By examining how young children develop and learn from conception through to the age of eight, this book explores ways to enhance professional practice in the early years. For further discussion and engagement with current issues and hot topics in Early Childhood subscribe to Sheila Nutkin's author blog.

The late 20th century saw a remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France. The work of French philosophers is wide ranging, historically informed, often reaching out beyond the boundaries of philosophy; they are public intellectuals, taken seriously as contributors to debates outside the academy. Gary Gutting tells the story of the development of a distinctively French philosophy in the last four decades of the 20th century.

His aim is to arrive at an account ofwhat it was to 'do philosophy'...

Objective, critical, optimistic, and with a global focus, this textbook combines international relations theory, history, up-to-date research, and current affairs to give students a comprehensive, unbiased understanding of international politics. It integrates theory and traditional approaches with globalization and research on such topics as terrorism, new economic superpowers, and global communications and social networking to offer unusual breadth and depth for an undergraduate course. The...

The second edition of a best-selling, market-leading textbook which maps directly onto the undergraduate youth work degree. Kate Sapin, who leads the youth work course at the University of Manchester, has included ample student exercises, points for reflection and references to theory.

Your Foundation in Health & Social Care provides readers with all the knowledge and skills necessary for effective learning at Foundation level, both in study and the workplace. It explores all the key areas of the Foundation degree, including values, communication, legal issues and psychology.

This book's foremost emphasis is on practical applications, helping students to recognize the importance and utility of research in their professional lives, and to master research methods that are immediately applicable in their professional settings.

Including an examination of the 2008 financial crisis, this book looks at how the US political systems fares when put under pressure

Kan de stad de wereld redden? verzamelt teksten uit Eric Corijns grote oeuvre. De stadsonderzoeker en cultuurfilosoof publiceerde een 250-tal artikels en hoofdstukken in een waaier van tijdschriften en boeken. De stad is daarbij de broedplaats geworden voor zijn denken en doen.

Eric Corijn heeft een atypische academische route bewandeld. De zes delen van dit boek zijn daar een reflectie van, gaande van wetenschapsfilosofie, vrijetijdsstudies, cultuur en gemeenschapsvorming, stad en stedelijkh...