2.1 Background and Objective This research explores the Housemothers' vision on care at the Assessment Center of World Hope International, where they provide aftercare for victims of sexual abuse and exploitation. World Hope International, a Christian relief and development organization (founded in the …

This report was written in order to find out if the current and previous implemented smoking bans have had effect on the smoking behaviour of Dutch citizens and the citizens of the state of California and to see to what extent they had effect. In order to find out what the effects were of the smoking …

Much of the discussion about Wikipedia, both in the news and in more scholarly circles, still largely reflects the concerns found in populist perspectives. What’s missing is an informed, radical critique from the inside. The Critical Point of View (CPOV) research initiative, whose material is brought …

This paper is based on all text received since the conference was announced late in 2009. Prospective participants were informed that no individual papers were expected but that the conference would be structured around one document, baptized ‘Lead-paper’, that would go through several rounds of amendments, …

One of the key elements of the vision of The Hague University is its international character; the students should feel themselves as global citizens. European Studies (ES) is one of the most important international-orientated study programmes within The Hague University which educates students to become …

The advent of the internet as a publicly available service in the 1990s set new standards for communication. With e-mailing and chatting in the picture, the way people talk to each other was revolutionized; within years, it became normal to have a least one personal computer per household in the westernized …

Within a study on ‘musicians as lifelong learners’, explorative biographical research was used. When analysing the learning biographies informed by grounded theory, the emergence of profession-related health issues was striking. More than half of the portrayed musicians suffered from both physical and …

I am glad to share the major findings of my bachelor thesis with you. Let me first give you an insight in the current situation within IBM and the Madrid International Services Centre.The global economy is suffering from a crisis hitting several big corporate players. Nevertheless,IBM and the Centre …

Communication on Europe was never a priority in the Netherlands, until it became clear in 2005 that the Dutch people did not support the European Constitution. When on 12 June 2007 the Irish people voted against the Lisbon Treaty, the renewed constitutional treaty, one could speak of a consistency in …

Small scale producers face many opportunities and also huge challenges in today’s markets. Market liberalization since the 1980s has cut back the support services provided by the state and forced producer to face the risks of often weak and volatile markets. Further more those who are able to access …