Tax authorities face the challenge of influencing tax compliance by behaving in such a way that taxpayers perceive to be treated fairly and thus comply voluntarily with tax rules. In order to meet this challenge it is crucial that institutions such as tax authorities frequently interact with taxpayers and selectively apply instruments so that a sustainable basis of trust in taxation is created. At the same time, tax authorities need to have the capacity to adjust to a rapidly changing technol...

National system striving for protecting prisoners' labor and social security rights has been conducted in legislative area in many countries all over the world. And nowadays, national law concerning the protection of prisoners' rights is trying to become more substantial and in tune with international standards. Then while launching penal reforms on prisoners' labor and social security rights in the present and the future, the national legislator might want to be provided with insights and re...

Samenwerken tussen professionals uit verschillende disciplines is noodzakelijk om complexe thema’s voor cliënten en burgers op te lossen. Dit boek geeft antwoord op de vraag hoe complexe samenwerkingsprocessen efficiënt en effectief kunnen worden ingericht. Ook komen de succesfactoren voor complexe samenwerking stapsgewijs aan de orde. Aan de hand van een theoretisch conceptueel model en praktische voorbeelden wordt toegelicht hoe je vraaggericht kunt werken, borgen en monitoren. Ook zal ...

Deze volledig herziene druk van Basisboek integrale veiligheid biedt een brede opstap in de wereld van integrale veiligheid. In dit boek maak je kennis met het belangrijke, dynamische werkveld van Integraal veiligheidskundigen (IVK’ers).

In het eerste deel van dit basisboek wordt stilgestaan bij de IVK-basics. Wat is integrale veiligheid en wat zijn de basics? Veertien IVK-alumni die in dit werkveld werkzaam zijn leggen uit wat zij doen. Daarnaast wordt stilgestaan bij risicoreductie, de im...

A book about being homosexual in the United States.

Social media has come to deeply penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms define many of our daily habits of communication and creative production. The Culture of Connectivity studies the rise of social media in the first decade of the twenty-first century up until 2012, providing both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of major platforms in the context of a rapidly changing ecosystem of connective media. Such history is needed to understand h...

A treatise of proto-feminism, that was written before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived. It argues for the rational education of women and for an increased female contribution to society.

‘There is no author whose books I look forward to more’ BILL GATES

In this ambitious, myth-busting book, leading scientist and internationally bestselling author Vaclav Smil investigates many of the burning questions facing the world today:

Why are some of the world’s biggest food producers also the countries with the most undernourished populations?

Why is food waste a colossal 1,000kcal per person daily, and how can we solve that?

Could we all go vegan and be healthy? Should we?

How w...

Illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and preferences of the French bourgeoisie. This book argues that the social world functions simultaneously as a system of power relations and as a symbolic system in which minute distinctions of taste become the basis for social judgement.