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The elections of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair in the 1990s saw the consolidation and completion of critical aspects of the Reagan-Thatcher fiscal agenda. It was thought that the process of adopting common fiscal policies was caused by economic integration and globalization; this study reveals a more comprehensive explanation.

Makes medical statistics easy to understand for students, practicing physicians, and researchers. This book begins with databases from clinical medicine and uses such data to give multiple worked-out illustrations of every method.

Helps the reader understand and implement performance metrics and the organizational scorecard concept. This title reviews the top balanced scorecard software, provides case studies and checklists, and shows companies how to get started on the road to quality performance measurement.

Aims to bring hope and clarity to cases involving patients who experience progress as a threat to their emotional well-being. This book addresses the so-called resistant patient the clinicians are familiar with and demonstrates how to understand patients that are resistant to progress. It is useful for the practising psychoanalysts.

An accessible textbook for students and practitioners of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. It will be useful for scientists working with lasers. The book comes with an extensive freely downloadable software package and many colourful and animated illustrations. Additional materials are available for instructors.

Takes a psychodynamic approach to understanding recent technological and theoretical shifts in the field of psychotherapy. The author provides an overview and analysis of a wide variety of new perspectives on sex, sexuality, gender, and identity; new theories about sex's role in therapy; and new discoveries about the human brain and how it works.

"This book describes an integrative, strengths-based approach to individual and family psychotherapy guided by the effects of abuse trauma on the development of sibling relationships. It fills a void in the training and education of family violence professionals and validates sibling experiences as an important part of human development"--

Focuses on Italian colonialism in the context of other European colonial systems, and explores Italian attitudes to other cultures, examining how this attitude of expansionism is reflected in the physical and ideological environment.

Past scholars have tried to classify psychoanalysis as an intrinsically positivist science, with varying degrees of success. This title creates an interreferential schema which balances the influences of postmodernism, complexity theory, and neuroscience as its key factors.

Defines the term 'highly sensitive' for the professional researcher and practitioner. This book dispels common misconceptions about the relationship between sensitivity and other personality traits, such as introversion and shyness, and also defines the trait for the benefit of both the clinician and patient.

Deals with the developments in the field of executive coaching. This book describes several important psychological theories and how to effectively translate them into coaching strategies, and essential business lessons in leadership, marketing, and the corporate viewpoint along with vocabulary for the therapist.

Gives clinicians knowledge to deal with various aspects of female domestic violence, from dealing with their first client to filling out paperwork correctly. This book defines female violence and helps readers overcome pre-existing gender stereotypes.

Teaches students through a common factors point-of-view, combining research, case studies, multiple treatment orientations, and a perspective that describes the personal growth of a clinician's career. This book offers students of child and adolescent psychotherapy insights into the practice of a child psychologist.

What transformation would happen if we could combine the best of liberal politics with psychology? This book investigates the avenues for creating a fresh branch of psychology, a transformative political psychology. It explores stories of political destiny, and questions of development opportunities for political development.