This book explores the role of policy expertise in a democratic society. From the perspectives of political science and policy theory, the chapters examine the implications of deliberative democratic governance for professional expertise and extends them to specific policy practices. Following the earlier lead of John Dewey, the discussion focuses in particular on the ways professional practices might be reoriented to assist citizens in understanding and discussing the complex policy issues of an advanced technological society. In doing so, it also explores how public deliberation can be improved through more cooperative forms of policy inquiry.

Brainlash is a comprehensive guide that complements medical treatment for anyone with mild brain injury. Written in a down-to-earth, practical style, the book covers virtually every aspect of everyday life that a brain injury sufferer will need to recover, from driving and sex to self-esteem. Brainlash includes detailed options and services for patients, family members, physicians, attorneys, and anyone affected by this surprisingly common condition. This revised and updated edition contains ten new chapters and features up-to-date finding, case studies, a list of resources, and a comprehensive bibliography.

Car manufacturing epitomizes modern industry, yet the overall perspective has been lost in speculation and self-promotion. Based on six years of research, this book is the first in years to reassess the industry. The result is a paradigm that quantifies the fundamental economies of scale and firm organizational structure.

MICHAEL S WYNN-WILLIAMS is currently the Senior Analyst (Japan and South Korea) for Global Insight Ltd and has extensive experience of the automobile industry in both a professional and academic capacity. He holds a PhD in automotive economics from Cardiff Business School, UK and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University.

Bassam Abu Sharif was one of the most notorious and dangerous terrorists in the sixties and seventies, acting as “minister of propaganda” for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and as a recruiter for terrorists (including Carlos the Jackal). In 1972, a bomb was placed in a book (the memoirs of Che Guevara) and sent to him, leaving him half-blind, deaf in one ear, and almost fingerless. He later became one of Arafat’s closest advisers and one of the minds behind the Oslo Peace Treaty between Israel and the PLO. This is his first-hand account of the inner-working of Arafat's regime, the PLO, Fatah and the relationship that allowed Abu Sharif to encourage important strides toward peace. In taking readers behind the scenes of all the major events in thirty years of Middle East politics, Abu Sharif delivers a unique living history of Palestine.

A distillation of over 25 years of work by one of the world's most renowned computer scientists, Leslie Lamport. Useful for software and hardware engineers working in areas such as networking, communications, and data management.

This volume collects four sharp philosophical essays by Ilan Stavans on the acquisition of knowledge in multi-ethnic environments, the role that dictionaries play in the preservation of memory, the function of libraries in the electronic age, and the uses of censorship. In the second part of the volume, Verónica Albin engages Stavans in a series of four conversations in which he expounds on the arguments he developed in the essays.