Er bestaat een stroming in het politieke denken die het ideaal van de democratie ziet als het langs rationele weg bereiken van een consensus, waardoor tegenstellingen als die tussen links en rechts, progressief en conservatief, zouden verdwijnen. Door de globalisering, menen sommige politicologen, zal deze consensus zich algemeen verbreiden. In wezen betekent dit het einde van de politiek.

In dit actuele en uitdagende boek betoogt de Belgisch-Britse filosofe en politicologe Chantal Mouffe dat...

Suikerbietsignalen, praktijkgids voor een optimale suikeropbrengst bevat praktische informatie voor akkerbouwers die het beste willen halen uit bodem en biet. Het boek wordt gemaakt door Roodbont in samenwerking met IRS.

Suikerbietsignalen is opgezet volgens hetzelfde concept als de succesvolle boekenreeks 'Koesignalen', 'Varkenssignalen en 'Bodemsignalen'.

De kernelementen van dit concept zijn:

veel praktische en direct toepasbare vakinformatie;

duidelijke uitleg in tekst en beeld;

eye-openers,...

This is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare's sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death) in one volume. A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to the plays, and detailed notes explain the language and allusions. While accessibly written, the edition takes account of the most recent scholarship and criticism.

Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel. Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen.

There is no escaping landscape: it's everywhere and part of everyone's life. Landscapes have received much less attention in aesthetics than those arts we can choose to ignore, such as painting or music - but they can tell us a lot about the ethical and aesthetic values of the societies that produce them. Drawing on examples from a wide range of landscapes from around the world and throughout history, Susan Herrington considers the ways landscapes can affect our emotions, our imaginations, an...

Cambridge English for Engineering develops the communication skills and specialist English language knowledge of engineering professionals, enabling them to communicate more confidently and effectively with colleagues and customers. The ten standalone units cover topics common to all kinds of engineering (including civil, electrical and mechanical) such as procedures and precautions; monitoring and control; and engineering design. Authentic activities, from describing technical problems and s...

From two leaders in executive education at Harvard Business School, here are the mental habits and proven strategies you need to achieve outstanding results in any negotiation.

Whether you've "seen it all” or are just starting out, Negotiation Genius will dramatically improve your negotiating skills and confidence. Drawing on decades of behavioral research plus the experience of thousands of business clients, the authors take the mystery out of preparing for and executing negotiat...

Providing a comprehensive and accessible orientation to the field of medieval manuscript studies, this lavishly illustrated book by Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham is unique among handbooks on paleography, codicology, and manuscript illumination in its scope and level of detail. It will be of immeasurable help to students in history, art history, literature, and religious studies who are encountering medieval manuscripts for the first time, while also appealing to advanced scholars and ge...

Taking into account both traditional and emerging modes, this comprehensive new Handbook covers all major methodological and statistical issues in designing and analyzing surveys. With contributions from the world's leading survey methodologists and statisticians, this invaluable new resource provides guidance on collecting survey data and creating meaningful results. Featuring examples from a variety of countries, the book reviews such things as how to deal with sample designs, write survey ...