Wiley Blackwell Handbooks of Developmental Psychology

Now part of a two-volume set, the fully revised and updated second edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, Volume 1: Basic Research provides comprehensive coverage of the basic research relating to infant development. • Updated, fully-revised and expanded, this two-volume set presents in-depth and cutting edge coverage of both basic and applied developmental issues during infancy • Features contributions by leading international researchers and practitioners in the field that reflect the most current theories and research findings • Includes editor commentary and analysis to synthesize the material and provide further insight • The most comprehensive work available in this dynamic and rapidly growing field

This comprehensive volume brings together a distinguished editorial team, including some of the field's pioneers, to explore the aims, practice, and historical context of interfaith collaboration. • Explores in full the background, history, objectives, and discourse between the leaders and practitioners of the world's major religions • Examines relations between religions from around the world, moving well beyond the common focus on Christianity, to also cover over 12 major religions • Features a wealth of case studies on contemporary interreligious dialogue • Charts a long-term shift away from a competitive rivalry between belief systems, and a change in focus towards the more respectful, cooperative approach reflected in institutions such as the World Council of Churches • Includes up-to-date commentary on the growing dialogue of recent years, written by some of the leading figures working in the field of interfaith discourse

No other management tool provides the operational direction that a well-planned budget can. Now in a new edition, this book provides updated coverage on issues such as budgeting for exempt organizations and nonprofits in light of the IRS' newly issued Form 990; what manufacturing CFOs' budgeting needs are; current technology solutions; and updated information on value-based budgets. Controllers, budget directors, and CFOs will benefit from this practical "how-to" book's coverage, from the initial planning process to forecasting to specific industry budgets.

The Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development presents a comprehensive summary of research into child development from age two to seven. • Comprises 30 contributions from both established scholars and emerging leaders in the field • The editors have a distinguished reputation in early childhood development • Covers biological development, cognitive development, language development, and social, emotional and regulatory development • Considers the applications of psychology to the care and education of young children, treating issues such as poverty, media, and the transition to school • A valuable resource for students, scholars and practitioners dealing with young children

This exceptional collection draws on the most recent demographic data and combines classic research with cutting-edge approaches to provide an invaluable overview of the developmental psychology of the adult years. • Covers a wide range of topics within adult development and aging, from theoretical perspectives to specific content areas • Includes newly commissioned essays from the top researchers in the field • Takes a biopsychosocial perspective, covering the biological, psychological and social changes that occur in adulthood

The financial challenges facing clean energy installations. The path to the widespread adoption of renewable energy is littered with major technological legal, political, and financial challenges. “Investing in the Renewable Power Market” is a reality check for the mass roll out of green energy and its financial dominance of the world energy market, focusing on real energy costs and global energy needs over the next decade. If green energy is to be truly successful, the market must be properly understood, so that dreams of a green future do not lead to actual energy nightmares. The first book to cover the major investing challenges and monetary constraints placed on electric power companies as they race to meet their green energy requirements, “Investing in the Renewable Power Market” explains how generating electricity is totally different from other energy enterprises in that it is highly regulated and its product cannot be stored. This combination greatly affects the finances of renewable power and influences how investors should navigate the energy market. To help the reader better understand the current state of the alternative energy industry, the book: • Details the challenges facing green energy, such as the fact that it is priced compared to natural gas, which is currently at an all-time low • Analyzes real energy costs and the global demand for energy over the next decade • Describes why, in the short term, investment opportunities with renewable power will be with financial and operational restructurings The green energy market is currently facing enormous challenges, but “Investing in the Renewable Power Market” explains the real costs of energy, the future of the energy market, and how to profit in both the long and short term.

The most up-to-date and thorough compendium of scholarship on social movements This second edition of “The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements” features forty original essays from the field. With contributions from both established and ascendant scholars, the Companion seeks to present current research on social movements in all its diversity. It is the most up-to-date, comprehensive volume of social science research on social movements available today. The essays address: facilitative and constraining contexts and conditions; social movement organizations, fields, and dynamics; strategies and tactics; micro-structural and social psychological dimensions of participation; consequences and outcomes; and various thematic intersections, including the intersection of social movements and social class, gender, race and ethnicity, religion, human rights, globalization, political extremism and more. • Offers an illuminating guide to understanding the dynamics and operation of social movements within the modern, global world • Covers a diverse range of topics in the field of social movement studies • Offers original, state-of-the-art essays by internationally recognized scholars “The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements” is recommended for graduate seminars on social movement and for scholars of social movements worldwide. It is also an excellent text for college and university libraries, especially with graduate programs in the social sciences.

The Science of Reading: A Handbook brings together state-of-the-art reviews of reading research from leading names in the field, to create a highly authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of contemporary knowledge about reading and related skills. • Provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, including theoretical approaches, reading processes, stage models of reading, cross-linguistic studies of reading, reading difficulties, the biology of reading, and reading instruction • Divided into seven sections: Word Recognition Processes in Reading, Learning to Read and Spell, Reading Comprehension, Reading in Different Languages, Disorders of Reading and Spelling, Biological Bases of Reading, Teaching Reading • Edited by well-respected senior figures in the field

Provides an expansive view of the full field of linguistic anthropology, featuring an all-new team of contributing authors representing diverse new perspectives. “A New Companion to Linguistic Anthropology” provides a timely and authoritative overview of the field of study that explores how language influences society and culture. Bringing together more than 30 original essays by an interdisciplinary panel of renowned scholars and younger researchers, this comprehensive volume covers a uniquely wide range of both classic and contemporary topics as well as cutting-edge research methods and emerging areas of investigation. Building upon the success of its predecessor, the acclaimed Blackwell Companion to Linguistic Anthropology, this new edition reflects current trends and developments in research and theory. Entirely new chapters discuss topics such as the relationship between language and experiential phenomena, the use of research data to address social justice, racist language and raciolinguistics, postcolonial discourse, and the challenges and opportunities presented by social media, migration, and global neoliberalism. Innovative new research analyzes racialized language in World of Warcraft, the ethics of public health discourse in South Africa, the construction of religious doubt among Orthodox Jewish bloggers, hybrid forms of sociality in videoconferencing, and more. • Presents fresh discussions of topics such as American Indian speech communities, creolization, language mixing, language socialization, deaf communities, endangered languages, and language of the law • Addresses recent trends in linguistic anthropological research, including visual documentation, ancient scribes, secrecy, language and racialization, global hip hop, justice and health, and language and experience • Utilizes ethnographic illustration to explore topics in the field of linguistic anthropology • Includes a new introduction written by the editors and an up-to-date bibliography with over 2,000 entries “A New Companion to Linguistic Anthropology” is a must-have for researchers, scholars, and undergraduate and graduate students in linguistic anthropology, as well as an excellent text for those in related fields such as sociolinguistics, discourse studies, semiotics, sociology of language, communication studies, and language education.

A definitive reference on intra-and inter-group processes across a range of age and cultural contexts Children from infancy develop attachments to significant others in their immediate social environment, and over time become aware of other groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, age, classroom, sports) that they do or do not belong to and why. Recent research shows that children's attitudes, beliefs and behaviours are significantly influenced by these memberships and that the influence increases through childhood. This Handbook delivers the first comprehensive, international reference on this critical topic.

An authoritative guide to African cinema with contributions from a team of experts on the topic. “A Companion to African Cinema” offers an overview of critical approaches to African cinema. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the Companion approaches the topic through the lens of cultural studies, contemporary transformations in the world order, the rise of globalization, film production, distribution, and exhibition. This volume represents a new approach to African cinema criticism that once stressed the sociological and sociopolitical aspects of a film. The text explores a wide range of broad topics including: cinematic economics, video movies, life in cinematic urban Africa, reframing human rights, as well as more targeted topics such as the linguistic domestication of Indian films in the Hausa language and the importance of female African filmmakers and their successes in overcoming limitations caused by gender inequality. The book also highlights a comparative perspective of African videoscapes of Southern Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Cte d'Ivoire and explores the rise of Nairobi-based Female Filmmakers. This important resource: • Puts the focus on critical analyses that take into account manifestations of the political changes brought by neocolonialism and the waning of the cold war • Explores • Examines the urgent questions raised by commercial video about globalization • Addresses issues such as funding, the acquisition of adequate production technologies and apparatuses, and the development of adequately trained actors Written for film students and scholars, “A Companion to African Cinema” offers a look at new critical approaches to African cinema.