The authors of this book investigate one of the mostly hotly debated and significant questions of our times 'what role will China be playing in world politics over the next twenty years' by asking another controversial question 'is China's 'new' diplomacy a tactical or fundamental change?' Bringing together Chinese and Western scholars of diplomacy the book highlights the view that diplomacy is both an instrument of foreign policy and a learning and socialising process that fosters both positive and negative change and is an important indicator of China's future role. It further argues that there is little to suggest that China's new diplomacy has a tactical revisionist agenda; however it is too early to be sure that China's changed diplomacy is a fundamental one. Moreover, much will depend on the diplomacy of other major powers towards China and on China's domestic politics.

Joan Robinson is widely considered to be amongst the greatest economists of the 20th Century. This book provides a comprehensive study of her life and work, examining her role in the making of The General Theory, her critical interest in Marxian eocnomics, her contributions to Labour Party policy and her writings on development, especially China.

Sets the working of the French political system in its historical, social and economic context.

This pictorial autobiography of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald documents two lives that have become legendary. The book draws almost entirely from the scrapbooks and photograph albums that the Fitzgeralds scrupulously kept as their personal record and provides a wealth of illustrative material not previously available. The book offers: Fitzgerald's thoughts about his early loves in St Paul, Minnesota; a photograph of the country club in Montgomery, Alabama, where the two met; reviews of ""This Side of Paradise""; poems to the couple from Ring Lardner; snapshots of their trips abroad; Fitzgerald's careful accounting of his earnings; a photograph of the house on Long Island where ""The Great Gatsby"" was conceived; postcards with Fitzgerald's drawings for his daughter. These rare photographs and memorabilia combine into a narrative augmented by selections from Scott's and Zelda's own writings, conveying the spirit of particuular moments in their lives.

Federal Stimulus money is gone... States are nearly bankrupt... Taxpayers are tired of increasing taxes to support public education. Local school officials need to control school spending Many Options... Few Easy provides concrete ideas to meet your district's financial crisis. Dr. Ralph P. Kerr, a retired public school superintendent provides over 100 Immediate, Intermediate and Long Term options for school board members, school administrators, tax payers and community members to consider as part of their effort to control school spending. "The book is a valued resource for me." A current school board member. "Dr. Kerr has done an outstanding job of mixing the practical, pragmatic and the theoretical solutions, to common issues and questions facing the school administrator. This book is destined to become a mainstay reference in the libraries of all administrators..." A retired school superintendent. Dr. Ralph P. Kerr spent 30 years in public education, the final 18 years as the Superintendent of Schools in three diverse districts across New York State. Dr. Kerr annually faced the challenge of working with his Board of Education to develop a budget that would be supported by the community, even during a year when mid-year State Aid cuts were passed by the state legislature. Kerr earned a Doctorate in Educational Administration from Syracuse University, a Masters in Counseling and Bachelors in Business Education from the State University of New York at Brockport. Earlier in his career Dr. Kerr was a classroom teacher, counselor and building administrator. He currently serves as President of TLI Inc. in Houghton, NY. and as an adjunct faculty member at SUNY Brockport and Houghton College. Other books by Dr. Kerr include The Sin of Apathy, published by Xulon Press in 2009.

Dr. Mickey Keenan, BCBA-D, Fellow der Britischen Psychologischen Gesellschaft, Senior Lecturer an der University of Ulster, Grunder von PEAT. Dr. Ken P. Kerr, Leitender Behaviour Analyst, Pionier der ABA in der Republik Irland, als erster Behaviour Analyst fur PEAT tatig. Prof. Karola Dillenburger, BCBA-D, Klinische Psychologin, Professorin an der Queen's University Belfast, Koordinatorin des Masterstudiums zu ASS. Der lernpsychologische Ansatz "Applied Behaviour Analysis" (ABA) - als einziger wissenschaftlich belegt - ermoglicht bei autistischen Storungen grosse Fortschritte in Sprache, Entwicklung und Selbstandigkeit. Das Werk schildert praxisnah die Einfuhrung von ABA in Nordirland uber die Initiative PEAT (Parents? Education as Autism Therapists), zudem enthalt es Erlauterungen zur fachlichen und sozialrechtlichen Situation in Deutschland.

Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is an effective behavioural treatment programme widely used with children with autism to improve socially significant behaviours. This practical book gives detailed guidance on how to develop a tailored ABA programme that includes the key features of ABA: detailed individual behaviour assessment, reinforcement strategies to encourage new behaviours and systematic programme implementation. Chapters also include individual family case studies and discuss relevant issues such as day-to-day management of programmes for both younger and older children, collaboration in the community, sibling support, school-based programmes and obtaining services. The international contributors offer practical advice on the approach needed for the successful implementation of ABA. Applied Behaviour Analysis and Autism will be a key resource for parents, teachers, social workers, psychologists, researchers, nurses, health visitors and anyone with an interest in improving the ability to cope with the world of children with autism.

Clear, focused, and practical, this book is a useful introduction to ABA for parents and professionals working with children with autism. Successful child rearing is an essential skill for any parent. For most of us this skill is handed down from our own parents and society in general. In real terms this means that rather than relying on any formal instruction to help us, we bring up our children using skills based largely upon commonsense and a willingness to do our best. These methods are, by-and-large, successful in everyday situations. However, when it comes to more difficult aspects of developing skills in out children, we need something more dependable than good will. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), the systematic implementation of scientifically proven behavioral principles offers just hat. Aimed at enhancing people's lives in ways that they or their careers feel are important, it includes a variety of methods and techniques which can be used to promote, decrease, or maintain skills for daily living.

ABA has been used to help children with autism for many years in many countries. In Northern Ireland the PEAT group offers parents the education necessary to become their own child's therapists using ABA. In this book these parents and the professionals involved in their training share their knowledge, experience, and successes.