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  • Knowledge and Willingness to Act Pro-Environmentally

    Perspectives from IEA TIMSS 2019 and ICCS 2016 Data

    Edited by Maria Magdalena Isac, Andrés Sandoval-Hernández, Wanda Sass ...
    Series Book 16 - IEA Research for Education
    This open access book utilizes data from two large-scale international assessments—TIMSS 2019 and ICCS 2016—to investigate the extent to which education for sustainable development outcomes is conveyed and accomplished within various educational systems. Specifically, it aims to expand the understanding of how students' environmental knowledge levels and their willingness to act in a pro ... Read more

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  • Multisystemic Resilience

    Adaptation and Transformation in Contexts of Change

    by Michael Ungar ...
    Multisystemic Resilience brings together for the first time in one volume a wide range of resilience scholars who have been wrestling with how to explain processes of recovery, adaptation, and transformation in contexts of change and adversity. With contributions from psychologists, epigeneticists, ecologists, architects, disaster specialists, engineers, sociologists, social workers, and public ... Read more

    $100.79 CAD

  • World Development Report 2015

    Mind, Society, and Behavior

    by World Bank ...
    Series series World Development Report
    Development economics and policy are due for a redesign. In the past few decades, research from across the natural and social sciences has provided stunning insight into the way people think and make decisions. Whereas the first generation of development policy was based on the assumption that humans make decisions deliberatively and independently, and on the basis of consistent and self ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Wellbeing and Policy

    Evidence for Action

    Edited by Marie Briguglio, Natalia Czap, Kate Laffan ...
    As wellbeing becomes an increasingly explicit policy goal in countries across the world, the demand for evidence upon which to base intervention is growing. Featuring 41 contributing authors from 18 countries, this book surveys and synthesizes recent developments in wellbeing science and policy to highlight key lessons learned and to offer actionable insights for policy-making.Opening with a ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Computational Social Science for Policy

    Edited by Eleonora Bertoni, Matteo Fontana, Lorenzo Gabrielli, Serena Signorelli, Michele Vespe ...
    This open access handbook describes foundational issues, methodological approaches and examples on how to analyse and model data using Computational Social Science (CSS) for policy support. Up to now, CSS studies have mostly developed on a small, proof-of concept, scale that prevented from unleashing its potential to provide systematic impact to the policy cycle, as well as from improving the ... Read more

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  • Navigating Global Business

    A Cultural Compass

    by Simcha Ronen, Oded Shenkar ...
    Navigating Global Business integrates and synthesizes all available country cluster studies into a nested meta-structure accompanied by eco-cultural correlates that distinguish amongst clusters. The broad range of analyses will appeal to researchers and practitioners, seasoned multi-firm executives, those in small firms seeking internationalization, and anyone intrigued by the greater question of ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • Withstanding Vulnerability throughout Adult Life

    Dynamics of Stressors, Resources, and Reserves

    Edited by Dario Spini, Eric Widmer ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access interdisciplinary book integrates the major findings and theoretical advances of a 12-year research program run by the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES research program hosted by the universities of Lausanne and Geneva, within a single comprehensive and coherent publication on vulnerability across adulthood. The book is based on the idea that vulnerability is ... Read more

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  • The Provision of Care (International Edition)

    by Faiz Jan, Kirsten Kelly ...
    Ontario is in the midst of a mental health crisis. 48% of Ontario high school students have shown moderate to severe psychological distress in 2015, and this rate has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing at least 1.44 times pre-pandemic levels. Despite an increase in dialogue surrounding mental illness, the application of healthcare policies to support individuals who face ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work–Family Interface

    Edited by Kristen M. Shockley, Winny Shen, Ryan C. Johnson ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
    The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work-Family Interface is a response to growing interest in understanding how people manage their work and family lives across the globe. Given global and regional differences in cultural values, economies, and policies and practices, research on work-family management is not always easily transportable to different contexts. Researchers have begun to ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • A Field Guide to Cross-Cultural Research on Childhood Learning

    Theoretical, Methodological, Practical, and Ethical Considerations for an Interdisciplinary Field

    by Sheina Lew-Levy ...
    This volume addresses the critical gaps in developmental research on childhood learning by advocating for a more inclusive and cross-cultural approach. Recent studies highlight a concerning over-reliance on data from post-industrialized western countries, raising questions about the broader applicability of findings. This book seeks to provide a comprehensive solution, bridging the gap between ... Read more

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  • Trust and Trustworthiness across Cultures

    Implications for Societies and Workplaces

    Edited by Catherine T. Kwantes, Ben C. H. Kuo ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book investigates trust in seven different cultural contexts, exploring how societal culture can influence our expectations regarding what may be considered trustworthy within a cultural context. Although the definition of trustworthiness is clear, how it is operationalized and applied in various cultural contexts can vary greatly. While certain components of trustworthiness may be universal, ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD

  • Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality

    Edited by Alberto Minujin, Enrique Delamonica ...
    Series series Elgar Handbooks on Inequality
    This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the conceptualisation and the latest developments in research about child poverty and inequality. Adopting a child rights framework, it demonstrates the importance of a multi-dimensional understanding of poverty specific to children for both research and policy-making.Expert authors analyse inequalities, inequities, and poverty experienced by ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD