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Order from Chaos outlines the dynamics of disasters in terms of the emotional needs of those affected and suggests how agencies can plan to respond to those needs both in the immediate aftermath of a crisis and in the long term. The revised and expanded edition of this highly successful book consolidates the core elements of good practice, while bringing theory and practice issues fully up-to-date.

A course in analysis dealing essentially with functions of a real variable, this text for upper-level undergraduate students introduces the basic concepts in their simplest setting and proceeds with numerous examples, theorems stated in a practical manner, and coherently expressed proofs. 1955 edition.

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The teen and college years are a crucial time for girls, when positive or negative views about their bodies often become manifest. Written to eating disorder sufferers who are at this critical age, Thin Enough provides hope that, through faith and trust in God, they too can rise above the living death of eating disorders and arise as God's daughters, full of life and with a promising future.

Looks at how Virginia Woolf, as well as her husband Leonard, used the concept of madness and the profession of psychiatry to manage and manipulate their own and each other's lives. The author interprets Virginia Woolf's life and work as expressions of her character, and her character as the "product" of her free will.

A child can't be owned, but parents are legally responsible for their child's care. A painting and a dog can be owned, both fall under the jurisdiction of the law and in particular, property rights. But why should a dog, man's best friend, an animal with a mind and emotions, fall under the same category as a painting? How could the law be so foolish? Requiring legal guardianship for animals would have radical consequences for how we live our l...

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More than 450 years have passed since Luther's famous protest at Wittenberg, a protest that has come to stand for and represent the whole of the Reformation. In a very real sense, of course, the Reformation 'is' Luther, and Luther 'is' the Reformation. The acid test, therefore, of any work on this period is whether the author understands, and has the capacity to communicate, the fundamental concerns of Luther. In this book, Professor Atkinson...

This engaging biography seeks to explain Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle's apparent contradictions by placing special emphasis on his formative years as the only child in an immigrant, staunchly pro-labor family in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and his training as a seminarian and curate in the rigidly traditional Church of his adopted New York.

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Experts in adolescent psychology offer parents and professionals valuable strategies to help teenagers rechannel aggression and become resilient.

PEERS, PIRATES, AND PERSUASION: RHETORIC IN THE PEER-TO-PEER DEBATES investigates the role of rhetoric in shaping public perceptions about a novel technology: peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. While broadband Internet services now allow speedy transfers of complex media files, Americans face real uncertainty about whether peer-to-peer file sharing is or should be legal. John Logie analyzes the public arguments growing out of more than five y...

Arguing that rhetorical listening facilitates conscious identifications needed for cross-cultural communication, the author establishes eavesdropping, and listening pedagogically as approaches to rhetorical listening. She defines rhetorical listening, addressing identifications with gender and whiteness within public debates and pedagogy.

Peter F. Drucker ist der bedeutendste Management-Denker unserer Zeit und gilt als der "Vater des Managements". Zentral für sein Denken ist die Annahme, dass der Manager nur dann seiner sozialen Funktion auf Dauer gerecht werden kann, wenn er sein Handeln an bestimmten Werten orientiert: Charakter, Selbstkontrolle, Verantwortung, Pflicht, Würde, intellektuelle Integrität, permanente Selbstentwicklung und die Fähigkeit, Wandel gezielt zu forcier...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Die vorliegende Diplomarbeit thematisiert die Methode des Case Managements in der Arbeit mit Suchtkranken unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der sozialen Netzwerkarbeit. Case Management als ein Konzept der Sozialen Arbeit, findet in vielen sozialpädagogischen Fachrichtungen Verwendung und wird auch in anderen Bereichen, wie beispielsweise im Gesundheitswesen eingesetzt. Ich stelle diese Methode in der Arbeit mit Sucht...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Sich wandelnde Konsumentenbedürfnisse, Standardisierung versus Differenzierung, neue Informationsflüsse und -systeme sowie zunehmende Konsumentenmobilität bilden Kernprobleme der Markenpolitik international aktiver Konsumgüterunternehmen. Dies sind beispielhafte Problemfelder in der internationalen Markenpolitik, mit denen sich global tätige Unternehmen der Konsumgüterindustrie auseinander setzen müssen, wenn sie das...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Der andauernde Wettbewerb in der Tourismusbranche verlangt nach neuen Ideen für die Präsentation touristischer Regionen. Mobile Endgeräte werden immer leistungsfähiger, und Unternehmen aus der Telekommunikationsbranche unterstützen massiv die Verflechtung von mobilen Endgeräten mit dem Alltag der Menschen. Große Erwartungen sind mit der Einführung und flächenmäßigen Verbreitung von drahtlosen Netzwerktechnologien wie...

Explains Cynicism's rise in popularity in the ancient world by exploring the set of attitudes that collectively formed the Greek praise of poverty. The author argues that economic, military, and philosophical thought contains explicit criticisms of wealth and praise of poverty. This is a work of ancient Cynicism and its classical environment.

Offers a glimpse into the cultural, social, and spiritual lives of modern Mormons.