New Public Leadership presents a comprehensive, integrated, and practical leadership framework, grounded in the uniqueness of public legal missions, culture, history and values.
Book presents a detailed study of the potential technologies for coupling solar energy and cooling systems. It starts with the theoretical background on the refrigeration cycles and their thermodynami
The book offers an insight on artificial neural networks for giving a robot a high level of autonomous tasks, such as navigation, object recognition, and clustering, with real-time implementations. It
The Gold and Silversmith's Craft Trust Schwabisch Gmund appoints City Goldsmiths since 1989. Famous artists like Max Froehlich, Norman Weber and Deganit Stern Shocken have won the award.
Mangos from India, pasta from Italy, coffee from Colombia: Every day, we are nourished by a global food system that relies on our planet remaining verdant and productive. But current practices are und
Polarized Light and Optical Systems presents polarization optics for undergraduate and graduate students in a way which makes classroom teaching relevant to current issues in optical engineering. This
Faced with the climate change phenomena, humanity now has to contend with changing attitudes with respect to environment protection and depletion of classical energy resources. The objective of t
Heat Conduction, Fifth Edition, upholds its reputation as the leading text in the field for graduate students, and as a resource for practicing engineers.
The contributions to EURO-C 2018 review and discuss research advancements in computational modelling of cementitious materials, and assess the applicability and robustness of methods and models f
CPT’18 will focus on the solution of geotechnical challenges using the cone penetration test CPT, CPT add-on measurements and companion in-situ penetration tools (such as full flow and free fall penet
Driver Feedback in Automotive Engineering presents the outcome of a substantial research project into a relatively neglected area of vehicle design: vehicle feedback. It describes the ’human factors’
The book provides an analytical framework of party institutionalisation which is applied in a comparative study of two right-wing protest parties in Denmark and Norway.
This book is the first attempt to systematically present the knowledge and research progress of phosphorene, another elemental 2D material that can be exfoliated by mechanical or liquid methods as the
This introductory text is a reader friendly treatment of geometrical and physical optics emphasizing problems and solved examples with detailed analysis and helpful commentary. The authors are seasone
This volume addresses the organizational and strategic changes in terrorism in Europe as a result of urban jihadism and the influx of foreign fighters.
This book examines democratic institutions to citizens’ claims related to diversity issues, and the effects of pluralism on democratic process and deliberation. The chapters originally published as a
This introductory text is a reader friendly treatment of geometrical and physical optics emphasizing problems and solved examples with detailed analysis and helpful commentary. The authors are seasone
The book provides valuable knowledge and information for researchers, students, and practitioners to promote and advance research and applications in the field of life-cycle civil engineering. The cha
This book provides an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering, and the recent significant contributions to the process of making rational decisions in bridge design, assessment and moni
The book presents a new political anthropological conceptual framework helpful for understanding the social situation of ethnic and religious minorities. The chapters originally published as a special
Traditionally heat and light are thought as energy sources to drive a particular chemical reaction, but now ultrasound is a promising energy source for this purpose. The collapse of a bubble generates
This handbook is a valuable resource to anyone involved with improvement of people's lives by replacing, restoring, supplementing and improving motor action, and understanding the neural bases of such
Now available in a fully revised and updated fifth edition, Sport Management: Principles and Applications tells you everything you need to know about the contemporary sport industry. Covering both the
Now available in a fully revised and updated fifth edition, Sport Management: Principles and Applications tells you everything you need to know about the contemporary sport industry. Covering both the
Hotly contested, normality remains a powerful, complex category in contemporary law and culture. What is little realized are the ways in which disability underpins and shapes the operation of norms an
Mobile robots have been increasingly applied in many different scenarios, such as space exploration and search and rescue, where the robots are required to travel over uneven terrain while outdoors. T
This book looks at the ways in which people of different age groups engage with issues of a civic and political nature, and the ways in which politics is intertwined with everyday aspects of people’s
Policy Sectors in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies contains chapters that focus on healthcare, environment, education, social welfare, immigration and science and technology policy.
Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies contains chapters that address questions about theory and methodology in the comparative study of public policy.
Institutions and Governance in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies contains chapters that address questions about different modes of governance and comparative studies of institutions.
This volume investigates empirically whether voters behave differently, given different sets of electoral rules. The findings challenge some common vote choice models. The chapters originally publishe
The Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis is a four-volume set, compiled of articles, spanning twenty years, from the highly respected Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.
