This book is a fully updated and expanded new edition of An Introduction to Continental Philosophy, first published in 1996. It provides a clear, concise and readable introduction to philosophy in the continental tradition.

The Logic Manual is the ideal introduction to logic for beginning philosophy students. It offers a concise but complete introductory course, giving a firm grounding in the logic that is needed to study contemporary philosophy. Exercises, examples, and sample examination papers are provided on an accompanying website.

The Evidence-Based Nursing Series is co-published with Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). The series focuses on implementing evidence-based practice in nursing and mirrors the remit of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, encompassing clinical practice, administration, research and public policy. Models and Frameworks for Implementing Evidence- Based Practice: Linking Evidence to Action looks at ways of implementing evidence gained through research and factors that influence successful im...

Readers are provided with a practical insight into how to analyze policies and policy-making in the EU. Using case studies to deepen readers' understanding, this book examines the various stages of the policy process - from the moment the issue reaches the agenda through to drafting, implementation and evaluation.

Using "cultures of curriculum" as a lens, this clear, compelling text reveals and critically examines the belief systems and classroom practices of curricular orientations in contemporary American society. It is designed to foster awareness, examination, and deliberation about the curricula planned for and carried out in classrooms and schools; to inspire conversations about theory and practice as well as political, social, and moral issues; and to expand critical consciousness about approach...

Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's thirty years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely on creating cooperation -- an open and trusting alliance between interviewer and respondent, dedicated to specific and honest accounts of both internal and external events. Against the eclectic background of his work in national sample surveys, studies based o...

The study of law and politics is one of the foundation stones of the discipline of political science, and it has been one of the most productive areas of cross-fertilization between the various subfields of political science and between political science and other cognate disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the field of law and politics in all its diversity, ranging from such traditional subjects as theories of jurisprudence,constitutionalism, judicial politics and l...

De westerse arts onderzoekt de symptomen, de Chinese dokter richt zich op zowel lichaam als geest. Zijn belangrijkste vraag: waarom heeft deze mens deze ziekte gekregen? Dit handboek beslaat de basiselementen van het menselijk leven, meridianen, disharmonie en de uitingsvormen van yin en yang.

Psychosociale factoren kunnen het herstel van fysiotherapeutische klachten belemmeren. Dit besef is de afgelopen jaren steeds meer doorgedrongen in veel fysiotherapiepraktijken. Dat heeft geresulteerd in de ontwikkeling van het biopsychosociale model. De bruikbaarheid van het model wordt door veel fysiotherapeuten onderkend, maar minder duidelijk is hoe zij het kunnen toepassen in de dagelijkse praktijk. Hoe kunnen de gedragsaspecten en levensomstandigheden van de patiënt worden herkend en b...

Kernbegrippen van economie is de bewerkte vertaling van N. Gregory

Mankiws vermaarde titel Essentials of Economics. Het boek is wereldwijd

marktleider en is in zestien talen vertaald.

Mankiw verklaart de essentie van economie aan de hand van tien principes.

Deze principes zijn:

1. mensen moeten keuzes maken

2. de kosten van iets worden bepaald door datgene wat we willen opgeven om het te krijgen

3. rationele mensen denken in de marge

4. mensen reageren op prikkels

5. handel kan in ieders belang zijn

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