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This innovative Handbook puts the politics of public administration
at the forefront, providing comprehensive insights and comparative
perspectives of the different aspects of the field. Revealing the
power configurations in different institutional settings, this
Handbook considers the general influence of administration on
political decisions and the subsequent consequences of its
involvement. An impressive array of contributors discuss how public
administrations can differ between countries and to what extent
their characteristics are influenced by political values and
preferences. More specifically, chapters address the structure and
political function of the administration and its performance in
countries including the USA, France, Germany, Sweden and
Switzerland. Addressing the plethora of normative, empirical, and
analytical questions surrounding the politics of public
administration, this Handbook will be an invaluable read for
scholars of public administration and political science. It will
also be an essential reference point for all students and
practitioners of political theory and management.
The go-to Dolomites walking guide for discovering the best walks
and bike tours. Strap on your boots and discover the Dolomites on
foot with the Sunflower Dolomites travel guide which covers the
North and West including Scillar/Schlern and Cainaccio/Rosengarten.
The Sunflower Dolomites guide is indispensable for hiking in the
Dolomites. Gentle green valleys and towering limestone pinnacles:
the Dolomites are a holiday paradise for lovers of the countryside.
This guide for touring and walking explores the Val Pusteria and
lesser-known valleys to the north, as well as the Valle Isarco
bordering the A22 motorway. Highlights include Val di Funes,
Sciliar and the Alpi di Siusi, Catinaccio, Puez-Odle and the Tre
Cime. The book is an ideal companion for motorists, walkers and
cyclists, but those who go for the skiing season will find it
equally useful. Inside the Sunflower Dolomites guide book you'll
find: Coverage of all the sights as well as practical information
35 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is
graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk
with plenty of walking and cycling tips Topographical walking maps
- give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain Free
downloadable gps tracks - for the techies Fold-out area maps so you
can easily get your bearings Plans of major towns are also included
Lift opening times, with prices Online update service keeping the
guide fully up-to-date Whether you choose to tour the Dolomites by
bike or explore on foot, we look forward to showing you around.
The go-to Dolomites walking guide for discovering the best walks
and bike tours. Strap on your boots and discover the Dolomites on
foot with the Sunflower Dolomites travel guide which covers the
North and West including Scillar/Schlern and Cainaccio/Rosengarten.
The Sunflower Dolomites guide is indispensable for hiking in the
Dolomites. Gentle green valleys and towering limestone pinnacles:
the Dolomites are a holiday paradise for lovers of the countryside.
This guide for touring and walking explores Val Gardena, Val Badia
and and areas to the east and south. Other highlights include the
Sella Group, Marmolada, the Ladin 'viles', Lagazuoi Piccolo,
Cortina and the Tre Cime, approached from the south. The book is an
ideal companion for motorists, walkers and cyclists, but those who
go for the skiing season will find it equally useful. Inside the
Sunflower Dolomites guide book you'll find: Coverage of all the
sights as well as practical information 35 long and short walks for
all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily
match your ability to the level of walk with plenty of walking and
cycling tips Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of
the surrounding terrain Free downloadable gps tracks - for the
techies Fold-out area maps so you can easily get your bearings
Plans of major towns are also included Lift opening times, with
prices Online update service keeping the guide fully up-to-date
Whether you choose to tour the Dolomites by bike or explore on
foot, we look forward to showing you around.
Waar is God? En waar was God? Waar was God toe derduisende
Boerevroue en hulle kinders in Engelse konsentrasiekampe gesterf
het? Waar was God toe Christennasies mekaar met die Eerste en
Tweede Wereldoorloe aan die keel gegryp het? Waar was God toe
apartheid mense se lewens verwoes het? Waar was God met 9/11 in
Amerika toe terroriste, nogal in die naam van Allah, in geboue
vasgevlieg en duisende mense se dood veroorsaak het? Waar was God
met Sharpeville? En met Marikana? Waar was God toe booswigte 'n
Vrystaatse boer en sy vrou afgemaai het toe hulle na Sondagoggend-
kerk by die huis aangekom het? Waar was God toe 'n kindjie van vier
in 'n fratsongeluk dood is? Waar was God? Is daar ooit 'n God? Oor
sulke vrae, wat tot in die hart van ons bestaan gryp, gaan dit in
hierdie boek. Oor ons geloof en twyfel, oor ons "sekerhede" en ons
wanhoop. Dis 'n boek wat jou uitnooi om saam te dink. En by nog
vrae uit te kom. En, dalk, by antwoorde.
The supervision of inexperienced counsellors and other helping
professionals should be regarded as an integral, rather than a
peripheral, part of their initial and ongoing training.
Furthermore, supervision can play an important role in the
development and maintenance of professional competence, and in
providing support for the experienced practitioner who wishes to
provide the highest quality of care for clients. Training of
registered counsellors in South Africa presents unique challenges
to supervisors. Supervisors and supervisees need supportive
information to stay informed about policy changes, trends and
research - from the community within South Africa and
internationally - that influence and nature and productivity of the
counsellor process. This publication answers this need by focusing
on the fundamentals of supervision and its effective utilisation.
The chapters cover a variety of topics, from accessible theory on
the role and functions of the supervisor and the development stages
of the supervisee to eminently practical chapters on report writing
and preventing counsellor burnout. Suggestions on the use of
metaphor and story in counselling add depth, while the many sample
case studies bring focus and immediacy to the text.
Die bekende dierkundige Fritz Eloff se bemoeienis met die
Kalaharileeu het reeds in 1958 begin toe hy een aand teen sononder
die koninklike brul van ’n leeu tussen die rooi duine hoor opklink
het. In toeganklike taal word die Kalaharileeu se fisieke
eienskappe, sy habitat, sy plek in die ekosisteem en sy interaksie
met die mens dan bespreek. Ten slotte kom ook ’n paar legendariese
leeumannetjies en –wyfies aan die bod en besin die skrywer oor die
oorlewingskanse van die Kalaharileeu in ’n veranderende wereld.
Written by massage therapy experts Sandy Fritz and Luke Fritz, this
unique review resource uses a variety of methods to help you
prepare for the MBLEx (Massage and Bodywork Licensing Exam) and the
Board Certification in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (BCTMB).
The comprehensive review features updated content and questions
based on the most current exam blueprints! The practice exams are
written in a five-part process - not just as sample questions.
Plus, a companion Evolve website comes loaded with practice exams
and a variety of review activities such as labeling exercises,
flashcards, electronic coloring book, games, and much more. No
other massage review gives you such well-rounded exam preparation!
Focused content review includes 125 full-color illustrations
showing various massage techniques, as well as anatomy and
physiology. More than 1,200 practice questions by content area
provide the opportunity to assess your readiness for exams. More
than 40 labeling exercises help kinesthetic learners retain
information. Rationales are provided for correct and incorrect
responses. NEW! More than 1,400 questions in a mock exam are based
on the MBLEx blueprint. EXPANDED and UPDATED! Content matches the
current MBLEx blueprint to prepare you for success. NEW!
Scenario-based, multiple-choice questions are based on the MBLEx
content blueprint. NEW! 100 questions in a graded practice exam.
Intellectual traditions are commonly regarded as cultural
variations, historical legacies, or path dependencies. By analyzing
road junctions between different traditions of Public
Administration this book contests the dominant perspective of
path-dependent national silos, and highlights the ways in which
they are hybrid and open to exogenous ideas. Analyzing the
hybridity of administrative traditions from an historical
perspective, this book provides a new approach to the history of
Public Administration as a scientific discipline. Original and
interdisciplinary chapters address the question of how scholars
from the U.S., Germany and France mutually influenced each other,
from the closing years of the 19th Century, up until the
neo-liberal turn of the 1970s. Offering a thorough analysis of the
transatlantic history of Public Administration, the conclusion
argues that it is vital to learn from the past, in order to make
Public Administration more realistic in theory, as well as more
successful in practice. Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate
political science scholars will find this to be a valuable tool in
understanding the foundations of transatlantic Public
Administration. This book will also greatly benefit researchers on
comparative and transnational history with a keen interest in
Public Administration.
The book offers a novel introduction to the use of mindfulness
skills in communication in a range of settings.
Die grasfamilie, bekend as Poaceae, is waarskynlik die belangrikste
plantfamilie op aarde. Grasse is die eerste voedselplante wat deur
mense aangeplant is. Graangewasse, soos mielies, koring, rys en
suikerriet (almal grasse), is steeds ons belangrikste bron van
energie. Gras, in die vorm van voer, is ook die belangrikste bron
van kos vir vee en die groot kuddes grasvreters in die natuur. Die
akkurate identifikasie van grasse raak belangrik tydens veldbestuur
aangesien grasse ten opsigte van hul weidingswaarde en ander
ekologiese funksies verskil. Verder reageer verskillende
onkruidgrasse anders op chemise onkruiddoders en moet daarom
akkuraat geidentifiseer word. Hierdie boek, Gids tot Grasse van
suider-Afrika, is die omvattendste volkleur identifikasiegids tot
die algemene grasse in suider-Afrika en sluit onder meer die
volgende kenmerke in: Beskrywings en illustrasies van die 320
belangrikste grasse in suider-Afrika; 'n Gebruikersvriendelike
indentifikasiesleutel; Meer as 1 000 uitstekende kleurfoto's;
Dertien kort en volledig geillustreerde inleidende hoofstukke oor
grasse; Algemene grasname in verskeie inheemse tale; Simbole wat
die leser in staat stel om inligting met 'n oogopslag te bekom.
Sing and rhyme along with these 26 much-loved nursery rhyme songs!
Includes: 'The Wheels on the Bus' / 'Down at the Station, Early in
the Morning' / 'Row Row Row Your Boat' / 'The Big Ship Sails on the
Alley Alley Oh' / 'London Bridge is Falling Down' / 'Jack and Jill'
/ 'Hickory Dickory Dock' / 'I'm a Little Teapot' / 'Polly Put the
Kettle On' / 'Miss Polly had a Dolly' / 'Pop Goes the Weasel' /
'Five Currant Buns' / 'Ten Fat Sausages' / 'Peter Hammers with One
Hammer' / 'The Grand Old Duke of York' / 'Girls and Boys Come Out
to Play' / 'I Jump Out of Bed' / 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry
Bush' / 'Ring a Ring o'Roses' / 'I Hear Thunder, I Hear Thunder' /
'Incy Wincy Spider' / 'Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes' / 'If You're
Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands' / 'Twinkle Twinkle Little
Star' / 'Wee Willie Winkie' / 'Ten in a Bed'. 1 CD. 45 mins.
A powerful, timely memoir of a young Air Force linguist
coming-of-age in a war that is lost. When Ian Fritz joined the Air
Force at eighteen, he did so out of necessity. He hadn't been
accepted into college thanks to an indifferent high school career.
He'd too often slept through his classes as he worked long hours at
a Chinese restaurant to help pay the bills for his trailer-dwelling
family in Lake City, Florida. But the Air Force recognizes his
potential and sends him to the elite Defense Language Institute in
Monterey, California, to learn Dari and Pashto, the main languages
of Afghanistan. By 2011, Fritz was an airborne cryptologic linguist
and one of only a tiny number of people in the world trained to do
this job on low-flying gunships. He monitors communications on the
ground and determines in real time which Afghans are Taliban and
which are innocent civilians. This eavesdropping is critical to
supporting Special Forces units on the ground, but there is no
training to counter the emotional complexity that develops as you
listen to people's most intimate conversations. Over the course of
two tours, Fritz listens to the Taliban for hundreds of hours, all
over the country night and day, in moments of peace and in the
middle of battle. What he hears teaches him about the people of
Afghanistan--Taliban and otherwise--the war, and himself. Fritz's
fluency is his greatest asset to the military, yet it becomes the
greatest liability to his own commitment to the cause. Both proud
of his service and in despair that he is instrumental in destroying
the voices that he hears, What the Taliban Told Me is a brilliant,
intimate coming-of-age memoir and a reckoning with our twenty years
of war in Afghanistan.
This separation method is increasingly finding applications in
environmental, food, pharmaceutical and clinical analysis.
The completely revised and updated fourth edition of this
best-selling classic is a thorough treatment of the subject while
remaining concise and readable. Alongside ion exchange resins,
detectors, ion chromatographic separations, anion, cation and ion
exclusive chromatography, special techniques and chemical
speciation, new additions include capillary electrophoresis,
monolithic columns, zwitterion columns, DNA/RNA analysis,
fundamentals of the science of IC, and micro methods.
The whole is rounded off by handy tables with details on, among
others, detection or elution conditions, making this a ready
reference for analytical, environmental and food chemists,
chromatographers, pharmaceutists, and chemists working in trace
analysis.
This book brings attention to the communicative process of editing
as a dialogic experience that is attentive to the voice of the
Other, and underlines an ethical turn for the editing process. The
volume focuses on an essential, yet undertheorized, aspect of the
communicative practice of editing by reading and receiving the
voice of the Other and offering feedback towards assisting the text
to find a voice without turning it to the voice of the editor.
Utilizing the theoretical and philosophical frameworks of a diverse
group of leading scholars and philosophers, contributors to this
volume explore the editing process as connected to communication
ethics that calls for a discernment of what matters. With its
philosophical underpinnings, this book will especially be of
interest to researchers and students in multiple disciplines in
humanities and the social sciences including communication studies,
dialogue studies, philosophy, literature, composition studies,
education, history, anthropology, psychology, sociology, religious
studies, and political science.
With five classic Amelia Bedelia Level 2 I Can Read stories inside,
this box set is ideal for introducing new readers to the
literal-minded maid's hilarious adventures. In addition to a Velcro
tab on the cover and a handle, this boxed set features the original
and bestselling Amelia Bedelia; Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise
Shower; Come Back, Amelia Bedelia; Thank You, Amelia Bedelia; and
Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia. Time to hit the books!
Drawing on Indigenous methodologies, this book uses a close
analysis of James R. Walker’s 1917 monograph on the Lakota Sun
Dance to explore how the Sun Dance communal ritual complex – the
most important Lakota ceremony – creates moral community,
providing insights into the cosmology and worldview of Lakota
tradition. The book uses Walker’s primary source to conduct a
reading of the Sun Dance in its nineteenth-century context through
the lenses of Lakota metaphysics, cosmology, ontology, and ethics.
The author argues that the Sun Dance constitutes a cosmic ethical
drama in which persons of all types – human and nonhuman – come
together in reciprocal actions and relationships. Drawing on
contemporary animist theory and a perspectivist approach that uses
Lakota worldview assumptions as the basis for analysis, the book
enables a richer understanding of the Sun Dance and its role in the
Lakota moral world. Offering a nuanced understanding that centers
Lakota views of the sacred, this book will be relevant to scholars
of religion and animism, and all those interested in Native
American cultures and lifeways.
To obtain data about the stiffness and bearing capacity of a
foundation pile, the Rapid Load Test could be an effective and
economic alternative for a static load test. In order to judge
this, the influence of rate effects in clay and pore water
pressures in sand should first be understood. This book presents
the latest developments in the research that is carried out to
unravel these effects. It contains current contributions by world
wide leading academics. Moreover the editors summarize the
empirical field data and discuss advanced centrifuge modeling. This
indispensable information source on the progress in Rapid Load
Testing is intended for researchers and professionals working on
the load testing of foundation piles.
Explore the common groundand the important differencesbetween
bisexuality and transgenderism! This book, guaranteed to provoke
debate and discussion of sexuality and gender, is the first devoted
exclusively to the relationship between transgenderism and
bisexuality. Combining the work of scholars and activists,
professional writers and lay people, Bisexuality and
Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others proesents ideas,
thoughts, feelings, and insights from a variety of contributors who
are committed to understandingand deepening our understanding
ofgender and sexuality. You'll find scholarly essays, narratives,
poetry, and a revealing interview with four male-to-female
transsexuals, two of whom are married to women who also participate
in the discussion. In addition, the book includes insightful
chapters by well-known advocates of transgenderism, including
Jamison James Green, Coralee Drechsler, and Matthew Kailey. The
editors of Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the
Others make the provocative but crucial claim that the larger queer
community looks at B and T lives as mere add-ons to L and G. In
this book they focus attention on bisexuality and
transgenderismmoving the margins to center stage and exploring how
sexuality, gender, desire, and intimacy are constructed and
circulate in our society. The book's inclusion of voices and
scholarship from Eastern cultures challenges our understanding of
sexuality and gender constructions all the more, giving this
collection a global scope. Here is a sample of what Bisexuality and
Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others examines: biphobia and
transphobia within the United States' gay and lesbian community the
bi/trans and subversive aspects of the works and images of cultural
icons Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bernhardt how bisexual and
transgendered identities are socially constructed through
relationships the false promise of pomosexual playwhy the concepts
of postmodern sexuality fail to rewrite the construction of gender
why swingers who practice bisexual and transgender behavior are
often disdained and marginalized by other GLBT people suicidal
thoughts and other mental health concerns of bisexual males and
females, as well as transgender people Eastern perspectives on
sexual/gender identitieswith revealing chapters on gender identity
in Japan and Indonesia
Varying according to the scope of Hayek's contributions, the papers
in this volume include among others: * An affirmation of the
"relevance" of Hayek's work * A survey of his contribution to
knowledge * An appraisal of Hayek's innovative work on the
methodology of the social sciences * A discussion of Hayek's
achievements as scholar and mentor The contributors are: Fritz
Machlup, Geroge Roche, Arthur Shenfield, Max Hartwell, William
Buckley, Gottfried Dietze, Shirley Letwin.
Containing Fritz Machlup's papers on international finance spanning
thirty years, this volume includes pieces translated into English
for the first time. Focussing on the theme of the balance of
payments, the work is structured as follows: Foreign Exchanges and
Balance of Payments, The Effects of Devaluation, Gold and Foreign
Reserves, Capital Movements and the Transfer Problem. An
introduction to each section by the author is included.
This edited volume is derived from a conference held in honor of
Charles Hulin's contribution to the psychology of work. His
research has carefully developed and tested theory related to job
satisfaction, withdrawal from work, and sexual harassment. Edited
by Hulin's students, "The Psychology of Work" discusses research in
job satisfaction. This research shows that job satisfaction plays
an essential role in theories of organizational behavior. Formal
models are used, such as item response theory, structural equation
modeling, and computational models.
Three general and consistent themes in Hulin's research are
represented in this book's chapters. The first theme is a focus on
broad, general constructs, such as job satisfaction. The virtue of
this approach is that a wide range of behavior can be explained by
a small number of variables. The second theme involves the
examination of the antecedents and consequences of job
satisfaction. This theme is increasingly important because it ties
research on job attitudes and job behaviors where links are
consistently found to social attitudes and behaviors where links
are rarely found. The third theme consists of Hulin's interest in
the use of formal models to characterize and understand behavior.
This volume will be of interest to scholars and students in
industrial/organizational psychology, human resources,
organizational behavior, and management.
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Computerized assessment offers many opportunities for innovations
in measurement. In contrast to static paper-and-pencil instruments,
computerized assessment can capitalize on the dynamic capabilities
of the computer. For example, the difficulty of administered items
can be adopted to the ability of the examinee, thus eliminating
items that are too hard or too easy. Multimedia computers provide
the opportunity to revolutionize assessment. Stereo sound,
animation, and full-motion video can be incorporated into
assessment tools and aid in the measurement of individual
differences ranging from musical skills to interpersonal abilities.
"Innovations in Computerized Assessment" presents the experiences
of leading researchers in computerized assessment. The book places
particular emphasis on the dilemmas that were faced by the
researchers. Questions addressed include:
* What problems did they confront?
* What were the pros and cons of various options?
* How were dilemmas resolved?
* Were the solutions good ones?
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