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For 50 years, Good Grief has helped millions of readers, including NFL players and a former first lady, find comfort and hope after loss, and now this classic text is available in a new edition with a foreword by one of the nation's leading communicators of health-care information and an afterword by the author's daughters, explaining how the book came to be. Reprint.
Two sections of EarthÕs crust meet to form the Great Rift Valley in the middle of Ethiopia. Bordering the valley are some of AfricaÕs most expansive highland areas, lending Ethiopia the nickname, Òthe roof of Africa.Ó Discover the diversity of landscapes, people, and wildlife in this informative title for young readers.
Democracy today faces deep and complex challenges, especially when it comes to political communication and the quality of public discourse. Dishonest and manipulative communication amplified by unscrupulous politicians and media pervades these diabolical times, enabling right-wing populism, extremism, truth denial, and authoritarianism to flourish. To tackle these issues, we need to encourage meaningful deliberative communication – creating spaces for reflective and constructive dialogue, repairing unhealthy public spheres while preserving healthier ones, and building discursive bridges across deep divides. Citizens who see through elite manipulations should be at the core of this response, especially if bad elite behavior is to be effectively constrained. Democratic activists and leaders, diverse interpersonal networks, resilient public spheres, deliberative innovations and clever communication strategies all have vital roles to play in both defending and renewing democracy. Healthy discursive infrastructures can make democracies work again.
This Element addresses the criticisms of the Multiple Stream Framework, the lack of empirical research, and the inconsistent operationalization of key concepts. It established a community of scholars. With Public Policy it develops a comprehensive guide for conducting MSF research.
Examining a central assumption widely accepted as being crucial in making democracy work - that politicians form a more or less accurate image of public opinion and take that perception into account when representing citizens - Politicians' Reading of Public Opinion and its Biases presents a paradox of representation. On the one hand, politicians invest enormously in reading public opinion. They are committed to finding out what the people want and public opinion is a key consideration in many of their undertakings. Yet, on the other hand, politicians' perceptions of public opinion are surprisingly inaccurate. Politicians are hardly better at estimating public opinion than ordinary citizens ...
Geachte lezer biedt je hulp bij het schrijven van een doel- en lezergerichte zakenbrief. Het boek bevat schrijfadviezen, praktijkvoorbeelden en oefenopdrachten.Geachte lezer bestaat uit twee delen. In deel I krijg je algemene adviezen om op een doelmatige en doeltreffende manier een doel- en lezergerichte brief te schrijven. Je ziet welke consequenties doel- en lezergerichtheid hebben voor de keuze van de briefonderdelen, structuurmiddelen, stijl en vormgeving. Wil je bijvoorbeeld een klachtenbrief, sollicitatiebrief of verkoopbrief schrijven, dan heb je baat bij de specifieke adviezen in deel II.