African Civilization in the 21st Century

Editors: Tseggai Isaac and Andrew Targowski
Affiliation:
Tseggai Isaac, Professor, Dr. Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Andrew Targowski: Professor, Dr.  Western Michigan University, USA
Birthplace:
Tseggai Isaac: Eritrea, Africa - U.S Citizenship
Andrew Targowski: Warsaw, Poland, October 9, 1937, U.S. Citizenship
Biography:
Prof. Dr. Tseggai Isaac was born in Eritrea where he earned his early education in the Ethiopic Tewahdo liturgy and church education. He is fluent in the Ge’ez, the worship language of the Orthodox Tewahdo Church of Ethiopia and Eritrea.  He completed his graduate studies at the University of Missouri – Columbia. He has been teaching political science courses at the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and technology) for the last 22 years.

Prof. Dr. Andrew Targowski is a Polish-American informatician, civilizationist and philosopher. He is an author of 33 books on information technology, civilization, philosophy, and political science, a professor of computer information systems at Western Michigan University (USA), and President Emeritus of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (2007-2013).
Audience: The book is written for scholars and politicians as well as intellectuals who are involved or are interested in world affairs from the interdisciplinary perspectives such as; politics, economy, society, culture, infrastructure and religion.

​Ageing Disgracefully, with Grace: Enjoying Growing Older

Author: Michael John Lowis
Affiliation: ​Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Honorary Academic Writer University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland
Birthplace: ​Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK. 26th April, 1939. British citizen
Biography: Dr. Mike Lowis is a Chartered Psychologist and theologian in the UK, and is the author of three books, two book chapters, and nearly sixty academic articles. He is also called upon by the media to provide comment on a range of topics.  Although now a retired university lecturer, he remains research active.
Audience: This book will be of particular interest to those who work in the health, counseling, and caring professions, and to the students plus the academics who teach them. Professionals or lay workers specializing in geriatrics, including social workers, sociologists, and psychologists, should find the text helpful. Because of its biblical content, theological and seminary students would find this a useful resource. Finally, the book should be appreciated by those who are themselves middle-aged and older, and who would like to make the most of later life.

‘Criminal Tribe’ to ‘Primitive Tribal Group’ and the Role of Welfare State: The Case of Lodhas in West Bengal, India

Authors: Santanu Panda and Abhijit Guha
Affiliation:
Dr. Santanu Panda, ICSSR Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University
Dr. Abhijit Guha, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University
Birthplace:
Santanu Panda: Medinipur, DOB: 06.12.1978
Abhijit Guha: Calcutta, DOB: 14.08. 1956
Biography:
Dr. Santanu Panda, MSc. and Ph.D in Anthropology from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. Research Scholar in Science for Meritorious Students (RFSMS) of the University Grants Commission, India.  Currently, working as Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Post Doctoral Fellow attached with the Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University.

Dr. Abhijit Guha, 1956. M.Sc. in Anthropology and M.Phil. in Environmental Science from Calcutta University and Ph.D in Anthropology from Vidyasagar University. Indian Council of Social Science Research doctoral fellow during 1984-85. Currently, teaching at the Anthropology Department of Vidyasagar University since 1986. Research area: Development caused displacement.
Audience: The book is written for the academic Anthropologists, Sociologists, and other social scientists as well as for persons in Public Administration, Development Studies, Social Work and Rural Development. It will also be helpful for the graduate students in the different branches of Social Science. It will be also useful for doctoral level students in the social sciences. The book would be of use to the government officials, policy makers, NGO workers and other development practitioners working in the field.

Cultural Theory for the Humanities

Author: Robert Pennington 
Affiliation: Emeritus Professor, Fo Guang University, Taiwan
Biography: Robert Pennington, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991) has held faculty positions at several universities in the USA and Taiwan, and has lectured at universities in South Korea. The primary focus of his research is mass media as an expression of cultural theory. His writing appears is publications with global readership.
Audience: Faculty and graduate students in theses areas: Humanities colleges with departments of foreign languages and cultures; Arts (or letters) colleges with academic communication or communication studies departments; (Mass communication is a professional orientation and only a secondary audience.); Universities outside the USA with primarily English-language instruction, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, South Africa, India; Universities outside the USA with international studies conducted in English, such as Taiwan, Korea, Japan, China, Macau.

Gambling, Society and the Evolution of Risk-Taking

Author: Peter Harvey
Affiliation: Director of the Flinders Centre for Gambling Research, Flinders University, South Australia
Birthplace: Adelaide, South Australia (Australian citizen)
Biography: Peter Harvey has a background in education and rural health research with a focus on the management and self-management of chronic and complex health conditions.  In recent years I have led the Statewide Gambling Therapy Service in South Australia; a service that uses cognitive and behavioural therapy techniques to treat people with uncontrollable gambling problems.
Audience: The book is written as an overview for people working in the gambling industry and for health professionals providing treatment and support for people with gambling problems.

Initiation and Preservation: Modes of Cultural Philosophy

Author: Arûnas Sverdiolas
Affiliation: Head of the A. J. Greimas Centre for Semiotics and Literary Theory, Vilnius University, Lithuania; Research Professor at The Lithuanian Culture Research Institute
Birthplace: 4-22-49, Lithuania
Biography: Arūnas Sverdiolas received his secondary and university education in his birth city, Vilnius. In 1975-1978 studied for a doctoral degree at the Institute of Philosophy of the USSR Research Academy, where he defended a doctoral thesis in philosophy in 1979. Arūnas Sverdiolas has taught philosophy across a wide variety of subject areas at Vilnius University, Vilnius Academy of Arts, and other Lithuanian universities for many years, and has published nine monographs on cultural and hermeneutic philosophy.
Audience: The book is written for philosophers, cultural theorists, historians and researchers of culture, students in humanities and social sciences, as well as for all interested in the philosophical and theoretical issues of culture.

International Perspectives on Race (and Racism): Historical and Contemporary Considerations in Education
and Society

Editor: Diane Brook Napier
Affiliation: Retired Professor of Comparative and International Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA, Past Secretary-General, World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES)
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa. Birthdate June 13, 1950
Biography: Dr. Diane Brook Napier is a professor of Comparative and International Education, now retired from the University of Georgia. A South African, she resides in the United States. Her research focuses on post-colonial educational reform and democratic transformation policies in South Africa and other countries. She served as Secretary-General of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) from 2012-2014.
Audience: This volume will be a valuable resource illustrating historical and contemporary research along with thoughts on race and racism issues. Primarily, it aims to serve as a scholarly reference and research contribution for researchers and scholars in the interdisciplinary fields of Comparative and International Education and Post-Colonial Studies. Also, a teaching resource/text for the graduate university level market, it could serve as a required or supplementary text in any number of courses particularly in the fields listed above, or even as an Honors or upper level/AP text in the subject areas listed above. It could also be useful for Policy makers interested in the issues highlighted in the book. NGOs and Church leaders interested in the issues highlighted in the book, particularly those focusing on social justice/injustice . The "educated public", people with an educated interest in human rights, history, and societal developments in different countries and regions of the world.

​Misperceptions of Intimate Partner Violence in the 21st Century: Two Decades of Lies

Author: Jean Jaymes West
Affiliation: California State University, Bakersfield, School of Business and Public Administration, Department of Management and Marketing, Bakersfield, CA, USA
Birthplace: Watertown, Wisconsin (USA)—May 18
Biography: Jean Jaymes West, Ph.D., is a Professor of Marketing at California State University-Bakersfield. She received her Ph.D. in Advertising & Marketing from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Dr. West is a nationally recognized marketing educator and researcher with 20 years of experience in marketing research and teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Bakersfield, CA.
Audience: This book is written for all professionals who work with women experiencing, or who have experienced, intimate partner violence.  This includes all aspects of the healthcare field—including individuals involved in both women’s physical and mental health.  Anyone working within human rights organizations around the world—especially those dedicated to women’s rights—would also benefit from this research (i.e. National Institute of Mental Health, World Health Organization, UN Women, National Organization for Women, Clinton Foundation, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence). The material is also relevant to those who create and financially support nonprofit advertising campaigns and organizations, as well as public service advertising—including the American Association for Advertising.  In addition, anyone tied to media coverage or documentaries tied to stories involving intimate partner violence in any form should be aware of the specifics contained in this research. Further, social workers and therapists, as well as those involved in law enforcement and the judicial justice system should be apprised of the true dynamics of intimate partner violence, as outlined in this research. Anyone teaching within the fields of social work, sociology, psychology, communication, and mass communication, should also be knowledgeable about the behavior dynamic specifics in this research. Finally, any women within the general public who are wrestling with issues of violence should be aware of the research unveiled in this book.

Parenting: Behaviors, Cultural Influences and Impact on Childhood Health and Well-Being

Editor: Nicolette V. Roman
Affiliation: Ph.D., Professor of Psychological Methods and Design of Research Studies in the Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Valencia, Spain
Birthplace: Jarafuel, Valencia, Spain –  1963-07-23
Biography: Fernando Garcia, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Psychological Methods and Design of Research. He pursues a research agenda on methodology themes, measurement techniques, and the cross-cultural validity of the four-typology model of parenting.
Audience: Developmental psychologist, educational psychologist, psychologists in general, and teachers.

​Parenting: Cultural Influences and Impact on Childhood Health and Well-Being

Editor: Fernando Garcia
Affiliation: PhD, Full Professor of Psychological Methods and Design of Research Studies in the Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Valencia, Spain
Birthplace: Jarafuel, Valencia, Spain –  7-23-1963
Biography: Fernando Garcia, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Psychological Methods and Design of Research. He pursues a research agenda on methodology themes, measurement techniques, and the cross-cultural validity of the four-typology model of parenting.
Audience: Developmental psychologist, educational psychologist, psychologists in general, and teachers.

Poverty: Global Challenges, Role of Inequality and Reduction Strategies

Editor: Chukwuma Agu
Affiliation: Ph.D.,Research Fellow, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus
Birthplace: Ugwueke, Nigeria July, 27, 1973; Citizenship –Nigeria
Biography: Chukwuma Agu holds a Ph.D.  in Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka specializing in open economy macroeconomics, with bias in trade, monetary and exchange rate economics as well as international financial flows. Dr. Agu has been part of a range of workshops, both locally and internationally and has been deeply involved in design and implementation of reforms programme in Africa. He also serves as consultant for a wide range of policy Think Tanks, Governments, and Funding Agencies globally.
Audience: The work will be useful to Professionals, Researchers, Students, and policy makers. For example, while students will find robust discussion of issues in the literature in the work, policy makers will find examples of what works and where they have worked.

The Limits of Civilization

Author: Andrew Targowski
Affiliation: Professor of Computer Information System, Western Michigan University
Birthplace: Warsaw, October 9, 1937, U.S. Citizenship
Biography: Andrew Targowski is an informatician, civilizationist and philosopher. He is an author of 33 books on information technology, civilization, philosophy, and political science. He is a professor of computer information systems at Western Michigan University. He is President Emeritus of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (2007-2013). In Poland in the 1970s he initiated the INFOSTRADA Project which has been adapted as the Information Superhighway in the U.S. providing a new paradigm for a New Economy, triggered by the Internet. He initiated and was the Chief Developer of the PESEL system, providing a social security number for 38 million Polish citizens. His resent books are “Harnessing the Power of Wisdom (2013),” “Spirituality and Civilization Sustainability” (2013), “The History, Present, and the Future of Informatics,” (2013 in Polish), Global Civilization in the 21st Century (2014), Chinese Civilization in the 21st Century (2014), Virtual Civilization in the 21st Century (2014), and “The Deadly Effect of Informatics on the Holocaust” (2014).
Audience: This book is written in a style of the New York Times best-selling books, which means is written for a general reader engaged in the current issue of his/her existence living in the declining Western civilization.

Time, Life, and Civilization

Author: Abir U. Igamberdiev
Affiliation: PhD, Doctor of Science, Professor, Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Birthplace: Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, July 4, 1959. Citizenship – Canada (also have citizenship of Russia)
Biography: Abir U. (Andrei) Igamberdiev was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, on July 4, 1959. In 1981 he graduated from Voronezh University, Russia.  He obtained PhD degree in 1985 and Doctor of Science Degree in 1992. From 2007 he works at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.  His principal interests are in the fields of photosynthesis, bioenergetics, theoretical biology, philosophy and semiotics (over 200 publications). His goal is to match the most unique problems of human knowledge to the levels of scientific and philosophic values.
Audience: The book is intended for theoretical biologists, sociologists, psychologists, specialists in semiotics, philosophers.

Urban Dialectics, the Market and Youth Engagement: The 'Black' Face of Eurocentrism?

Author: Ornette D. Clennon
Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University
Birthplace: United Kingdom - British
Biography: Dr. Ornette D. Clennon is a Visiting Enterprise Fellow and composer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He writes for Media Diversified, and OpenDemocracy and is also a Public Engagement Ambassador for the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE). His enterprise work has been recognized with a NCCPE Beacons New Partnerships Award.
Audience: This book was written for academics interested in interdisciplinary research (cultural studies, international relations, community psychology, geography, economic, critical race studies and sociology). The book will also appeal to youth workers and community workers working with young people in arts based projects.

Victorian Gender Ideology and Literature

Author: Aşkın Haluk Yildirim
Affiliation: Director of School of Foreign Languages, Ýzmir Katip Çelebi University, Ýzmir, Turkey
Birthplace: Turkey; 10/27/1970
Biography: Aşkın Haluk Yıldırım is an Assistant Professor in the School of Foreign Languages at İzmir Katip Çelebi University, where he has also been a member of Faculty of Humanities since 2012. He completed his undergraduate studies and Ph.D. at Dokuz Eylül University. His research interests lie in the area of English literature, ranging from theory to teaching English through literature. In recent years, he has focused on Victorian studies.
Audience: This book is written for anyone who is likely to be interested in gender issues in general and gender issues in Victorian era in particular. Academicians studying Victorian era and the students of English literature departments in any university or institution may be described as target audience.