Ondermijnende criminaliteit draait om geld. Daarmee weet de onderwereld door te dringen in de bovenwereld. Met het omkopen van functionarissen, door het witwassen via vastgoed, bij het rekruteren van jongeren. Met crimineel geld blijkt heel veel te koop, zelfs liquidaties. Geld bepaalt de modus operandi van de drugsindustrie. Daar ligt dus ook de sleutel voor de aanpak van ondermijnende criminaliteit: hoe, waar en door wie wordt crimineel geld ingebracht in de reguliere economie? Het criminel...

The 21st century will be the century of superdiversity. Ethnic-cultural diversity in Europe continues to grow, even though governments try to limit further migration with a series of short-sighted measures. In Brussels, the capital city of Belgium and Europe, two out of every three residents has a migration background. Within a matter of years, Antwerp will also become a majority-minority city, as will many other European cities.

How will superdiversity change our society? How can we all mana...

Teachers’ work is influenced by teachers’ personal biographies. Key experiences in this biography give insights in teachers’ personal interpretations, which reflect what they think is “good education”. This study reports on student teachers’ and new teachers’ personal interpretations in their teaching practice, during and after an international teaching internship, and how this influences new teachers’ professional development. The international teaching experience interrupte...

Van 1998 tot 2011 deden Martin Bakker en Frank van Empel in en voor de provincie Noord-Brabant onderzoek naar attitudes, technologieën en methoden van besluitvorming die een duurzame ontwikkeling van economie, ecologie en samenleving naderbij brengen. Ze combineerden een uitgebreid literatuuronderzoek naar concepten met participatieve observatie en daaraan gekoppelde experimenten in de praktijk. Hun bevindingen brachten ze samen in een matrix en een werkmethode die (stads)regio's en provinci...

Toekomstige economisten, marketeers, accountants, HR-managers, public managers en beleidsvoerders moeten inspelen op de noden en verwachtingen van de mensen met wie en voor wie ze werken. Voor een goede analyse en besluitvorming zijn basisinzichten rond de mens, zijn gedrag en zijn plaats in de samenleving noodzakelijk.

In Mens en samenleving onderzoekt Adelien Decramer de wetenschappelijke denkkaders en stromingen in de gedragswetenschappen. In negen hoofdstukken bespreekt ze de volgende the...

Joining Together introduces readers to the theory and research needed to understand how to make groups effective and, through exercises and thorough explanations, equips them with the skills required to apply that knowledge to practical situations. Chapters discuss the history of groups and group dynamics, the nature of experiential learning, group goals, communication within groups, leadership, power, decision making, controversy and creativity, and conflict management. More applied chapters...

For courses in Introductory Sociology Sociology empowers students to see the world around them through a sociological lens, helping them better understand their own lives and the world we all share. John Macionis, author of the best-selling Introductory Sociology franchise over the last three decades, takes students step by step through the theories and research that make up the discipline, helping them to find and use the science of social behavior in everyday life. In addition to extensivel...

The challenges of teaching a successful introductory sociology course today demand materials from a publisher very different from the norm. Texts that are organized the way the discipline structures itself intellectually no longer connect with the majority of student learners. This is not an issue of pandering to students or otherwise seeking the lowest common denominator.

On the contrary, it is a question of again making the practice of sociological thinking meaningful, rigorous, and relevan...

White-Collar Crime: An Opportunity Perspective analyzes white-collar crime within a coherent theoretical framework. Using the opportunity perspective, which assumes that all crimes depend on offenders recognizing an opportunity to commit an offense, the authors uncover the processes and situational conditions that facilitate white-collar crimes. In addition, they offer potential solutions to this persistent and widespread social problem without being reductive in their treatment of the diffic...