This paper analyses the regional integration possibilities for MERCOSUR, which is a regional integration scheme in South America. The initial goal of MERCOSUR was the creation of a common market. However, MERCOSUR was not able to reach this goal and it created a customs union instead. This paper analyses …

Germany has been an influential member state in the European Union, but how influential has Germany been in shaping EU-policies? What domestic policies did Germany upload to shape the EU-policies and what major EU policies did it download to shape domestic policies? This dissertation has researched Germany’s …

Despite changing attitudes towards animal testing and current legislation to protect experimental animals, the rate of animal experiments seems to have changed little in recent years. On May 15–16, 2013, the In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform (IVTIP) held an open meeting to discuss the state of the …

Summary Social impact assessment (SIA) developed alongside EIA in the early 1970s as a mechanism to consider the social impacts of planned interventions. The early understanding tended to limit the practical application of SIA to the project level, usually within the context of regulatory frameworks, …

In het schooljaar 2010-2011 hebben 29.094 studenten het middelbaar beroepsonderwijs (MBO) verlaten zonder diploma (Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, 2011). Om vroegtijdig schoolverlaten terug te dringen wordt er door middel van aantrekkelijk onderwijs gestreefd naar verhoging van het ambitieniveau …

‘There are other options’ is the title of a literary research study into the merits of interventions by a multidisciplinary team based on psychomotor therapy, regarding the treatment of self-mutilating patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The book ‘Omgaan met zelfbeschadiging en suïcidaal …

In service design projects, collaboration between design consultant and service provider can be problematic. The nature of these projects requires a high level of shared understanding and commitment, which providers may not be used to. We studied designer-provider collaboration in multiple real-life …

Social media speelt een steeds belangrijkere rol in de communicatie van organisaties. Het gaat om bijvoorbeeld het gebruik door (potentiële) klanten, stakeholders, en natuurlijk om het gebruik door de organisatie zelf. Klanten verspreiden bijvoorbeeld meningen en het kan goed zijn voor organisaties om …

With changing retirement ages and an aging workforce, interest is growing on the potential contribution of relevant bundles of HR practices in eliciting well-being and performance among aging workers. Drawing on theories on lifespan development and self-regulation, we distinguished two bundles of HR …

Hoofdstuk 20 in Werken in gedwongen kader. 20.1 Inleiding 20.2 Consistentie: door de cliënt ervaren samenhang 20.3 Continuïteit: samenhang in tijd 20.4 Commitment: betrokkenheid van de professional 20.5 Consolidatie