2011 David Easton Award, presented for the best book by the Foundations of Political Theory section of APSA:
"The Future of Democratic Equality, by Joseph Schwartz, takes on three tasks, and accomplishes all brilliantly. Any one of these tasks well fulfilled would have been a laudable achievement. First, Schwartz argues for the centrality of the question of equality to democratic politics. Second, he critically analyzes and explains the shocking rise in inequality in the United States over the last three...
2011 David Easton Award, presented for the best book by the Foundations of Political Theory section of APSA:
Crosscutting Social Circles describes a theory of groups' relations to each other, and tests the theory in the 125 largest metropolitan areas In the United States. The focus is on the Influence social structure exerts on intergroup relations. Blau and Schwartz show how role relations are influenced by how people are distributed among social positions. Examples are a community's racial composition, division of labor, ethnic heterogeneity, income Inequality, or the extent to which educational differences are related to income differences. Blau and Schwartz test their theory by...
Crosscutting Social Circles describes a theory of groups' relations to each other, and tests the theory in the 125 largest metropolitan a...
People who have survived ritual abuse or mind control experiments have often been silenced, accused of lying, mocked and disbelieved. Clinicians working with survivors often find themselves isolated, facing the same levels of disbelief and denial from other professionals within the mental health field. This report of a conference proceedings presents knowledge and experience from both clinicians and survivors to promote understanding and recovery from organized and ritual abuse, mind control and programming. The book combines clinical presentations, survivors' voices, and research material to...
People who have survived ritual abuse or mind control experiments have often been silenced, accused of lying, mocked and disbelieved. Clinicians worki...
17 2 STRESS FIELDS FOR SIMPLE STRUCTURES 2. 1 INTRODUCTION In this chapter the behavior and strength of simple structures made of rein forced or prestressed concrete is investigated with the aid of stress fields. In particular, the webs and flanges of beams, simple walls, brackets, bracing beams and joints of frames are investigated. By this means, the majority of design cases are already covered. In reality, all structural components are three-dimensional. Here, however, components are considered either directly as two-dimensional plate elements (i. e. the plane stress condition with no...
17 2 STRESS FIELDS FOR SIMPLE STRUCTURES 2. 1 INTRODUCTION In this chapter the behavior and strength of simple structures made of rein forced or prest...
Die Autoren haben aktuelle Ergebnisse aus der Mauerwerksforschung der Schweiz und internationale Erfahrungen und Entwicklungen bei Bemessungsverfahren und Bewehrungssystemen aufgegriffen und fur die Praxis in durchschaubare, nachvollziehbare Konzepte aufbereitet. Sie berichten uber Versuchsresultate unter verschiedenen, kombinierten Beanspruchungen und untersuchen Mauerwerksbauten, die mit Stabbewehrungen und Kunstofflamellen verstarkt sind. Grenzzustande der Tragsicherheit und der Gebrauchstauglichkeit werden getrennt ermittelt. Der Vergleich mit fruheren Normierungsvorschriften ermoglicht...
Die Autoren haben aktuelle Ergebnisse aus der Mauerwerksforschung der Schweiz und internationale Erfahrungen und Entwicklungen bei Bemessungsverfahren...
This concise book examines clinically relevant issues relating to the ways in which bone marrow, cord blood and apheresis products, are processed and stored for the purpose of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy. The twin aims are to offer up-to-date content covering a wide spectrum of topics and controversies and to provide practitioners in the field of transplant and cell therapy with practical, immediately applicable information from the internationally experts in the field. Each chapter focuses on a particular subject, and numerous working tables, algorithms, and figures...
This concise book examines clinically relevant issues relating to the ways in which bone marrow, cord blood and apheresis products, are processed and ...