Er bestaat een stroming in het politieke denken die het ideaal van de democratie ziet als het langs rationele weg bereiken van een consensus, waardoor tegenstellingen als die tussen links en rechts, progressief en conservatief, zouden verdwijnen. Door de globalisering, menen sommige politicologen, zal deze consensus zich algemeen verbreiden. In wezen betekent dit het einde van de politiek.

In dit actuele en uitdagende boek betoogt de Belgisch-Britse filosofe en politicologe Chantal Mouffe dat...

Suikerbietsignalen, praktijkgids voor een optimale suikeropbrengst bevat praktische informatie voor akkerbouwers die het beste willen halen uit bodem en biet. Het boek wordt gemaakt door Roodbont in samenwerking met IRS.

Suikerbietsignalen is opgezet volgens hetzelfde concept als de succesvolle boekenreeks 'Koesignalen', 'Varkenssignalen en 'Bodemsignalen'.

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veel praktische en direct toepasbare vakinformatie;

duidelijke uitleg in tekst en beeld;

eye-openers,...

This is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare's sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death) in one volume. A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to the plays, and detailed notes explain the language and allusions. While accessibly written, the edition takes account of the most recent scholarship and criticism.

Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel. Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen.

There is no escaping landscape: it's everywhere and part of everyone's life. Landscapes have received much less attention in aesthetics than those arts we can choose to ignore, such as painting or music - but they can tell us a lot about the ethical and aesthetic values of the societies that produce them. Drawing on examples from a wide range of landscapes from around the world and throughout history, Susan Herrington considers the ways landscapes can affect our emotions, our imaginations, an...

Shows how the concepts of place have been modified and yet continue to be of vital importance in interpreting a world which travel and commerce have made very different from that of 1976.

Cambridge English for Engineering develops the communication skills and specialist English language knowledge of engineering professionals, enabling them to communicate more confidently and effectively with colleagues and customers. The ten standalone units cover topics common to all kinds of engineering (including civil, electrical and mechanical) such as procedures and precautions; monitoring and control; and engineering design. Authentic activities, from describing technical problems and s...

n this fascinating book, Seth Godin argues that now, for the first time, everyone has an opportunity to start a movement - to bring together a tribe of like-minded people and do amazing things. There are tribes everywhere, all of them hungry for connection, meaning and change. And yet, too many people ignore the opportunity to lead, because they are "sheepwalking" their way through their lives and work, too afraid to question whether their compliance is doing them (or their company) any good.

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This book provides educators with the skills, knowledge, and dispositions to put school data to work for improving teaching and learning