De klimaatsverandering is er al. We zitten er middenin en kunnen ons niet doof houden voor de alarmbellen die steeds dwingender klinken. De impact van de ongebreidelde uitstoot van broeikasgassen is onomstotelijk bewezen en duidelijk meetbaar: de opwarming van de atmosfeer en oceanen, een wijziging van de frequentie en intensiteit van neerslag, een verandering in de stormactiviteit, een snellere verzuring van de oceanen… Er is geen tijd meer om de ogen te sluiten en het probleem weg te denk...

This textbook provides an overview of the core concepts, theories and methods in strategic communication, using examples from research and experiences from practice. Strategic Communication begins by explaining the fundamental concepts related to communication, organizations and strategy, and then explores the communication processes within leadership, reputation, crisis and change. The authors work to present a framework for the future, underpinned by the concept of Communicative Organizations.

The content of this 2nd edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest research and practice examples, including a new chapter on 'The Future of Strategic Communication'. The new edition also features enhanced pedagogical features to aid learning, such as key takeaways, and new international case studies and examples throughout. After reading the book the student or reader will be able to define and reflect upon strategic communication as an academic field and professional practice, describe relevant theories and apply these to communication proble...

How were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the roots of human rights to the rejection of torture as a means for finding the truth. She demonstrates how ideas of human relationships portrayed in novels and art helped spread these new ideals and how human rights continue to be contested today.

It is time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to search out some antidote to continuous exposure, and to reconsider the value of going unseen, undetected, or overlooked in this new world. Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own meaning and power? The impulse to escape notice is not about complacent isolation or senseless conformity, but about maintaining identity, autonomy, and voice.

In our networked and image-saturate...

Are you a doctoral student or a researcher in the field of Natural Sciences?

Would you like to present your research in a well-structured and readable manner? This book shows you how to make sure your article receives the attention it deserves. Advanced Academic English: Writing a Research Article addresses the following questions:

- How can I acquire an academic writing style?

- How can I develop an elaborate and accurate academic vocabulary?

- How can I integrate the literature into my paper?

- How can I structure an introductio...

The European Union is one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. Why is Europe so important, and at the same time, why is no one really interested in it? Dutch writer Mark Schalekamp set out to find answers to these and other questions and travelled to all 28 of the European Union’s member states to interview eight people in each capital city: a doctor, a police officer, a hairdresser, an entrepreneur, an artist, an immigrant, a sex worker and a local celebrity.

What is Europe? Wh...

Without ASML, the world would be a different place. Based in the quiet Dutch town of Veldhoven, this offshoot of Philips Electronics designs the gigantic and extremely complex machines that produce increasingly advanced computer chips. It’s Europe’s most valuable tech company: ninety percent of the world’s chips are manufactured using ASML machines, powering our phones, cars, and the ai revolution.

For years, ASML operated in the background, but a geopolitical earthquake has put it in t...

WAKE UP & SAVE OUR PLANET! van Marianna Farfalla is een uniek boek dat de helpende hand biedt om gezond te blijven qua lichaam en geest en het leefklimaat op aarde beter te maken.

Marianna studeerde andragogiek, een mix van filosofie, psychologie en sociologie en werkte jarenlang o.a. als docente in het hbo en als psychotherapeute.

Ze schreef meerdere boeken over geluk en gezondheid en maakte vanuit het schitterende Toscana, waar zij al jaren woont, de documentaire ’Blauwdruk voor een beter...

The ecological perspective one has depends on fundamental forms of thought. The old form, with a separation of subject and object, in a static ontology of the fixed identities of things, led to destruction of nature, and we need a new form that is more nature-friendly, robust and flexible, that adapts to changing conditions. That digs deep.

I plead for an ontology of relational dynamics, oriented to change of humanity and nature, resulting from unpredictable interactions between humans among...

The celestial observer watches what is happening on the world stage from a safe distance and throws the bat into the henhouse.

What has happened to us in the last hundred years and have we messed up our future on the planet. What is the role of the arts in this development? Is there a political plan or put everything in the hands of God.

The heavenly observer does not care about political correctness, nor preaches pity.

A book that raises many eyebrows and makes blood boil, but nevertheless g...