Gevangen in democratieEr is iets mis met het politiek bestuurlijk systeem in Nederland. Niet alleen lopen de verkiezingsopkomsten terug en hebben veel burgers hun vertrouwen in politici en bestuurders verloren: ook veel politici en bestuurders zelf zijn ontevreden en gefrustreerd over hoe het bestuurlijk systeem op dit moment werkt - of eigenlijk niet werkt. Zij merken telkens weer dat het heel moeilijk is om als volksvertegenwoordiger of bestuurder écht iets te bereiken. Wat is er aan de ha...

By investigating thousands of descriptions of epidemics reaching back before the fifth-century-BCE Plague of Athens to the distrust and violence that erupted with Ebola in 2014, Epidemics challenges a dominant hypothesis in the study of epidemics, that invariably across time and space, epidemics provoked hatred, blaming of the 'other', and victimizing bearers of epidemic diseases, particularly when diseases were mysterious, without known cures or preventivemeasures, as with AIDS during the la...

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Sociolinguistic evidence is an undervalued resource for social theory. In this book, Jan Blommaert uses contemporary sociolinguistic insights to develop a new sociological imagination, exploring how we construct and operate in online spaces, and what the implications of this are for offline social practice.

Taking Emile Durkheim's concept of the 'social fact' (social ...

The Integrated Chinese Volume 2 Workbook is designed to be used alongside the Volume 1 Textbook. Equal emphasis is given to the core language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

New to the 4th Edition:

New pinyin and tone exercises in each lesson for pronunciation practice

Extra writing exercises

Lesson opener checklists that let students track their learning

Exercises are labeled as interpretive, interpersonal, or presentation according to the ACTFL 21st Century Skills Map f...

This is an essential introductory to liturgy for both ordinands and trainee lay readers - indeed for anyone who finds themselves having to plan or lead public worship. Well-known worship writer and speaker Mark Earey has written this book both for lovers and loathers of liturgical worship - and for those who want to discover it for the first time. This updated and enlarged second edition now includes:* How liturgy works as ritual;* The use of liturgy in different traditions; * The shape of th...

One of the most groundbreaking sociology texts of the 20th century, Howard S. Becker's Outsiders revolutionized the study of social deviance. Howard S.

Becker's Outsiders broke new ground in the early 1960s-and the ideas it proposed and problems it raised are still argued about and inspiring research internationally. In this new edition, Becker includes two lengthy essays, unpublished until now, that add fresh material for thought and discussion. "Why Was Outsiders a Hit? Why Is It Still a Hi...

"Wrenching and revelatory." An instant #1 bestseller, the widely acclaimed Turtles All the Way Down is John Green's brilliant and shattering new novel."A tender story about learning to cope when the world feels out of control." - PeopleSixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short ...

Agile Data Warehouse Design is a step-by-step guide for capturing data warehousing/business intelligence (DW/BI) requirements and turning them into high performance dimensional models in the most direct way: by modelstorming (data modeling + brainstorming) with BI stakeholders. It describes BEAM✲, an agile approach to dimensional modeling, for improving communication between data warehouse designers, BI stakeholders and the whole DW/BI development team. BEAM✲ provides tools and techniques...

Een boek over de kracht en de betekenis van verbindend leiderschap. Over hoe je binnen de dynamiek van een organisatie zo leiding kunt geven dat dit verbonden is met jezelf en dienend is aan het geheel. Systemische principes als plek, ordening en het insluiten van polariteiten liggen ten grondslag aan een gezond en vitaal werkklimaat.

Hoe versta je de tekens als leider? Het bepalen van de koers vraagt een kijken op meerdere lagen om te kunnen doorgronden wat er bij mensen, in teams en in het...

Het boek Werken aan Waardestuwers helpt u in de voorbereiding op een succesvolle bedrijfsoverdracht. Het illustreert hoe u door de juiste maatregelen betere verkoop condities realiseert. Een goede stap naar overwaarde en meerprijs.