'We need effective citizen-lobbyists - not just likers, followers or even marchers - more than ever. I have no hesitation in lobbying you to read this book.'Bill Emmott, former editor in chief, the EconomistMany democratic societies are experiencing a crisis of faith. Citizens are making clear their frustration with their supposedly representative governments, which instead seem driven by the interests of big business, powerful individuals and wealthy lobby groups.

What can we do about it? Ho...

Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone which operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements including ISIS as well as the root cause of the greatest refugee crisis in modern history. In this important book, former Special Envoy of the Netherlands to Syria, Nikolaos van Dam, explains the recent history of Syria, covering the growing disenchantment with the Asad regime, the chaos of civil war and the fract...

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the psychology of emotion has grown to become its own field of study. Because the study of emotion draws inspiration from areas of science outside of psychology, including neuroscience, psychiatry, biology, genetics, computer science, zoology, and behavioral economics, the field is now often called emotion science or affective science. A subfield of affective science is affective neuroscience, the study of the emotional brain.

This revised second ed...

Zielniveau A2 Lehrwerk für Anfänger, die zielgerichtet Deutsch lernen und sich auf das Zertifikat Deutsch B1 vorbereiten wollen. Grundlegende Überarbeitung des bewährten Lehrwerks mithilfe von Rückmeldungen von Kursleitern aus verschiedenen Ländern (Europa, Asien, Latein/Südamerika). - Hoher emotionaler Faktor durch neue Foto-Hörgeschichte - Audiovisuelle Elemente bereichern die Lektionen (verschiedene Videos) - Mehr Lernhilfen: Genusmarkierungen, Formensymbolik für Verb/Subjekt - Gr...

Studiesucces wordt geassocieerd met rendementscijfers, oftewel het diplomarendement. Daarmee staat studiesucces symbool voor de eindstreep van de opleiding. Als zodanig staat het begrip ver af van de docent voor de klas of van een docententeam. Studenten zelf spreken al helemaal niet in termen

van diplomarendement. Studiesucces lijkt derhalve een management issue.

Toch raakt succesvol studeren alle betrokkenen op elk niveau van het onderwijs. Hoe zijn de verschillend gevoelde belangen onderling...

Menuleer; alles op het gebied van de klassieke en moderne menuschema's, smaak en opbouw. Ook spelen cultuur en geloof in combinatie met voeding een rol.

Bij aanschaf van dit artikel ontvang je een leerwerkboek. Je ontvangt een papieren exemplaar met op de achterkant een unieke licentiecode voor het gebruik van het E-boek op Digiplein.

From the author of THE PERFECT STORM and WAR comes a book about why men miss war, why Londoners missed the Blitz, and what we can all learn from American Indian captives who refused to go home. Tribe is a look at post-traumatic stress disorder and the challenges veterans face returning to society. Using his background in anthropology, Sebastian Junger argues that the problem lies not with vets or with the trauma they've suffered, but with the society to which they are trying to return.

One of...

Tribology: Friction and Wear of Engineering Materials, Second Edition covers the fundamentals of tribology and the tribological response of all classes of materials, including metals, ceramics, and polymers. This fully updated and expanded book maintains its core emphasis on friction and wear of materials, but now also has a strengthened coverage of the more traditional tribological topics of contact mechanics and lubrication. It provides a solid scientific foundation that will allow readers ...

Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, biology, and history, Ian Morris explains why. Fundamental long-term changes in

Veterinary Embryology, 2nd Edition, has been updated to reflect the many changes that have developed in the field; the text has been fully revised and expanded and is now in full colour and many pedagogical features and a companion website have been developed.