This well-known little book synthesizes the perfect devotion to Our Lady encouraged by both St. Louis de Montfort, famous for his True Devotion to Mary, and Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, the founder of the Society of Mary. Written as a dialogue between the disciple and Jesus and Mary (a la The Imitation of Christ), it contains an entire program of life, practical and humble, that unites oneself to Jesus through Mary. As Jesus (by His own Eternal Volition) was filled with sublime, indee...

The debate on governance originates in the OECD world. At the latest since the postcolonial debate, we know that we need to “test” our assumptions under radically different conditions. This book offers an extended perspective of local self-governance by examining cases from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America, together with a study of militias in the USA. The chapters present a wide variety of local actors who pursue different notions of order legitimized by local traditions based on hie...

New Studies in Deweyan Education examines in detail some of John Dewey’s most influential writings by connecting them with contemporary issues, perspectives, controversies, and debates. By bringing together scholars from the United States and Germany, this volume offers an international perspective on current implications, challenges, and risks of democracy and education in the contemporary world.This book elaborates on the continuing relevance, resourcefulness, and richne...

"Makes a distinct contribution to the field, addressing a critical area of responsibility for schools under IDEA 2004."—Gary Clark, Professor of Special EducationUniversity of Kansas"Will become a valuable resource to many stakeholders."—Jeanne Repetto, Professor of Special EducationUniversity of FloridaHelp students with disabilities transition successfully into adult life!Assisting students wi...

Urban resilience and building resilience are “hot topics” of research and practice on sustainability in the context of climate change. The edited volume advances the “state of art” of urban resilience research through focusing on three important processes of building resilience: knowledge integration, implementation, and learning. In the volume, knowledge integration primarily refers to the combination of specialized knowledge domains (e.g., flood risk management and urban planning). Imple...

Mit diesem Buch erhalten Sie das englische E-Book inklusive!Internationale Handelsbeziehungen sind auch für den Mittelstand unerlässlich. Aber ohne eine globale Marktstrategie ist das Debüt auf internationalem Parkett riskant und kann schließlich sogar das Aus für ein Unternehmen bedeuten. Michael Neubert weiß, welche Erfolgsprinzipien einer gelungenen Expansion zugrunde liegen. Mit den Tools und Lösungsvorschlägen aus diesem Buch erhält jeder internationale Manager ein solides Rüs...

A field-defining collection of new voices on gender, feminism, and geography.Feminist Geography Unbound is a call to action—to expand imaginations and to read and travel more widely and carefully through terrains that have been cast as niche, including Indigenous and decolonial feminisms, Black geographies, and trans geographies. The original essays in this collection center three themes to unbind and enable different feminist futures: discomfort ...

Diversity is an unavoidable aspect of twenty-first century living. The authors in this volume engage in cross-difference conversations with other thinkers from earlier periods and other philosophical traditions in order to reconstruct pragmatism and cosmopolitanism in ways that are more attuned to our lived experience of diversity.

Many contemporary constructivists are particularly attuned to Dewey's penetrating criticism of traditional epistemology, which offers rich alternatives for understanding processes of learning and education, knowledge and truth, and experience and culture.This book, the result of cooperation between the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and the Dewey Center at the University of Cologne, provides an excellent example of the international character o...

John Dewey is considered not only as one of the founders of pragmatism, but also as an educational classic whose approaches to education and learning still exercise great influence on current discourses and practices internationally. In this book, the authors first provide an introduction to Dewey's educational theories that is founded on a broad and comprehensive reading of his philosophy as a whole. They discuss Dewey's path-breaking contributions by focusing on three important paradigm ...

A famous little book based on the teaching of Fr. Chaminade. "Conversations" between the disciple of Mary on the one hand and Jesus and the Blessed Mother on the other. All about imitation of Our Lord's filial love for His Mother. Leads the soul to be an apostle in daily life; bringing others to Jesus and Mary. A complete, practical program of life, uniting one to Jesus and Mary. Beloved spiritual classic. Impr. 140 pgs;