Jos Smeets

DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN DE

NEDERLANDSE POLITIE

Verdeeldheid en eenheid in het rijkspolitieapparaat

Halverwege de negentiende eeuw werd er bij gebrek aan politieke eensgezindheid over de inrichting van het rijkspolitieapparaat naast de militaire Koninklijke Marechaussee een burgerlijke Rijksveldwacht opgebouwd. Toen de nadelen van deze tweeledige organisatie zich rond 1900 steeds sterker manifesteerden bleek het nog niet mogelijk om meer eenheid in it apparaat te scheppen. Tijdens het inter...

Guus Meershoek

DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN DE

NEDERLANDSE POLITIE

De Gemeentepolitie in een veranderende samenleving

In dit boek wordt voor het eerst het rijke verleden van de Gemeentepolitie in zijn geheel beschreven. Moderne stedelijke politie ontstond in Nederland relatief laat: rond 1880. Zij kreeg een eigen gezicht toen aan het begin van de nieuwe eeuw vrijzinnige politiechefs op zoek gingen naar een maatschappelijke taak voor hun personeel. In het interbellum kwamen de grote en ook wel sommige midd...

This concise book contains all you'll ever need to know about perspective drawing. In twenty masterfully organized chapters, from simple to complex, the author explains the basics and not-so-basics of perspective drawing. He includes suggestions on how to make your drawings a lot simpler, drawing methods for observation and space division, a "Remember" section at the end of each chapter in which he summarizes the most important information and principles presented in that chapter, and a "Prob...

For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students a good grasp of what the atmosphere and oceans look like on the large-scale and why they look that way. The role of the oceans in climate and paleoclimate is also discussed.

The combination of obse...

This landmark work challenges the separatist doctrines which have come to dominate our understanding of the world. Appiah revives the ancient philosophy of Cosmopolitanism, which dates back to the Cynics of the 4th century, as a means of understanding the complex world of today. Arguing that we concentrate too much on what makes us different rather than recognising our common humanity, Appiah explores how we can act ethically in a globalised world.

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAWFar in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...Huxley's ingenious fantasy of th...

What can texts - both written and oral - tell us about the societies that produce them? How are texts constituted in different cultures, and how do they shape societies and individuals? How can we understand the people who compose them? Drawing on examples from Africa and other countries, this original study sets out to answer these questions, by exploring textuality from a variety of angles. Topics covered include the importance of genre, the ways in which oral genres transcend the here-and-...

Business Benchmark helps students get ahead with their Business English vocabulary and skills and gives them grammar practice in business contexts. This course book provides advanced-level students with essential business language and vocabulary, and provides training and practice for the BEC Higher exam, using real BEC exam tasks provided by Cambridge ESOL. Self-study Books, Teacher's Resource Books and Audio CDs (2) are also available.

Why are i-pods and mobile phones fashion accessories? Why do people spend thousands remodelling their perfectly functional kitchen? Why do people crave shoes or handbags? Is our desire for objects unhealthy, or irrational? This book offers a systematic overview of the diverse ways of studying the material as culture.