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A child's disclosure of sexual abuse can wreak havoc in many lives, especially that of the child's mother. Julia Krane offers a first-hand look into everyday protection practices of child welfare from the perspective of mothers of sexually abused children and their female social workers, charting women's complex, contradictory, and often costly relations with the child welfare arm of the Canadian state. Drawing on interviews with social worker...

This book invites readers to join in a fresh and extensive investigation of one of Ancient Greece's greatest inventions: democratic government. Provides an accessible, up-to-date survey of vital issues in Greek democracy. Covers democracy's origins, growth and essential nature. Raises questions of continuing interest. Combines ancient texts in translation and recent scholarly articles. Invites the reader into a process of historical investigat...

This extensively researched empirical analysis of the GDR in the years 1971-1989 challenges current historical interpretations of GDR history. It focuses on four social groups - youth, women, writers and Christians - to highlight the stability of this socialist society until 1987. The strength of the regime is shown to have been based on a continuously negotiated process of give-and-take involving major parts of the population.

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The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint" is an introductory text to the analysis and composition of tonal counterpoint. Using examples from the music of J.S. Bach - the master of this style - the author takes students through a series of carefully graded, cumulative exercises that stress both analysis and writing. Benjamin covers chromaticism and fugal writing in exceptional detail. The exercises cover a wide range of formats, including error detectio...

This volume contains the proceedings of a workshop held in Melbourne, Australia, entitled "Coupling of Fluids, Structures and Waves in Aeronautics". The 22 papers deal with new computational methods for multi-disciplinary design in aeronautics. They are grouped into chapters on fluids, structures, electromagnetics, optimisation, mathematical methods and tools, and aircraft design. Several papers treat coupling of these themes in a multi-physic...

Your Guide to Getting a Useful Evaluation Evaluation is vital and beneficial to any nonprofit organization. An effective evaluation can help identify an organization's successes, share information with key audiences, and improve services. It can confirm that an organization is truly making a difference. This book is for: organization managers and decision makers, policymakers, funders, researchers, and students studying applied social service ...

Protocols for authentication and key establishment are the foundation for security of communications. The range and diversity of these protocols is immense, while the properties and vulnerabilities of different protocols can vary greatly. This is the first comprehensive and integrated treatment of these protocols. It allows researchers and practitioners to quickly access a protocol for their needs and become aware of existing protocols which h...

There has been increased focus on food substances and their role in overall health. Can certain substances in food have preventative and positive health effects? Does what we eat influence our chances of contracting or preventing certain diseases? In Plants: Diet and Health these issues are examined in detail. Backed by scientific research and a field of experts, this text deals with one of today's most important nutrition topics. Led by Profe...

This work looks at how the labour market is changing and emphasises the social construction of gender and racial identities.

This "Guide" steers students through the critical writing on Shakespeare's tragedies from the sixteenth century to the present day. Guides students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeare's tragedies. Covers both significant early views and recent critical interventions. Substantial editorial material links the articles and places them in context. Annotated suggestions for further reading allow students to investigate further.

Driven by rapidly changing business environments and increasingly demanding consumers, many organizations are searching for new ways to achieve and retain a competitive advantage via customer intimacy and CRM. In this context, new strategic frameworks and cooperation with everybody along the whole value chain are needed to allow managers to deal with the changes in shopping patterns of consumers. This book presents a new strategic framework th...

Die Qualität Sozialer Arbeit steht auf dem Prüfstand. Im Spiegel des allgemeinen Trends hin zu einer fortschreitenden Ökonomisierung und Dienstleistungsorientierung stellt sich die Frage nach den Kriterien, an denen der Erfolg beruflich-sozialer Praxis zu bemessen ist, mit neuer Dringlichkeit. Im Mittelpunkt der vorliegenden Arbeit stehen die subjektiven Erfahrungs- und Interpretationsmuster, auf die die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter sozia...

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Simone Montabré entwirft in "Liebe in Luv" in gewohnt bezaubernder Art eine Bundesrepublik, wie sie ab morgen sein könnte: mit Frauen, die sechs Kinder haben und dennoch Karriere machen und die über Sport zu ihrer wahren Bestimmung kommen. Ein Roman über Segeln und Archäologie, der in Tänzen komponiert ist, eine Suite, der den Leser mit leiden und sich mit freuen lässt. Dieses Buch der Kult-Autorin gilt als eins ihrer besten. Ein Launemacher.

Warum, so fragen sich religiöse Menschen immer wieder, greift Gott auf Erden nicht ein, etwa um Naturkatastrophen, Kriege oder den Mißbrauch unschuldiger Kinder zu verhindern? Warum werden die seit Jahrhunderten in den Gottesdiensten vorgebrachten Fürbitten von einem angeblich "uns Menschen liebenden Gott" nicht erhört? - Werden wir von atheistischen Zeitgenossen wegen naiver Gläubigkeit zurecht verhöhnt? Diese Schrift gibt Auskunft auf solche...

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Master convertible arbitrage and put profits within reach "Finally, we have a comprehensive, practical, and lucid book on convertible arbitrage from one of the most seasoned investors in this growing asset class." -Venu Krishna, CFA Head of U.S. Convertible Research, Lehman Brothers "Nick Calamos is one of the most experienced and successful convertible bond managers in the mutual fund industry. Who better to explain convertible arbitrage st...