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Elections in Africa provides the only comprehensive source for African elections from independence to the present. It contains comprehensive, reliable and carefully checked electoral data, presented in a comparative manner.

A chief aim of this resource is to rekindle interest in seeing health care not solely as a set of practices so problematic as to require ethical analysis by philosophers and other scholars, but as a field whose scrutiny is richly rewarding for the traditional concerns of philosophy.

Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, this biography examines the complex personality of Germany's last emperor. Born in 1859, the eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, Prince Wilhelm was torn between two cultures - that of the Prussian Junker and that of the English liberal gentleman.

Janaway provides a detailed and critical account of Schopenhauer's central philosophical achievement: his account of the self and its relation to the world of objects. The author's approach to this theme is historical, yet is designed to show the philosophical interest of such an approach. He explores in unusual depth Schopenhauer's often ambivalent relation to Kant, and highlights the influence of Schopenhauer's view of self and world on Witt...

O'Hear takes a stand against the fashion for explaining human behavior in terms of evolution. He argues that evolutionary theory, successful as it is in explaining the development of living things, cannot give a satisfactory account of such distinctive facets of human life as self-consciousness, the quest for knowledge, moral, sense, and the appreciation of beauty, in these we transcend our biological origins.

Youssef Cassis presents a major comparative study of big business in the three leading European nations over the course of the 20th century. Drawing on a carefully constructed sample of leading companies from the UK, France, and Germany, the author analyzes the relationship between corporate and national economic performance, the impact of national difference on business performance and practice, and the composition and influence of the busine...

The mutual interaction of philosophy and Roman political and cultural life has aroused more and more interest in recent years among students of classical literature, Roman history, and ancient philosophy. In this volume, which gathers together some of the papers originally delivered at a series of seminars in the University of Oxford, scholars from all three disciplines explore the role of Platonism and Aristotelianism in Roman intellectual, c...

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Informational kinds of reading and writing are crucial in every classroom lesson. "Young Researchers: Informational Reading and Writing in the Early and Primary Years" looks at how the educational community can encourage children from the very beginning years of school to think of themselves as young researchers using skills and strategies for clear understanding of the world-at-large.

This practical book addresses one of the most difficult problems teachers have to face, that of making use of the community and parent volunteers in their classroom. Without a detailed plan of action, these volunteers can be more of a hindrance than a help. This book clearly shows teachers how to identify tasks for volunteers and how to recruit and train them for the rights tasks.

Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Older Adults Older adults are the fastest-growing segment of society and are entering therapy at an unprecedented rate. Editor Michael Duffy has brought together leading experts in geropsychology and older adult counseling to discuss and offer practice strategies appropriate for this diverse population. The Handbook covers new research findings for clinical treatment, coverage of multiple treatment...

This book is filled with ideas, projects, and tips from primary teachers in The United States. Designed to be a helpful resource for practicing as well as future teachers, the book is full of examples for lesson plans, calendars, classroom discussions, uses for new technology, handling communication with parents, and much more.

How does milk help me grow? Where do vitamins come from? Do carrots really strengthen my eyesight? Find out these answers-in Janice VanCleave's Food and Nutrition for Every Kid. To the delight of children, parents, and teachers everywhere, America's favorite science teacher brings a welcome addition to the popular Science for Every Kid series. Through fun, safe, and easy-to-do experiments, Janice VanCleave teaches kids ages eight to twelve all...

Speakers in James Tate's poems are and are not like those we know: a man's meditation on gardening renders him witless, another man traps theories and then lets them loose in a city park, a nun confides that "it was her / cowboy pride that got her through", a gnome's friend inhabits a world where "a great eschatological ferment is at work. "Shroud of the Gnome" is a bravura performance in Tate's signature style: playful, wicked, deliriously so...

This book addresses the social and organizational dynamics which underlie recent technological and work developments within organisations, often referred to as 'virtual working'. It goes beyond a mere description of this new work phenomenon in order to provide more rigorous ways of analyzing and understanding the issues raised. In addition to providing accounts of developments such as web-based enterprises and virtual teams, each contributor f...

This volume brings together related essays on the evolution of monetary standards particularly on the need for international standards and the dangers of monetary nationalism.

This fascicle completes the presentation of the ceramic remains from theFranchthi Cave excavations.

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: "Die Vision des Herausgebers von der Zukunft des Direct Marketing ist das individuelle Angebot, das auf Initiative des Konsumenten für ihn maßgeschneidert in Real Time zusammengestellt und übermittelt wird von dem Unternehmen, das er sich auf dessen kreativen Impuls hin ausgesucht hat." So beschrieb Heinz Dallmer vor zwei Jahren seine Vision, die bereits heute keine mehr ist. Eingeholt wurde Dallmer von der dynamisch...

Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a courageous and outspoken 19th-century African American who used the press and public speaking to fight slavery and oppression in the United States and Canada. Her life provides a window on the free black experience, emergent black nationalisms, African Americans' gender ideologies, and the formation of a black public sphere.