“…. - Frequently asked questions This book is an invaluable resource for all therapists and counsellors, whether in training or practice. …”

“…It explores the implementation and impact of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), alongside other United Nations frameworks. …”

“…Following Cicero, pirates have traditionally been cast as especially depraved robbers and the enemy of all, but Heebøll-Holm shows that piracy was often part of private wars between English, French, and Gascon ports and mariners, occupying a liminal space between crime and warfare. …”

“…The book examines ideas and practices such as independent journalism, peace journalism, meta-journalism, virtual interactivity, talk-back radio and community radio, which have all been designed to renew audience interest in media and societal affairs. …”

“…To facilitate direct comparison of all Sinai dialects, the dialect descriptions in both volumes run parallel and are thus structured in the same manner. …”

“…Critical of psychiatry's mere symptomatology, and of much psychotherapeutic practice as superficial and sterile, the present volume probes compellingly into the narcissistic pattern in an effort to delineate its structure in all its complexity and thereby gain a measure of perspective and distance from this most intractable of psychic states…”

“…Yet his life and work are shrouded in the mystery of who Babel' was-an Odessa Jew who wrote in Russian, who came from one of the most vibrant centers of east European Jewish culture, and who all his life loved Yiddish and the stories of Sholom Aleichem This is the first book in English to study the intertextuality of Babel''s work. …”

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“…This volume focuses on the new and diversifying interactions between civil society and the state in contemporary East Asia by including cases of entanglement and contention in the three fully consolidated democracies in the area: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The book argues that all three countries have reached a new era of post high-growth and mature democracy, leading to new social anxieties and increasing normative diversity, which have direct repercussions on the relationship between the state and civil society. …”

“…These legal standards have arisen in an interaction between different groups such as doctors (and in particular their professional group the Royal Dutch Society for the Promotion of Medicine), patient advocates (in particular the Dutch Association for Voluntary Euthanasia and health experts), advisory bodies, the judiciary, and the Medical Inspectorate for Public Health and the medical disciplinary colleges), various political bodies and institutions and all kinds of individuals who may or may not have professionally engaged in the debate on euthanasia. …”

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“…In den beiden Weltkriegen übertraf ihr Vernichtungspotential alle Vorstellungen. Seither prägten sie die Weltentwicklung - von Palästina, Indien/Pakistan bis zu Ruanda, wobei es hier wie früher friedliche Alternativen gegeben hätte. …”

“…Dabei konzentriert es sich auf die Publikation von Texten, bietet aber auch einen Ausblick auf das Data Publishing. Es wendet sich an alle, die den barrierefreien Zugang zu wissenschaftlichen Informationen als ihr Anliegen sehen und die Open Access bereits jetzt praktizieren oder künftig in unterschiedlichen Rollen dazu beitragen wollen…”

“…At a time when the prevalence of mood disorders and antidepressant consumption are at an all-time high, the need for a comprehensive historical understanding of how modern depressive illness came into being has never been more urgent. …”

“…Die Psychosen stellen die Psychoanalyse vor große Probleme, vor denen sie lange zurückgewichen ist. 14 Autoren, alle Mitglieder der lacanianisch orientierten Gruppierung »Assoziation für die Freudsche Psychoanalyse«, zeigen, dass eine fruchtbare Arbeit mit Psychotikern möglich ist. …”

“…Michael Hoffmann untersucht den Einfluss des Ersten Weltkriegs auf die Geburt einer gemäßigten parlamentarischen Rechten in Frankreich, die zum ersten Mal alle bürgerlich-nationalen Kräfte in einer Fraktion und ab 1924 in einer Partei, der Fédération Républicaine, gruppiert. …”

“…Through a comparison of how these laws have been received and practiced in all of the Scandinavian countries, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the author presents a nuanced study of a fascinating political process that began in the 1960s and continues to change the way we understand family, sexuality and nation…”

“…Why do early films present the Netherlands as a country full of canals and windmills, where people wear traditional costumes and wooden shoes, while industries and modern urban life are all but absent? Where do such visual clichés come from? …”

“…The introductory essay draws on the findings of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding, which was chaired by Sen, and established to promote mutual communication and understanding among all faiths and communities in the Commonwealth. …”