Jane Green & Will Jennings 
Politics of Competence [PDF ebook] 
Parties, Public Opinion and Voters

This book mainly explores the lived experiences of six women, including the author herself, with physical disabilities in China. The book provides in-depth descriptions of each woman’s experiences in …

Successful learning is as much about emotion as it is about cognition Discover how to manage the emotional dynamics of learning success and build strong relationships in order to realize profound ach …

In the 1970s, an important change of emphasis had occurred in the field of alcoholism. Instead of seeing alcoholism as an ‘all or none phenomenon’ it was now recognised that a continuum of alcohol pr …

This book presents accounts of the practice of the person-centred approach (PCA) with people suffering from a range of severe and enduring conditions by the world’s top practioners. Comprehensively r …

Improve grading practices with support from families Educators seeking to transform age-old grading practices face numerous challenges, particularly when it comes to gaining support from students’ fa …

The average American listens to the radio three hours a day. In light of recent technological developments such as internet radio, some argue that the medium is facing a crisis, while others claim we …

Through an examination of the Chicago Initiative, Silver analyzes how elite philanthropists exercise social control over community organizations that do work in poor neighborhoods. …

Being mobile in today”s world is influenced by many aspects including transnational ties, increased ease of access to transport, growing accessibility to technology, knowledge and information and ch …

In these far-reaching essays, Stanley Aronvitz examines some of the crucial cultural shifts associated with the crisis of modernity and argues that art is a kind of social knowledge. …

Despite the unprecedented growth of arbitration and other means of ADR in treaties and transnational contracts in recent years, there remains no clearly defined mechanism for control of the system. O …