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The Routledge Handbook of Property Law and Society

The Routledge Handbook of Property Law and Society

This handbook brings together diverse perspectives major topics and multiple approaches to one of the biggest legal institutions in society: property. Property touches on many fundamental human questions. It involves decisions about power economy morality work and ecology. It also involves ideas about where humans fit in the world and how humans relate to more-than-human life. This book will ask in myriad ways such questions as: what property means what kinds of property there are what is and should be the relationship between owned and owner and what is the impact of different forms of property on life in this world? Drawing on a range of socio-legal and empirical methodologies renowned scholars and rising stars in property from around the world present current issues and map future directions in research. Coming from the place of law but reaching out through cognate disciplines this handbook provides a comprehensive and accessible survey of current research at the interface of property society and the environment. This handbook will appeal to students and researchers across a range of disciplines including law sociology geography history and economics. | The Routledge Handbook of Property Law and Society

GBP 190.00
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Healthcare Fraud Investigation Guidebook

Healthcare Fraud Investigation Guidebook

Some have estimated that healthcare fraud in the United States results in losses of approximately $80 billion a year. Although there are many books available that describe how to detect healthcare fraud few address what must be done after the fraud is detected. Filling this need Charles Piper‘s Healthcare Fraud Investigation Guidebook details not only how to detect healthcare fraud but also how to investigate and prove the wrongdoing to increase the likelihood of successful prosecution in court. The book starts by covering the history of healthcare insurance and the various types of fraud schemes. It presents Charles Piper‘s unique approach to investigating (The Piper Method) which allows readers to conduct as many as 10 simultaneous investigations for each case. It emphasizes the importance of simultaneously searching for waste and abuse as well as systemic weaknesses and deficiencies that caused or contributed to the problem or wrongdoing under investigation and then make recommendations for improvement. It also provides: Questions to ask whistleblowers complainants employers employees and healthcare providers who are suspects Tips on investigative case planning goals and strategies Sample visual aids for use when briefing others about your investigative findings Guidance on presenting information obtained from healthcare investigations and on how to testify in court Techniques for uncovering previously undetected fraud The book includes a sample case study that walks readers through a mock case from the time the case is received through the end. The case study demonstrates how to initiate plan and conduct a thorough and complete healthcare fraud investigation while incorporating Piper‘s proven methodology. Sharing insights gained through Charles Piper‘s decades of experience as a federal special agent and certified fraud examiner th

GBP 180.00
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The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education

The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education

Co-published with Colleges and universities are increasingly becoming significant sites for adult education scholarship—in large part due to demographic shifts. With fewer U. S. high school graduates on the horizon higher education institutions will need to attract “non-traditional” (i. e. older) adult learners to remain viable both financially and politically. There is a need to develop a better corpus of scholarship on topics as diverse as what learning theories are useful for understanding adult learning? How are higher education institutions changing in response to the surge of adult students? What academic programs are providing better learning and employment outcomes for adults in college? Adult education scholars can offer much to the policy debates taking place in higher education. A main premise of this handbook is that adult and continuing education should not simply respond to rapidly changing social economic technological and political environments across the globe but should lead the way in preparing adults to become informed globally-connected critical citizens who are knowledgeable skilled and open and adaptive to change and uncertainty. The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education provides rich information on the contemporary issues and trends that are of concern to adult and continuing education of the programs and resources available to adult learners and of opportunities to challenge and critique the structures embedded in the field that perpetuate inequity and social injustice. Adult education is a discipline that foresees a better tomorrow and The Handbook is designed to engage and inspire readers to assist the field to seek new paths in uncertain and complex times ask questions and to help the field flourish. The Handbook is divided into five sections. The first Foundations situates the field by describing the developments core debates perspectives and key principles that form the basis of the field. The second Understanding Adult Learning includes chapters on adult learning adult development motivation access participation and support of adult learners and mentoring. Teaching Practices and Administrative Leadership the third section offers chapters on organization and administration program planning assessment and evaluation teaching perspectives andragogy and pedagogy public pedagogy and digital technologies for teaching and learning. The fourth section is Formal and Informal Learning Contexts. Chapters cover adult basic GED and literacy education English-as-a-Second Language Programs family literacy prison education workforce development military education international development education health professions education continuing professional education higher education human resource development and workplace learning union and labor education religious and spiritual education cultural institutions environmental education social and political movements and peace and conflict education. The concluding Contemporary Issues section discusses decolonizing adult and continuing education adult education and welfare teaching social activism lesbian gay bisexual trans queer and straight allies gender and its multiple forms disability older adults and intergenerational identities race and ethnicity working class whiteness and privilege and migrants and migrant education. The editors culminate with consideration of next steps for adult and continuing education and priorities for the future.

GBP 205.00
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