The events of the Arab Spring, beginning in December 2010, saw renewed hope for Arab Civil Society. However, the fall of authoritarian regimes did not always seem to benefit Civil Society – whilst Political Islamic movements often took advantage. In Syria, Iraq, and beyond, groups like the Islamic State are declaring Caliphates in the territories they seize in an attempt to fulfil the Political Islam ideal of a ‘global Islamic Caliphate’ encompassing the Muslim world. This collection of articles aims to address common questions about Political Islam, as well as to provide an assessment of the Islamic State/ISIS/ISIL and finally challenge common understandings on the issue of Islam and democracy.

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Cleaning, reshaping, and transforming data for analysis and visualization, with R and the Tidyverse

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Drug Use and Misuse: A Community Health Perspective provides students with an introduction to the biological, psychological, and legal aspects of drug use and misuse through the lens of community health and discusses the impact of drug use and misuse on community health. The book contains eight distinct chapters addressing the background of drug use and misuse, including key terms, as well as an introduction to different categories of drugs including gateway drugs, opioids, and prescription drugs, and a conclusion that describes evidence-based prevention and treatment models. Originally developed for use in the popular undergraduate survey course “Drug Use and Abuse” taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the book is aimed at students learning about community health and the effects of drug use in a variety of contexts, such as survey courses for pharmacology, psychology, or public health.

In essay format, this textbook considers examples of various sub-categories of Geography in combination with five regions of the Eastern World.

Created for GEOGR 1105 - Eastern World Geography at the College of DuPage. This resource will be updated as needed. For the most recent version, visit: https://cod.pressbooks.pub/easternworlddailyreadingsgeography/

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This book introduces key terminology and research to help you define, discuss, diagnose, and deal with this the issue of addiction.

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A chart of open resources for the course Human 2279: Ethics & Legal Issues in Human Services at the College of DuPage. The following materials are freely available online and are licensed as indicated in the source material. This resource will be updated as needed. For the most recent version, visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WZ1R0E3ln2FfiU331RYMr3MxDpvDJTYk/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106338283910941994938&rtpof=true&sd=true

A Guide for People with No Coding Experience

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If you do not know where to start with R and R Studio, this short book is for you.

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This book covers the basics of R and R Studio for people with no coding experience and no computer science background. It is for both beginner students and people whose job might require them to get into data analysis and statistics with no prior background. This is the book to get you started in understanding the logic of the R language in the R Studio environment so you can then move on to more difficult topics.

It is also part of the first unit of work for the College of Dupage courses Introduction to Data Science (Sociology 1205), and Introduction to Research Methods (Sociology 2200).

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Science has great potential to benefit society, but this potential comes with risks as well. Directed at introductory level social science and humanities majors, this textbook teaches the rules and limits of social science methods. Reisner starts from the assumption that it is not necessary to be able to do research to read and judge the soundness of research publications. The chapters guide students through an explicit set of rules for reading research articles developed from three common research methods: content analysis, survey research, and experimental method.

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This book uses a tidyverse approach to introduce various forms of visualization to assist in exploratory data analysis, and data visualization.

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In essay format, this textbook considers examples of various sub-categories of Geography in combination with five regions of the Western World. To utilize this compelling format, click on READ BOOK or simply scroll down.

Word Count: 174885

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A resource list compiled by compiled by David Goldberg for the course World Politics at the College of DuPage, which serves as an introduction to the major issues across international relations. Resources are licensed as indicated in the source material. Some entries may require an institutuional login.