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.

A supplement to the course CRIMJ 1165 - Computers & Criminal Justice at the College of DuPage. Includes readings, assignments, and explanatory materials.

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This workbook is a brief introduction to data wrangling. In this book, we introduce core concepts in data wrangling, use the R language, the R Studio interface, and the tidyverse set of packages that are dedicated to getting us to tidy data.

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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/

An introduction to social work in the United States and a wide variety of specializations and populations that social workers engage with. This resource was created for Human Services 1100 - Introduction to Human Services at the College of DuPage, and includes local resources.

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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

This book is designed first and foremost for College of DuPage students in Sociology 1205 (Introduction to Data Science) and Sociology 2200 (Introduction to Research Methods), but it can be just as easily used by anyone looking to learn the basics of the R language in the R Studio environment. In addition, this book is written specifically for people with absolutely no experience in coding or data science.

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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. This book corresponds to Sociology 1205 - Introduction to Data Science at the College of DuPage, but can be used by anyone.

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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

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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.