resources to meet public needs, and the dimensions of policymaking. It looks at the possible dimensions of the policy analysis field and profession as it moves into the future.

It was by far the most controversial document to emerge from Vatican II - Dignitatis Humanae, or the Declaration on Religious Freedom. This title offers a detailed analysis of how Pope John Paul II has appropriated, interpreted, and developed the main themes of the document.

For those who undergo it, infertility treatment is costly, time-consuming, invasive, and emotionally and physically arduous, yet technology remains the focus of most public discussion of the topic. This title analyzes the economic, ethical, theological, and political dimensions of assisted reproduction.

As western economies have moved from feudalism to industrialism to the information age, Catholic social thought has kept pace, responding to the economic realities of the day. This title examines the changing political economy embedded within the moral theology and social justice documents issued by the Church during the last hundred years.

The government, the media, and individual Americans have all embraced programs to promote disease prevention. Yet obesity is up, exercise is down, teenagers continue to smoke, and sexually transmitted disease is rampant. Why? This title examines the ethical and social problems that create subtle obstacles to changing Americans' unhealthy behavior.

Illuminates issues in medical ethics revolving around the complex bond between healer and patient, focusing on friendship and other important values in the healing relationship. This book explores the role of the health professional, the moral basis of health care, and greater emphasis on the humanities in medical education.

As budgetary concerns have come to dominate Congressional action, the design and implementation of welfare programs have come under greater scrutiny. This book focuses on the food stamp program to examine how the integration of welfare and budgeting has affected both politics and people.

"Public reason" is one of the central concepts in modern liberal political theory. Identifying this conception as a key point of conflict, this book presents a debate among contemporary natural law and liberal political theorists on the definition and validity of the idea of public reason.

An introduction to bioethics. It examines a comprehensive range of ethical questions and covers such topics as moral decision making, abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide, life-sustaining technologies, organ transplantation, reproductive technologies, and the allocation of health care resources.

The development of the Catholic university in the United States has raised issues about its continued identity, its promise, and its academic constituents. This title explores these questions, especially as they have been experienced in Jesuit history and contemporary commitments.