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A social anxiety currently pervades the political classes of the western world, arising from the perception that young people have become disaffected with liberal democratic politics. Voter turnout among 18-25 year olds continues to be lower than other age groups and they are less likely to join political parties. This is not, however, proof that young people are not interested in politics per se but is evidence that they are becoming politically socialized within a new media environment. This...

Die Zeit der Biotechnologie ist gekommen: Sie greift zunehmend in unser tägliches Leben ein – und dennoch fehlt nicht nur Laien, sondern oft auch Studierenden und Wissenschaftlern ein fundiertes Wissen. Abhilfe und eine Fülle von Informationen bietet das einführende Lehrbuch von Reinhard Renneberg: eine verständlich geschriebene und visuell opulent aufbereitete Gesamtschau der Biotechnologie. Sie eignet sich zum schnellen Nachschlagen und zum Schmökern ebenso wie für ein intensives Studium. Bere...

Designed for the first course in research methods, this text shows students how to conduct research, design research tools, and evaluate results in health, kinesiology, exercise science, recreation, dance, and all other areas of human performance areas. It provides comprehensive coverage of quantitative and qualitative research methods. New texts now come packaged with Health and Human Performance PowerWeb!

Drawing upon information from many different schools and varied techniques, this text covers hypnotherapy, regression and rapid change techniques.

This book is indeed a "first." A few rubber tins have made cameo appearances in past publications but this is the premier book exclusively about rubber containers-most of which have never been pictured before. Try this on your coffee table and you'll have a fun conversation piece-a trifle naughty but respectable! You and your friends can share hours of enjoyment getting to know about one of the hottest collectibles ever to hit the antique advertising scene! Buying Remember Your Rubbers! can save...

What should be the roles and behavior of administrators to meet the challenges facing social service agencies today? Here is a thought-provoking book that provides a great deal of insight into administrative leadership, an essential component in the survival and effectiveness of social service agencies.In response to the enormous challenges that social service agencies are facing, including justification of their mission, mobilization of resources, and responsiveness to new social needs, experts...

Core concepts and topics in beginning physics are presented in this succinct and readable text. Three sections cover material in the same order as quarter/semester systems. Students will find 290 practice questions complete with answers to help them measure what they've learned.

High-Yield Preparation in General Chemistry is designed to help students grasp the big picture of introductory undergraduate chemistry. Targeted review of the primary concepts is reinforced by practice questions, complete with detailed explanations of the answers. Students can use the book as a companion to their regular text, and as a valuable review tool for graduate level admissions tests such as the MCAT and VCAT. The format is divided into three sections to correspond to the quarter/semes...

Providing an overview of researchers' and practitioners’ “confessions” on the fascinating phenomenon of failed or derailed organizational health and well-being interventions and contextualizing these confessions is the aim of this innovative volume. Organizational intervention failures, paradoxes and unexpected consequences can offer a lot of rich and extremely useful practical lessons on intervention design and implementation and possibly on the design of future research on organizational inter...