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economie

In de economische theorie wordt vaak uitgegaan van een consument, een producent of een overheid die verschillende keuzemogelijkheden tegen elkaar afweegt om zo tot de beste beslissing te komen. Zo eenvoudig is net meestal niet, want economisch handelen wordt ook beïnvloed door allerlei instituties, organisaties, vaste gewoontes en gedragscodes. Bovendien is er vaak sprake van onvolledige informatie en gedragen de economische actoren zich niet altijd rationeel. Juist al...

Wat is stotteren en wat zijn de oorzaken van stotteren? Stotteren is in wezen een eenvoudig probleem. Klanken worden herhaald en verlengd. Meer dan menigeen denkt is stotteren erfelijk bepaald, maar aanleg leidt echter niet meteen tot stotteren. Er zijn uitlokkende factoren voor nodig, zoals spanning, leef- en spreeksnelheid en extra belemmering in de taal of spraak, Stotteren zet de spreker, de luisteraar, de omgeving en therapeut ook aan tot zelfreflectie.

In Kinderen die stotteren wordt bes...

Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir.

Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally,...

The classic translation of the cornerstone work of western philosophy Plato's Republic is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an inquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation other questions are raised: what is goodness; what is reality; what is knowledge; what is the purpose of education? ...

Self-consciously staging itself in the psychotherapy sessions of a disturbed young man, Peter Shaffer's Equus is a shocking exploration of the limits of faith, of the intersecting worlds of the sacred and profane, and of the paltry value of a 'mundane' life, published in Penguin Modern Classics. When a deranged boy, Alan Strang, blinds six horses with a metal spike he is sentenced to psychiatric treatment. Dr Dysart is the man given the task of uncovering what happened the night Strang commit...

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

Fifteen exquisite tales from one of the world'd greatest writers of the short storyInnovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life. Many are set in the author's native New Zealand, others in England and the French Riviera. All are revelations of the unspoken, half-understood emotions that make up everyday experience - from the blackly comic 'The Daughters of the Late Colonel', and the short, sh...

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-...

Offering an insight into African culture that had not been portrayed before, Things Fall Apart is both a tragic and moving story of an individual set in the wider context of the coming of colonialism, as well as a powerful and complex political statement of cross-cultural encounters. This guide to Chinua Achebe’s compelling novel offers:an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Things Fall Apart a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication...