This exciting seventh edition, now situated in a global context with international examples throughout, has been updated to now cover strategy and planning in the public sector; transparency, accountability and ethics; and non-profit management

How do we know what works in primary schools? The answer lies in research. In understanding, conducting, disseminating and learning from research. This book is your guide to research in primary education.

The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is about his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.

Wild Will comprises a selection of many of the outstanding essays of Michael Srigley, an English writer and poet who explores a vast array of philosophical and esoteric ideas, and of literature and art. With penetrating analyses and deep psychological insight, he draws us into different ways of looking at the world and its meaning with new wonder and understanding. In a lucid and captivating style, Srigley invites us to deepen our insights into certain aspects of psychology, psychiatry, histo...

Team Development is illustrated by twelve different aspects such as archetypes, roles, success factors, collaboration and change. Every aspect has nine specific sub-aspects.A universal language has been chosen in which the sun and the moon are simultaneously exposed. The cards help you and your team to gain deeper insights on the subject of cooperation and the development actions, which have to be taken to get an optimum team performance.You can use these 108 cards during the start of a proje...

Since 1992, when the World Heritage Committee established its category of "cultural landscapes", scholarly debates have ensued on how they could best be managed. One approach, which appears to have gained significance over the past two decades or so, considers using traditional conservation practices as well as engaging local indigenous communities in the stewardship of these exemplary sites.

To examine the efficacy of this recent approach, this book explores the concept of indigenous communi...

The Technical Condition is een toegankelijke, Engelstalige introductie in de techniekfilosofie. Het boek behandelt de belangrijkste auteurs, methoden, debatten en concepten die in het denken over techniek een rol spelen. Ieder hoofdstuk is geschreven rondom een zogenaamde 'technologische schok', een technologische ontwikkeling die een revolutionair effect heeft gehad op de samenleving. De bedoeling daarvan is de lezer te laten zien dat filosofische reflectie op techniek noodzakelijk is, ook v...

This is the first study to examine in detail ritual objects known as 'Lamak', a fascinating and unique form of ephemeral material culture which is a prominent feature of Balinese creativity.A lamak is a long narrow ritual hanging that is an essential requirement at almost all rituals in Bali. It is hung from altars and shrines at temple festivals and on festive holy days. Made usually of palm leaves, it is by nature ephemeral and it is made time and again. Even though permanent forms of the l...

Andre Schreuder, born in Delft 1960 is a Dutch artist who mainly paints in a colorful figurative way. He is also a member of the movement: Immagine & Poesia which has its roots in Turin Italy. One of his other talents is writing poetry. In this book he combines his paintings and poetry together; the poems are related to the paintings.

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This book examines the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons - known as the Kampala Convention - which entered into force on 6 December 2012. The book sets out the shortcomings of international law relating to internal displacement, more specifically the 'protection gap'. The author shows how the Kampala Convention not only fills this protection gap, but also how it contributes to the overall development of norms in international, regional a...