Adam Smith (1723-90) is a thinker with a distinctive perspective on human behaviour and social institutions. He is best known as the author of the An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). Yet his work is name-checked more often than it is read and then typically it is o[...]

Corporate Responsibility (CR) has never been prominent on the corporate agenda. More companies are coming to understand that it is in their economic interest to address social and environmental impacts in a manner that is integrated with their operations. This title takes an approach to CR. It is ba[...]

Francis Palmer Smith was the principal designer of Atlanta-based Pringle and Smith, one of the leading firms of the early twentieth-century South. Smith was an academic eclectic who created traditional, history-based architecture grounded in the teachings of the ecole des Beaux-Arts. As "The Archite[...]

This is a new highly practical guide to doing mentoring in practice. It explains how to support student nurses from the day that they arrive on placement in six straightforward, concise and clear chapters. The book is packed full of resources and learning features, including: * Action plans for mana[...]

This Handbook provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of research and theory about social development in children from pre-school age to the onset of adolescence.* Forms part of a series of four Blackwell Handbooks in Developmental Psychology spanning infancy to adolescence.* Contributors [...]

The second edition of Presidential Campaign Communication is designed to help readers understand and appreciate how the people of the United States use human communication to select their presidents. It explores presidential politics as one of the things about which Americans talk, thereby building [...]

"The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development"," Second Edition" presents an authoritative and up-to-date overview of research and theory concerning a child's social development from pre-school age to the onset of adolescence. Presents the most up-to-date research and theories on chi[...]

Experts estimate Americans consume more than 25 percent of the world's oil but have control over less than 3 percent of its supply. The authors explore the international and domestic politics of oil production and consumption, including the manipulation of world economies and the wealth of oil congl[...]

The definitive book on workplace accountability by the "New York Times" bestselling authors of "How Did That Happen?"
Since it was originally published in 1994, "The Oz Principle" has sold nearly 600,000 copies and become the worldwide bible on accountability. Through its practical and invaluab[...]