Bøger i Actexpress serien

Provides a critical update on major issues that have engaged the field of language testing since its inception. Suitable for those working in, studying or teaching language testing, this title offers the information, discussions, and reflections that address major developments within the field over the past decades.

Examines the relations and interrelations among theoretical and practical analyses of human rights. This volume argues that the language of rights and corresponding legal and political instruments have an important place in contemporary social political philosophy.

Offers a collection of essays in English and in French on the history of Ottawa. This title covers topics such as pre-contact society, French Canadian voyageurs, the early civil service, the first labour organizers and Jewish peddlers. It enables readers to learn about the origins of local street names, and the Great Fire of 1900.

Offers a collection of essays that explores the dialogue between Arabic and European cultures during the medieval period starting from the year 700.

Abuses by international corporations, withdrawal of social services and implementation of regressive legislation continue to impoverish women and reduce the quality of their everyday lives: women have reason to be demoralized. This title reviews women's successes at feminizing Canadian institutions.

Given the challenge of anti-realism, anti-foundationalism, and post-modernism, is rational argument concerning religious belief still possible? This title offers various perspectives on the contemporary discussion of the place of argument in philosophical discussion on God, and on religious belief.

Covers various themes about the Arctic and Antarctic, including the geography, glaciology and glacial history, ecology, living resources, governance, and history of exploration.

Includes the proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in Ottawa from August 18 to 23, 1996.

Includes the proceedings of a conference held in May 1993 under the auspices of the Royal Society of Canada.

Questions of methodology and the use of sources are fundamental to all academic disciplines. This collection of scholarly papers deals with the first principles of source identification and their effective utilization. It is suitable for scholars of methodology.

The revolutionary movements of 1848 viewed the political cataclysm of continental Europe as an explosion of liberty, an age of freedom and equality. This title focuses on the relationship between democratic and socialist currents in 1848, seeking to reassess the relevance of these currents to the era of global economic liberalism.

With its emphasis on high expectations, positive substitute parenting, and good short-term and long-term outcomes, "Looking After Children" has been an important vehicle for promoting resilience in child welfare, one that will remain a beneficial influence in Canada and internationally for many years to come.