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This book explores the theoretical paradoxes and practical dilemmas that flow from the still radical idea that in a democracy it is the people who rule, and argues that accepting the open and uncertain character of democratic politics can lead to more sustainable and widespread forms of democratic engagement.

Contents: -Teaching as Evolution-Teaching as Autobiography-Teaching as Love-Teaching as Hope and Possibility-Teaching as Anger and Desperation-Teaching as Intellectual Work-Teaching as Democratic Practice-Teaching as Shaping Futures-Final Thoughts: What Keeps Teachers Going in Spite of Everything?

Few issues seem able to polarise the nation as easily as affirmative action. The question of how, even whether, to rectify past discrimination in jobs, schools, and law against women and minorities is a perpetually vexing one. While some call for a quota system to set minimum percentages and numbers for minority positions, others say qualifications should take precedence over race when hiring an employee, admitting a student, or enforcing a la...

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Rabbi Jonathan Magonet has long been engaged in interfaith dialogue, and in this book he explores the issues that arise with such an encounter and challenges the Jewish community to broaden its commitment to interfaith dialogue in a complex and rapidly changing world.

Increasingly, people, computers and microelectronic devices are being linked together to bring to life the communications mantra: anybody, anything, anytime, anywhere. Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks are an essential part of the complex puzzle that will solve the problem of ultimate connectivity. Understanding wireless Personal and Local Area Networks (WPANs and WLANs) is, in itself, a problem - due to the fact that there are many t...

Is there really a God, and if so, what is God actually like? Is there an afterlife, and if so, is there such a thing as eternal punishment for unrepentant sinners, as many orthodox Christians and Muslims believe? And is it really true that our unconscious minds are connected to a higher spiritual reality, and if so, could this higher spiritual reality be the very same thing that religionists call "God"? In his latest book. Raymond M. Smullyan ...

Good preaching is the present Word of God to his people", argues J. I. Packer. And it is to communicate this that is our first calling. In this inspiring collection of essays, experienced preachers explore the different aspects of preaching.

The city is an essential theme of modernity in literature, architecture, photography and film. This book first focuses on ardent reactions to the metropolitan explosion in the nineteenth century, with Baudelaire and Poe as key figures. More recent representations of the city are then investigated, in Europe and the United States. Lombardo reflects on the way in which the changes in human perception created by urbanization are expressed in the ...

The city is an essential theme of modernity in literature, architecture, photography and film. This book first focuses on ardent reactions to the metropolitan explosion in the nineteenth century, with Baudelaire and Poe as key figures. More recent representations of the city are then investigated, in Europe and the United States. Lombardo reflects on the way in which the changes in human perception created by urbanization are expressed in the ...

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In den letzten Jahren hat sich der Workshop "Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin" durch erfolgreiche Veranstaltungen etabliert. In übersichtlicher Form wird das breite Spektrum universitärer und industrieller Anwendung und Forschung dargestellt. Dieser Band enthält 131 Beitrage, davon einige in englischer Sprache, u. a. zu folgenden Themen: Segmentierung, Registrierung, Visualisierung, Optische 3D-Sensoren in der Medizin, bildgebende Diagnostik, ...

The 18 revised full papers presented in this book together with an introductory survey were carefully reviewed and constitute the documentation of the Second International Workshop on Self-adaptive Software, IWSAS 2001, held in Balatonfüred, Hungary in May 2001. Self-adaptive software evaluates its own behavior and changes it when the evaluation indicates that the software does not accomplish what it is intended to do or when better function...

The prayers in this book - almost all written by young people - remind us of what real prayer is: open and honest talking with God. The simple and direct language and the clear purpose of the prayers are powerful reminders that when we pray, God wants us to be real - real about ourselves, our family and friends, our hopes, our fears, our faith in him. Life is passionate, particularly when we're young. 'Prayers for Teenagers' aims to help us re...

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This classic work has helped shape the field of international relations and especially influenced scholars interested in how foreign policy is made. At a time when conventional wisdom and traditional approaches are being questioned, and when there is increased interest in the importance of process, the insights of Snyder, Bruck and Sapin have continuing and increased relevance. Prescient in its focus on the effects on foreign policy of individ...

The second amazing activity book featuring "Captain Underpants" and all your favourite characters, and including a whole sheet of stickers.

Addressed not only to those interested in the culture and politics of present day India, but also to those more generally concerned with theories of kingship and ritual and the complex fate of postcolonial nation states.

This publication aims to identify what works in the policy and practice of adult learning, drawing on the experience of nine OECD countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (England). It def

In a detailed, chronologically ordered discussion, they traces the evolving opinion of the nation's highest court from the late nineteenth century to the present, analyzing issues, arguments, holdings, and outcomes.