Children in Crisis: Seeking Child-Sensitive Policy Responses (Harper Caroline)(Pevná vazba)

Children in Crisis: Seeking Child-Sensitive Policy Responses (Harper Caroline)(Pevná vazba)

Experts from the global North and South analyze the implications of economic crises on children, with a particular focus on the emerging evidence from the recent global economic crisis and food and fuel price volatility of 2008-2010. They point out key policy responses deployed by governments and

Sebastio Salgado. Children (Taschen)(Pevná vazba)

In every crisis situation, children are the greatest victims. Physically weak, they are often the first to succumb to hunger, disease, and dehydration. Innocent to the workings and failings of the world, they are unable to understand why there is danger, why there are people who want to hurt them,

The Children of d'Hara (Goodkind Terry)(Pevná vazba)

In 1994 Wizard's First Rule introduced Richard Cypher, a young woodsman seeking answers and vengeance in the aftermath of his father's murder, and Kahlan Amnell, a mysterious young woman pursued by a bloodthirsty tyrant's assassins. The Sword of Truth is one of the most ambitious fantasy series

After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed (Bacevich Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

A bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Limits of Power and The Age of Illusions. The purpose of U.S. foreign policy has, at least theoretically,

Aesop's Fables (Watson Carol)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of eight of Aesop's best-loved fables retold for children growing in reading confidence. Sly foxes, thirsty storks and greedy dogs all feature in these fun stories, each with its own moral at the end. Usborne Young Reading has been developed with reading experts from Roehampton

Trauma Responsive Child Welfare Systems (Strand Virginia C.)(Pevná vazba)

Introduction: Developing Trauma Sensitive Child Welfare Systems.- Applying Trauma Theory to Agency Practice.- Applying Trauma Theory to Organizational Culture.- The Role of Cultural Competence in Trauma Informed Agencies and Services.- Trauma Informed Family Engagement with Resistant Clients.-

Public Finance - A Contemporary Application of Theory to Policy (Hyman David (North Carolina State University))(Pevná vazba)

The Police: Every Little Thing: The Adventures of Sting, Stewart and Andy (Stafford Caroline)(Pevná vazba)

Bringing Up Race - How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World (Asika Uju)(Pevná vazba)

Why we need to talk to our children about race and how to go about

Detection Avoidance in Homicide: Debates, Explanations and Responses (Ferguson Claire)(Pevná vazba)

Detection Avoidance in Homicides: Debates, Explanations and Responses presents theory and research on how offenders avoid detection and the challenges and opportunities these efforts pose to investigators. From a scholarly perspective, the book presents a continuing history of research on

Morbid Symptoms: An Anatomy of a World in Crisis (Sassoon Donald)(Pevná vazba)

Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration (Barkow Rachel Elise)(Pevná vazba)

America's criminal justice policy reflects irrational fears stoked by politicians seeking to win election. A preeminent legal scholar argues that reform guided by evidence, not politics and emotions, will reduce crime and reverse mass incarceration. The United States has the world's highest rate of

Time to Recharge, Harper! (Miller Kelly Leigh)(Pevná vazba)

Even robots need to recharge in this cheeky picture book about the importance of naptime. Harper the robot does not like to re-charge his battery. His classroom is full of fun things to do, but he can't do any of them when he's all plugged in. So what's a busy bot to do? Author-illustrator Kelly

Evolution or Revolution?: Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy After the Great Recession (Blanchard Olivier)(Pevná vazba)

Leading economists discuss post-financial crisis policy dilemmas, including the dangers of complacency in a period of relative stability.The Great Depression led to the Keynesian revolution and dramatic shifts in macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic policy. Similarly, the stagflation of the 1970s

Law of Two Child Norm in Panchayat (Buch Nirmala)(Pevná vazba)

Life Without Lead, 4: Contamination, Crisis, and Hope in Uruguay (Renfrew Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

A Crisis Wasted: Barack Obama's Defining Decisions (Hundt Reed)(Pevná vazba)

This book is the compelling story of President Obama's domestic policy decisions made between September 2008 and his inauguration on January 20, 2009. Unlike all other presidents except Abraham Lincoln--who decided not to allow slavery to expand westward before he was sworn in--Barack Obama

The Transatlantic Reconsidered: The Atlantic World in Crisis (Lerg Charlotte A.)(Pevná vazba)

The Atlantic community seems to be in crisis and it is time to critically rethink past narratives and traditional frameworks of transatlantic relations. Exploring the historiography and legacies of the Atlantic World, contributors open up new, transnational, and global perspectives, helping us to

Our House is on Fire - Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis (Ernman Malena)(Pevná vazba)

Poststructural Policy Analysis: A Guide to Practice (Bacchi Carol)(Pevná vazba)

Part I Asking new policy questions 1 Introduction 22 Making politics visible: The WPR approach 153 Key themes and concepts 33Power, knowledge and resistance 34Practices, events and relations 39Discourses and discursive practices 43Problematizing, problematizations, self-problematization

Transforming State Responses to Feminicide: Women's Movements, Law and Criminal Justice Institutions in Brazil (Macaulay Fiona)(Pevná vazba)

Neighbours (Steel Danielle)(Pevná vazba)

A community come together in a time of crisis in Neighbours, a powerful, gripping novel by the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle

Frozen River - Seeking Silence in the Himalaya (Crowden James)(Pevná vazba)

'A tour de force of luminous writing.' Mark Cocker,

Reinventing Management: Smarter Choices for Getting Work Done (Birkinshaw Julian)(Pevná vazba)

The economic crisis was not just caused by a failure of regulation or economic policy; it was a story of the failure of management in a fundamental sense--a deeply flawed approach to management that encouraged bankers to pursue opportunities without regard for their long-term consequences, and to