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As new ideas developed in post-Restoration England across the realms of politics, culture, academia and morality, so too did architectural expression of these ideas. This title offers a study on the connections between English architecture and intellectual change between 1660 and 1730. It is intended for an academic readership in history.

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Considers Bilbao's social history and the complex relationships between local and global entities. This book argues that globalization processes in Bilbao are as old as the city itself and that the role of the State must be taken into account in order to explain the city's changing fortunes.

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Something About Eve" is a story about Eve, a woman haunted by her past whose path crosses with a married woman afraid of her future. As they set out to help each other, an unsuspected and passionate friendship evolves between them. When Eve's past catches up to her, she finds herself having to save the lives of those she loves or lose everything she has worked so hard to achieve. This is a unique and powerful story of two completely differe...

After many thousands of years, the nomads are disappearing, swept away by modernity. Robyn Davidson has spent a good part of her life with nomadic cultures - in Australia, north-west India, Tibet and the Indian Himalayas - and she herself calls three countries home. In this Quarterly Essay, she draws on her unique experience to delineate a vanishing way of life. In a time of environmental peril, Davidson argues that the nomadic way with nature...

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The World Today: Teacher's Guide is a comprehensive resource filled with fun, captivating, and thought-provoking hands-on activities. In each chapter, you will find:section and chapter overviewshands-on and minds-on activities to engage your students in acquiring and applying informationvocabulary-building exercisesnote-taking guidesreview activities, and assessment ideas and activitiesfun puzzles, engaging word games, and other easy-to-prepar...

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Die Bildungsexpansion ist eine der prägenden Entwicklungen der Moderne. Aber welche Folgen ergeben sich daraus? Der prominent besetzte Band mit ausgewiesenen Experten der Thematik analysiert die Folgen, zeigt überblicksartig zentrale Themenfelder auf und diskutiert den neuesten Forschungsstand.

Auf der Basis aktueller Erkenntnisse der Gehirnforschung arbeitet Stefan Wiedmann die wesentlichen Elemente betriebswirtschaftlicher Führungs- und Motivationstheorien heraus und führt ihre Kernaussagen mit ihren verbindenden Elementen zu einem "Metamodell der Mitarbeiterführung" zusammen. Er stellt alle wesentlichen Faktoren erfolgreicher Mitarbeiterführung dar und gibt Personalverantwortlichen ein Instrument zur zielgerichteten Motivation ihr...

Vor dem Hintergrund stagnierender Märkte und des damit einhergehenden Verdrängungswettbewerbs gewinnt das Relationship Marketing und somit das Verhältnis zwischen Kunden und Anbietern immer mehr an Bedeutung. Insbesondere die Kundenbindung und der daraus resultierende ökonomische Wert gelten heute als wesentliche Voraussetzungen für den Unternehmenserfolg und zählen zu den wichtigsten Herausforderungen in Wissenschaft und Praxis. Verena Voge...

Examines the experience of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries in introducing reforms that emphasize performance and results achieved from the use of public resources and assesses whether it can be applied to non-OECD countries. This paper examines how emerging economies should begin such reforms.

Analyzes the state of European, Japanese and American scholarship on China over the last decade. Exploring the main subjects and trends in research being done on contemporary Chinese politics, economy, foreign affairs and security studies, this book aims to provide an insight into the world of China studies as well as China itself.

Mugabe's policy of land seizures in Zimbabwe raised concerns in South Africa. Set amidst these conflicts, Gaining Ground? shows how land reform policy and practice in post-apartheid South Africa has been produced and contested.Winner of the inaugural Elliott P. Skinner Book Award of the Association of Africanist Anthropology, 2008

Essential Creativity is about giving all children the opportunity to fulfil their potential. This book covers topics such as: What do teachers need to do to help children make the most of their creativity? How do children prefer to learn? What can teachers do to stimulate children's creativity? Building self-esteem, and more.