This text is an introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods for undergraduate students majoring in Human Development and Family Studies, and now includes useful applications and key examples from human development.

Democracy does not solve all the problems in the world, but democracy is always better than dictatorship. To promote cred-ible elections, the EU, OSCE, Carter Centre, AU, OAS and many other organizations field international election observers. These observers are a special kind of people. They go where nobody else goes. To the local people in far-off provinces they are a shining light. To (semi)dictators it means that there are limits as to what they can get away with. In this book, journalis...

A new anthology of recent articles from one of the leading family science publications, the Journal of Family Issues (SAGE).

Unique purpose-written resource to help students in higher education understand and apply critical thinking in the study of sport.

Vlaanderen en Nederland eengemaakt? Is dit een utopie of kan het morgen realiteit zijn? Karel Luyckx ging op zoek naar de mening van bekende Nederlanders en Vlamingen over dit heikele onderwerp. Met als resultaat enkele tientallen denkers, wetenschappers of gewone mensen die spontaan gehoor gaven aan de vermetele initiatiefnemer. Van de erevoorzitter van het Vlaamse parlement tot gevierd cabaretier, naast geleerde professoren, een filosoferende huisvrouw, een stoere zeebonk en geprezen column...