'Hamlet' and World Cinema reveals a rich history of cinematic production extending across the globe. Making a case for Hamlet as the world's most frequently filmed text, and using specially commissioned interviews with cast, directors and screenwriters, it discusses films from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. The book argues that the play has been taken up by filmmakers world-wide to allegorise the energies, instabilities, traumas and expectations that have defined the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In so doing, it rejects the Anglophone focus which has dominated criticism up to now and explores instead the multiple constituencies that have claimed Shakespeare's most celebrated work as their own. 'Hamlet' and World Cinema uncovers a vital part of the adaptation story. This book facilitates a fresh understanding of Shakespeare's cinematic significance and newly highlights Hamlet's political and aesthetic instrumentality in a vast range of local and global contexts.

Sprache und Musik begegnen einander im singenden Körper. Besonders eng verwoben sind sie in Kunstlied und mélodie um 1900: Dies bildet den Ausgangspunkt für eine Systematik von beispielhaften Stimmgebungen zwischen Sprechen und Singen, die einen Bogen von der Theaterdeklamation bis hin zur Vokalise spannen. Bartolo Musil zeigt, wie Komposition und Interpretation, Gesangstechnik und Hermeneutik, Sprachgestaltung und musikalische Phrasierung dabei in einen Dialog eintreten, und erzählt das schillernde und prekäre Miteinander von Wort und Ton in gesungener Kunstmusik neu - als Liebesgeschichte zwischen Hingabe, Verschmelzung, lustvoller Differenz, Abstoßung und Selbstbehauptung.

Der demografische Wandel sorgt in Deutschland für Personalknappheit, der War for Talents ist in vollem Gange. Arbeitgeber müssen die Right Potentials an sich binden, um sich weiterentwickeln und wachsen zu können – Employer Branding heißt die zentrale Herausforderung des Personalmanagements. Der Aufbau und die Pflege einer attraktiven Arbeitgebermarke helfen, die richtigen Mitarbeiter für das Unternehmen zu begeistern und eine hohe Identifikation der Beschäftigten mit ihrem Arbeitgeber zu schaffen. Erfahren Sie in diesem Ratgeber, wie Sie Ihr Unternehmen als Arbeitgeber positionieren und Ihre Arbeitgebermarke erst intern, dann extern an allen relevanten Kontaktpunkten zum Leben erwecken können, um potenzielle und bestehende Mitarbeiter zu begeistern. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

This Element aims to present an outline of mathematics and its history, with particular emphasis on events that shook up its philosophy. It ranges from the discovery of irrational numbers in ancient Greece to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century discoveries on the nature of infinity and proof. Recurring themes are intuition and logic, meaning and existence, and the discrete and the continuous. These themes have evolved under the influence of new mathematical discoveries and the story of their evolution is, to a large extent, the story of philosophy of mathematics.

Touch screen panels (TSPs) have become an integral part of modern-day lifestyle. To enhance user experience, attributes such as form-factor flexibility, multi-dimensional sensing, low power consumption and low cost have become highly desirable. This Element addresses the design of multi-functional TSPs with integrated concurrent capture of ubiquitous capacitive touch signals and force information. It compares and contrasts interactive technologies and presents design considerations for multi-dimensional touch screens with high detection sensitivity, accuracy and resolution.

What do the Mona Lisa, the light bulb, and a Lego brick have in common? The answer - intellectual property (IP) - may be surprising, because IP laws are all about us, but go mostly unrecognized. They are complicated and arcane, and few people understand why they should care about copyright, patents, and trademarks. In this lustrous collection, Claudy Op den Kamp and Dan Hunter have brought together a group of contributors - drawn from around the globe in fields including law, history, sociology, science and technology, media, and even horticulture - to tell a history of IP in 50 objects. These objects not only demonstrate the significance of the IP system, but also show how IP has developed and how it has influenced history. Each object is at the core of a story that will be appreciated by anyone interested in how great innovations offer a unique window into our past, present, and future.

Adults and Children in Postmodern Societies provides a critical analysis of the different ways in which the law can recognise and protect relationships between adults and children in postmodern societies which are characterised by increasingly diverse family configurations. The book focuses of six fundamental questions:- How does the law deal with the changes occurring in what is still referred to as the 'traditional' family, such as for example anonymous childbirth, paternity disputes, shared custody?- How does the law recognise and protect families conceived with help of assisted reproduction techniques, such as IVF, surrogacy, anonymous or non-anonymous gamete donation?- How does the law recognise and protect families bound by de facto social or emotional ties, particularly in context of step-parents and step-children or foster families?- Which relationships between adults and children should be recognised and protected by law? Should there be restrictions based on couple status, gender or number?- If relationships between adults and children should be protected, which legal tools should be used: legal rules, judicial discretion or contractual freedom?- Which common analytical framework could be used to understand - and face - the legal challenges raised by the transformations of family relationships? These questions are addressed in-depth by an international team of distinguished family law experts of 19 different jurisdictions (Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, England and Wales, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and the USA), covering the current state of affairs, foreseeable legal developments and thought-provoking reflections. The legal perspective of the national reports is complemented by interdisciplinary perspectives from experts in history, anthropology, psychology and philosophy, making this book a unique and essential source for anyone working in the field. About the editors Jehanne Sosson is a family law expert. She is a professor at the Université catholique de Louvain, a lecturer at the Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles and the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and a lawyer at the Brussels Bar. Geoffrey Willems is a professor at the Université catholique de Louvain. His research focuses on interactions between human rights law and family law and privatisation of family law in an international, comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. Gwendoline Motte is a teaching and research assistant at the Université catholique de Louvain. She specialises in family law with a special interest in European and comparative family law. She is also an independent family mediator.

Empirical translation studies is a rapidly evolving research area. This volume, written by world-leading researchers, demonstrates the integration of two new research paradigms: socially-oriented and data driven approaches to empirical translation studies. These two models expand current translation studies and stimulate reader debates around how development of quantitative research methods and integration with advances in translation technologies would significantly increase the research capacities of translation studies. Highly engaging, the volume pioneers the development of socially-oriented innovative research methods to enhance the current research capacities of theoretical (descriptive) translation studies in order to tackle real-life research issues, such as environmental protection and multicultural health promotion. Illustrative case studies are used, bringing insight into advanced research methodologies of designing, developing and analysing large scale digital databases for multilingual and/or translation research.

This textbook covers the entire spectrum of topics required to completely understand air pollution. It emphasizes the atmospheric processes governing air pollution (emissions, atmospheric dispersion, chemical transformations, deposition on surfaces and ecosystems). Other areas of focus include air pollutant emission control technologies, health and environmental impacts, regulations and public policies, and interactions between climate change and air pollution. Topics are first presented conceptually, and then in terms of their fundamental aspects. Actual case studies are incorporated throughout to illustrate major air pollution phenomena, such as the dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere, and the development of strategies to reduce urban air pollution, mitigate acid rain, and improve atmospheric visibility. Graduate students, researchers, and air quality professionals will find the full coverage of these important matters to be well suited to their needs.

A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms Run a Google search for 'black girls'—what will you find? 'Big Booty' and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you type in 'white girls,' the results are radically different. The suggested porn sites and un-moderated discussions about 'why black women are so sassy' or 'why black women are so angry' presents a disturbing portrait of black womanhood in modern society. In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem; Noble argues that the combination of private interests in promoting certain sites, along with the monopoly status of a relatively small number of Internet search engines, leads to a biased set of search algorithms that privilege whiteness and discriminate against people of color, specifically women of color. Through an analysis of textual and media searches as well as extensive research on paid online advertising, Noble exposes a culture of racism and sexism in the way discoverability is created online. As search engines and their related companies grow in importance—operating as a source for email, a major vehicle for primary and secondary school learning, and beyond—understanding and reversing these disquieting trends and discriminatory practices is of utmost importance. An original, surprising and, at times, disturbing account of bias on the internet, Algorithms of Oppression contributes to our understanding of how racism is created, maintained, and disseminated in the 21st century. (https://www.amazon.de)

How to analyze data settings rather than data sets, acknowledging the meaning-making power of the local. In our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of data. Instead, Yanni Loukissas argues in All Data Are Local, we should approach data sets with an awareness that data are created by humans and their dutiful machines, at a time, in a place, with the instruments at hand, for audiences that are conditioned to receive them. The term data set implies something discrete, complete, and portable, but it is none of those things. Examining a series of data sources important for understanding the state of public life in the United States Harvard's Arnold Arboretum, the Digital Public Library of America, UCLA's Television News Archive, and the real estate marketplace Zillow Loukissas shows us how to analyze data settings rather than data sets. Loukissas sets out six principles: all data are local; data have complex attachments to place; data are collected from heterogeneous sources; data and algorithms are inextricably entangled; interfaces recontextualize data; and data are indexes to local knowledge. He then provides a set of practical guidelines to follow. To make his argument, Loukissas employs a combination of qualitative research on data cultures and exploratory data visualizations. Rebutting the myth of digital universalism, Loukissas reminds us of the meaning-making power of the local. (https://www.amazon.de)

American criminal justice may be one of the best known - and most influential - systems of criminal justice in the world, but also the least understood: countless films and television series portray American police officers, prosecutors and lawyers, but over 95 percent of criminal matters result in guilty pleas, and trials are becoming vanishingly scarce as people accused of crime choose to strike a deal with increasingly powerful prosecutors. Sentencing 'reform' has led to a burgeoning prison population that is by far the highest among economically advanced countries. Meanwhile, American prosecutors have gained increasing (and largely unchecked) power to apply US criminal laws to worldwide corporations and individuals with little or no connection with the country. American Criminal Justice: An Introduction provides a readable, comprehensive review of the American criminal process behind these and other problems.

Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control

This textbook is a self-contained introduction to tides that will be useful for courses on tides in oceans and coastal seas at an advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level, and will also serve as the go-to book for researchers and coastal engineers needing information about tides. The material covered includes: a derivation of the tide-generating potential; a systematic overview of the main lunar periodicities; an intuitive explanation of the origin of the main tidal constituents; basic wave models for tidal propagation (e.g. Kelvin waves, the Taylor problem); shallow-water constituents; co-oscillation and resonance; frictional and radiation damping; the vertical structure of tidal currents; and a separate chapter on internal tides, which deals with ocean stratification, propagation of internal tides (vertical modes and characteristics) and their generation. Exercises are provided in each chapter.

This book draws on the contributions of a range of international experts to consider the current archival landscape and imagine the archive of the future. Firmly rooted in current professional debate and scholarship, Archival Futures offers thought provoking and accessible chapters that aim to challenge and inspire archivists globally and to encourage debate about their futures. It is widely acknowledged that the archive profession/discipline is facing a time of change. The digital world has presented changes in how records are created, used, stored and communicated. At the same time, there is increased public debate over issues such as ownership of and access to information and its authenticity and reliability in a networked and interconnected world. On a practical level archivists are being asked to do more, to have a greater range of skills, often with increasingly restricted resources while competing with others to maintain their role as experts in ever changing environments. Exploring the potential impact of these changes is timely. Such reflections will provide the opportunity to consider the archivists' purpose and role, discuss the practical impact of change on skills and functions and to articulate what can be contributed to a mid 21 century world. The contributors, Kate Theimer, Luciana Duranti, Victoria Lemieux, Geoffrey Yeo, Jenny Bunn, Sonia Ranade, Barbara Reed, Gillian Oliver, Frank Upward, Joanne Evans, Michael Moss, David Thomas and Craig Gauld cover: - the role of archives in relation to individuals, organisations, communities and society - how appraisal, arrangement, description and access might be affected in the future - the impact of changing societal expectations in terms of access to information, how information is exchanged, and how things are recorded and remembered - the place of traditional archives and what ‘the archive' is or might become - competition or opportunity offered by other information, cultural or IT related professions and the future role of the archive profession - truth and post-truth: archives as authentic and reliable evidence This book will appeal to an international audience of students, academics and practitioners in archival science, records management, and library and information science.

Wir argumentieren täglich und glauben häufig, überzeugend gewesen zu sein. In vielen Fällen sind wir dann überrascht, wenn der Gesprächspartner doch nicht überzeugt ist. Woran liegt das? Grund dafür ist oft, dass unbewusst und intuitiv argumentiert wird. Aber gerade in schwierigen Diskussionen und bei versierten Gesprächspartnern reicht dies nicht aus. Das Buch zeigt, wie man professionell, gezielt und letztlich überzeugend argumentiert. Entsprechend ist das Buch für alle geeignet, die an ihrer Argumentationstechnik feilen und dabei sichergehen wollen, dass ihre Argumente auch die anderen überzeugen. Anhand eines fiktiven Bewerbungsgesprächs wird die Theorie des Argumentierens kurz und verständlich erläu-tert. Den Schwerpunkt bilden zahlreiche praxisorientierte Übungen mit kommentierten Lösungsvorschlägen. Die 2. Auflage enthält neu u.a. ein Kapitel zum Thema 'Gegenargumentation'. Darin wird erläutert, wie in Gesprächen gekonnt reagiert und ein Argument widerlegt werden kann. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right. (https://www.amazon.de)

As the first directly elected Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) served at a crucial juncture in Indonesia's history. Succeeding the three short presidencies of BJ Habibie, Abdurrahman Wahid and Megawati Sukarnoputri, his presidency had a lot to prove. While critical assessment of SBY's domestic policies have been undertaken, less attention has been paid to his foreign policy. This volume seeks to fill this gap by examining key foreign policy issues during SBY's tenure, including bilateral relations, Indonesia's involvement in international organizations, and pivotal issues such as international labour and terrorism. The book provides an assessment of the direction of his foreign policy and management style, paying particular attention to his concerns over Indonesia's territorial integrity and sovereignty, the significance of international institutions, and Indonesia's right to lead.

This important collection reveals that Augustine's political thought drew on and diverged from the classical tradition, contributing to the study of questions at the center of all Western political thought.

Die Sammlung enthält über achtzig bewährte und innovative Lehrmethoden für den berufspraktischen Unterricht in Schule und Betrieb. Jede Methode wird kurz und prägnant nach einem einheitlichen Schema vorgestellt. So können routinierte Lehrkräfte ebenso wie Lehramtsstudierende ihren Unterricht abwechslungsreich gestalten. In der sechsten aktualisierten Auflage erweitert der Autor die Sammlung um zehn neue Ansätze, wie beispielsweise die Akquisitionsaufgabe, die Dokumentationsanalyse, die Entscheidungskonferenz, das Gedankenexperiment oder den Mitarbeiterworkshop. Die alphabetische Sortierung sorgt für Übersichtlichkeit und einen schnellen Zugriff auf die vorgestellten Methoden. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Europe has reached a crisis point, with the call for self-determination and more autonomy stronger than it ever has been. In this book, renowned international lawyers give a detailed account of the present state of international law regarding self-determination and autonomy. Autonomy and Self-determination offers readers both an overview of the status quo of legal discussions on the topic and an identification of the most important elements of discussion that could direct future legal developments in this field. This is done through the examination of key issues in abstract and in relation to specific cases such as Catalonia, Italy and Scotland. The book extends past a simple assessment of issues of autonomy and self-determination according to a traditional legal viewpoint, and rather argues that utopian international law ideas are the breeding ground for norms and legal institutions of the future. This insightful book will be an invaluable read for international lawyers and political science scholars. It provides a clear, yet detailed, analysis of the issues Europe is facing regarding autonomy and self-determination in the face of historical context, also making it a useful tool for European history scholars.--

Das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen wird vielerorts diskutiert. Was würden wir tun, wenn unsere Existenz bedingungslos gesichert wäré Wären wir fleißiger oder fauler? Experimente versuchen inzwischen, darauf eine Antwort zu geben, und Plädoyers für oder gegen das Grundeinkommen finden breites Gehör. Doch wie hat sich diese Idee entwickelt? Wer hat sie mit welchen Argumenten vorangebracht? Anhand von Schlüsseltexten unterschiedlichster Vordenker des bedingungslosen Grundeinkommens, darunter Thomas Morus, Charles Fourier, Bertrand Russell, John Maynard Keynes und Philippe Van Parijs, dokumentiert dieser Band umfassend die wechselvolle Geschichte einer Idee, die uns auch künftig beschäftigen wird. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

One of the first books to extend the currently burgeoning scholarship on East Germany to the visual arts, revealing that painting, like literature and film, was a space of contestation.

Professionelles Beschwerdemanagement ist ein absolutes Must-have für jeden Betrieb mit Kundenkontakt. Es ist ein lebendiger Prozess, der in der Chefetage etabliert sein und von den Mitarbeitern tagtäglich angewandt werden muss. Dieses Trainingsbuch stellt die Grundlagen des Beschwerdemanagements dar und erklärt ausführlich, wie Beschwerdemanagement gelingen kann. Die Autorin geht auch auf die verschiedenen Kundentypen ein, auf die unterschiedlichen Arten der Beschwerden und zeigt auf, wie man am besten darauf reagiert. Mit zahlreichen Fragen und Aufgaben wird der Leser zum Nachdenken über das eigene Verhalten im Beschwerdemanagement angeregt. Ein Praxisbuch für Führungskräfte, Mitarbeiter mit Personalverantwortung und mit Kundenkontakt. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Since the notion was introduced by Gromov in the 1980s, hyperbolicity of groups and spaces has played a significant role in geometric group theory; hyperbolic groups have good geometric properties that allow us to prove strong results. However, many classes of interest in our exploration of the universe of finitely generated groups contain examples that are not hyperbolic. Thus we wish to go 'beyond hyperbolicity' to find good generalisations that nevertheless permit similarly strong results. This book is the ideal resource for researchers wishing to contribute to this rich and active field. The first two parts are devoted to mini-courses and expository articles on coarse median spaces, semihyperbolicity, acylindrical hyperbolicity, Morse boundaries, and hierarchical hyperbolicity. These serve as an introduction for students and a reference for experts. The topics of the surveys (and more) re-appear in the research articles that make up Part III, presenting the latest results beyond hyperbolicity.

This book explains the functioning of shared competences in environmental protection by focusing on member states' interaction with the EU framework. By studying this interaction, Squintani reveals room for improving the level of environmental protection, legal certainty, and efficiency of the system for environmental protection envisaged under the EU Treaties. Accordingly, this book makes a contribution to EU environmental law and policy, but also should be of interest to constitutional lawyers more generally and to scholars working in any field of EU policy and law in which minimum harmonisation is used. Thanks to its focus and clear, accessible prose, this book is also valuable additional reading material for environmental law courses, and to those involved in decision-making in the EU.

Die Kernbereiche der BWL praxisnah und direkt umsetzbar dargestellt! Dieses Buch vermittelt auf über 400 Seiten das gesamte betriebswirtschaftliche Bilanz- und Finanzwissen, welches man für die tägliche Arbeit oder Klausurvorbereitung benötigt. Klar strukturiert und anschaulich dargestellt behandelt es die Themen handelsrechtlicher Jahresabschluss, Jahresabschlusspolitik und -analyse, Grundzüge der Steuerbilanz und Konzernabschluss, Finanzplanung und Kapitalbedarf, Investitionsrechnung, Außen- und Innenfinanzierung samt Kreditwürdigkeitsprüfung und Kapitaldienstberechnungen, Baselakkord und Rating, Finanzanalyse sowie Bilanzkennzahlen. Lernziele am Anfang eines jeden Kapitels sowie viele Beispiele und Abbildungen führen durch die Lerneinheiten und vermitteln den komplexen Stoff sehr verständlich. Zahlreiche Übungsaufgaben und Fallstudien mit ausführlichen Lösungshinweisen helfen, den Wissensstand zu überprüfen und zu festigen. Etwa 180 Multiple-Choice-Fragen runden das Buch ab und eignen sich ideal dazu, das erworbene Wissen nochmals zu trainieren. Das Buch enthält zusätzlich ein kostenloses Online-Training. Mithilfe abwechslungsreicher Aufgabentypen wie Lückentexten, Zuordnungen und Multiple-Choice-Aufgaben wird das erlernte Wissen spielend überprüft und gefestigt. Inhalt: Teil A: Bilanzierung. 1. Grundlagen. 2. Formelles Bilanzrecht. 3. Der handelsrechtliche Jahresabschluss. 4. Grundzüge der Steuerbilanz. 5. Grundzüge des Konzernabschlusses. 6. Grundzüge der internationalen Rechnungslegung. 7. Einführung in die Politik und Analyse des Jahresabschlusses. Teil B: Investition und Finanzierung. 8. Betrieblicher Finanzprozess. 9. Investitionsplanung. 10. Verfahren der Unternehmensbewertung. 11. Finanzierung. 12. Finanzanalyse. 13. Grundlagen des Zahlungsverkehrs. Anhang 1: Lösungen der Aufgaben und Fallstudien. Anhang 2: Multiple-Choice-Test mit Lösungen. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Are you raising your child bilingually, or planning to do so in the future, but are unsure how to proceed? Using a question-and-answer format, this practical and reassuring guide will enable readers to make informed decisions about how to raise their child with two or more languages. To grow up bilingually is a necessity or an opportunity for more children today than ever before. However, parents are frequently uncertain about what to do, or even fear that they may be putting their child's development at risk. Disentangling fact from myth, it shows that a child can acquire more than one 'first' language simultaneously and that one language need not have negative effects on the other. Each chapter is devoted to a question typically asked by parents in counselling sessions, followed by a concise answer, summaries of the evidence and practical tips.

Dieses Buch liefert eine rechtswissenschaftliche Analyse der Chancen und Gefahren algorithmenbasierter Verfahren. Algorithmen, die im Maschinenraum moderner Softwareanwendungen werkeln, sind zu zentralen Steuerungsinstanzen der digitalen Gesellschaft avanciert. Immer nachhaltiger beeinflussen sie unser Leben. Ihre Funktionsweise gleicht aber teilweise einer Blackbox. Die in ihr schlummernden Risiken zu bändigen, fordert die Rechtsordnung heraus. Das Buch beleuchtet die gesellschaftlichen Gefahren einer zunehmenden gesellschaftlichen Steuerung durch Algorithmen und entwickelt erste Regulierungsideen, mit deren Hilfe sich die Wertschöpfungspotenziale automatisierter digitaler Prozesse mit den Grundwerten der Rechtsordnung versöhnen lassen. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Border regions are often considered to be the neglected margins. In this book, Paul Nugent argues that through a comparison of the Senegambia and the trans-Volta (Ghana/Togo), we can see that the geographical margins have shaped notional centres at least as much as the reverse. Through a study of three centuries of history, this book demonstrates that states were forged through an extended process of converting a topography of settled states and slaving frontiers into colonial borders. It argues that post-colonial states and larger social contracts have been configured very differently as a consequence. It underscores the impact on regional dynamics and the phenomenon of peripheral urbanism. Nugent also addresses the manner in which a variegated sense of community has been forged amongst Mandinka, Jola, Ewe and Agotime populations who have both shaped and been shaped by the border. This is an exercise in reciprocal comparison and shuttles between scales, from the local and the particular to the national and the regional.

This tutorial reference serves as a coherent overview of various statistical and mathematical approaches used in brain network analysis, where modeling the complex structures and functions of the human brain often poses many unique computational and statistical challenges. This book fills a gap as a textbook for graduate students while simultaneously articulating important and technically challenging topics. Whereas most available books are graph theory-centric, this text introduces techniques arising from graph theory and expands to include other different models in its discussion on network science, regression, and algebraic topology. Links are included to the sample data and codes used in generating the book's results and figures, helping to empower methodological understanding in a manner immediately usable to both researchers and students.

This ground-breaking volume explores a series of inter-related key themes in Saharan archaeology and history. Migration and identity formation can both be approached from the perspective of funerary archaeology, using the combined evidence of burial structures, specific rites and funerary material culture, and integrated methods of skeletal analysis including morphometrics, palaeopathology and isotopes. Burial traditions from various parts of the Sahara are compared and contrasted with those of the Nile Valley, the Maghreb and West Africa. Several chapters deal with the related evidence of human migration derived from linguistic study. The volume presents the state of the field of funerary archaeology in the Sahara and its neighbouring regions and sets the agenda for future research on mobility, migration and identity. It will be a seminal reference point for Mediterranean and African archaeologists, historians and anthropologists as well as archaeologists interested in burial and migration more broadly.

Der Leuchtturm ist ein kraftvolles Motiv. Als ein Symbol für Sicherheit, Orientierung und Führung bringt er Bedeutungen und Emotionen treffend auf den Punkt. Lernen auch Sie, einfache Motive zu zeichnen und verstärken Sie Ihre Aussagen in Zukunft durch eigene handgezeichnete Business-Symbole. Dieses Buch ist eine geniale Vorlagensammlung der wichtigsten Business-Symbole vom Autor des „Flipchart-Coach“. Jedes Motiv können Sie dank der simplen Step-by-Step-Zeichenanleitung einfach und schnell nachzeichnen. Das fertige Symbol erhalten Sie dann in drei verschiedenen Ausführungen, von schlicht und schnell bis professionell schattiert und mit Wachsmalblöcken gefärbt. So finden Sie für jede Situation die passende Anwendung. Verschiedene gezeichnete Beispiele des Symbols sowie eine passende Verschlagwortung bringen Sie sofort auf gute Ideen für den Einsatz. Bonus: Im Download-Bereich des Buchs erhalten Sie die wichtigsten Motive als einsatzfertige Dateivorlagen für die rasche Integration in PowerPoint. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Intellectual property law faces serious challenges worldwide, with many in the international community arguing that the law fails to provide much-needed support for either individual rights or the public interest in the technological environment. The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property in Central and Eastern Europe offers a novel look at intellectual property issues through the lens of the post-socialist and transitional experience in Central and Eastern European countries. Contributors include both recognized and emerging leaders in their jurisdictions of interest, and experts on US, European Union, and international law. Taken together, they offer a thought-provoking critique of current approaches and build a compelling case for cogent policymaking. This important work reflects the formative experiences of a difficult history, demonstrating the courageous optimism of scholars in a region that has repeatedly overcome the challenges of the past, while consistently looking to its authors and innovators for leadership and inspiration.

This third edition of the much acclaimed Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine offers a fully up-to-date, comprehensive, accessible, one-stop resource for doctors, health care professionals, mental health care professionals (such as psychologists, counsellors, specialist nurses), academics, researchers, and students specializing in health across all these fields. The new streamlined structure of the book features brief section overviews summarising the state of the art of knowledge on the topic to make the information easier to find. The encyclopaedic aspects of the Handbook have been retained; all the entries, as well as the extensive references, have been updated. Retaining all the virtues of the original, this edition is expanded with a range of new topics, such as the effects of conflict and war on health and wellbeing, advancements in assisted reproduction technology, e-health interventions, patient-reported outcome measures, health behaviour change interventions, and implementing changes into health care practice.

Academic bookselling inhabits a landscape fundamentally impacted by legislative and political pressure, colonised by new textual forms and new publishing ventures, experiencing constant change. Capital Letters defines the academic bookshop, text, and market, examining change drivers in the UK, the USA and Asia. Drawing on current research, inclusive of commercial publishers and publishing interest groups, Capital Letters also includes quantitative and qualitative research data from academic booksellers. In evaluating the response of academic bookshops to the changing landscape, Capital Letters argues that academic booksellers can understand, shape, and lead a sustainable and equitable future for academic text within the marketplace.

Looks at the politics of the Catholic Church during a turbulent period in central Mozambique

The influence of Rome on medieval plainsong and liturgy explored in depth.

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation, coordinate disaster relief, campaign for policy change, and strengthen local advocacy groups. The world watched as activists used social media to organize protests during the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution. Many governmental and community organizations changed their mission and function as they adopted new digital tools and practices. This book examines the use of 'civic media'—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Scholars from a range of disciplines and practitioners from a variety of organizations offer analyses and case studies that explore the theory and practice of civic media.The contributors set out the conceptual context for the intersection of civic and media; examine the pressure to innovate and the sustainability of innovation; explore play as a template for resistance; look at civic education; discuss media-enabled activism in communities; and consider methods and funding for civic media research. The case studies that round out each section range from a 'debt resistance' movement to government service delivery ratings to the 'It Gets Better' campaign aimed at combating suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth. The book offers a valuable interdisciplinary dialogue on the challenges and opportunities of the increasingly influential space of civic media. (https://www.beck-shop.de)

Concepts of identity are complex and changing, and in this book Katherine Hoffman examines images of individuals and families from ancient Egypt to the presentmore than two thirds of the book covers the twentieth century. Through a comprehensive study of paintings, sculpture, photography, film, television, and other media, Hoffman provides eye-open (sic!). (https://www.routledge.com)

Many constitutions include provisions intended to limit the discretion of governments in economic policy. In times of financial crises, such provisions often come under pressure as a result of calls for exceptional responses to crisis situations. This volume assesses the ability of constitutional orders all over the world to cope with financial crises, and the demands for emergency powers that typically accompany them. Bringing together a variety of perspectives from legal scholars, economists, and political scientists, this volume traces the long-run implications of financial crises for constitutional order. In exploring the theoretical and practical problems raised by the constitutionalization of economic policy during times of severe crisis, this volume showcases an array of constitutional design options and the ways they channel governmental responses to emergency.

Investors must be held to account for their flawed contributions or otherwise wrongful conduct, but exactly what 'holding to account' means remains an enigma. Opinions vary on whether such circumstances are relevant to admissibility, jurisdiction, liability, or remedies. Reasoning from certain proposed axioms, this book suggests that such circumstances are only relevant to liability, meaning that the legal concepts that they activate, contributory fault and illegality, are defences. Three defences are identified: mismanagement, investment reprisal, and post-establishment illegality. While they might lack formal recognition, arbitral tribunals have implicitly applied them in multiple investment arbitrations. In detailing their legal content, special attention is paid to resolving the problems that they raise relating to causation, apportionment of liability, distinguishing these defences from their conceptual cousins, and arbitral tribunals' jurisdiction over pleas based on investor misconduct. The result is a restatement of the rules on contributory fault and investor misconduct applicable in investment arbitrations.

Gernot Boehme, a distinguished and original contributor to critical theory's philosophy of science project, sets out the main theses of this program in an important volume for science studies scholars. Stressing that science is a necessary aspect of advanced societies, Boehme explores the most fundamental questions about its social, political, and cultural roles in modern society. In light of the mixed blessings of technical society, Boehme questions whether we can continue to regard the institution of science as the top of a hierarchy of knowledge or as a neutral means of progress, let alone as a benign force for good. Science and its future are too important to be left to the scientists; society, Boehme insists, must take control of its scientific future. (https://www.lehmann.de)

The topic of corporate personhood has captured the attention of many who are concerned about the increasing presence, power, and influence of corporations in modern society. Recent Supreme Court cases like Citizens United, Hobby Lobby, and Masterpiece Cakeshop - which solidified the free speech and religious liberty rights of corporations and their owners - have heightened the controversy over treating corporations as persons under the law. What does it mean to say that the corporation is a person, and why does it matter? In Corporate Personhood, Susanna Kim Ripken addresses these questions and highlights the complexity of the corporate personhood concept. Using a broad, interdisciplinary framework - incorporating law, economics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, organizational theory, political science, and linguistics - this highly original work explores the complex, multidimensional nature of corporate personhood and its implications for corporate rights and duties.

How did the ancient Greeks and Romans conceptualise order? This book answers that question by analysing the formative concept of kosmos ('order', 'arrangement', 'ornament') in ancient literature, philosophy, science, art, and religion. This concept encouraged the Greeks and Romans to develop theories to explain core aspects of human life, including nature, beauty, society, politics, the individual, and what lies beyond human experience. Hence, Greek kosmos, and its Latin correlate mundus, are subjects of profound reflection by a wide range of important ancient figures, including philosophers (Parmenides, Empedocles, the Pythagoreans, Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus), poets and playwrights (Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plautus, Marcus Argentarius, Nonnus), intellectuals (Gorgias, Protagoras, Varro), and religious exegetes (Philo, the Gospel Writers, Paul). By revealing kosmos in its many ancient manifestations, this book asks us to rethink our own sense of 'order', and to reflect on our place within a broader cosmic history.

Counterfeit Culture explores the possibility of writing epic in an age of alternative facts. Examining six attempts to forge an American prose epic since 1960, this study goes on to trace a national tradition of inauthenticity, stretching back across four centuries. In works by authors such as Pynchon, Gaddis and Burroughs, the contemporary turn away from truth and authenticity can be seen as a return to an established line of literary tricksters and confidence men, with tropes of fraud and artifice running deep in the American grain. Combining archival work with historically-inflected analysis of literary narrative, this book ranges through questions of identity, technology, history, and music in its engagement. From Marguerite Young's inquiry into psychological disintegration to William T. Vollmann's ongoing cycle of false histories, the study introduces a new reading of the American epic.

Beim Recruiting werden für Ihr Unternehmen einige der wichtigsten Entscheidungen für die Zukunft gefällt. Doch nach welchen Kriterien beurteilen Sie eingehende Bewerbungen? Wie können Sie im Interview noch bessere Fragen stellen? Was müssen Sie bei Zu- oder Absagen beachten? Dieser Crashkurs bietet Ihnen einen fundierten Überblick zum Thema Recruiting. Anhand von Fallstudien und Beispielen können Sie alle Schritte leicht nachvollziehen. Inhalte: Der Recruitingworkflow: professionelle Suche, Organisation und Auswahl Stellenanzeige: auf den Punkt genau formulieren Recruitingkanäle: den passenden Mix erstellen Employer Branding und Candidate Journey Bewerbungsinterview: Vorbereiten, Fragetechniken, schwierige Situationen steuern Gute Bewerber gewinnen: die Ausgewählten überzeugen (https://www.buchhandel.de)

This lively account of the making of Canadian English traces the variety's conceptual, social and linguistic developments from the twentieth century to the present. This book is not just another history of Canadian English; it is a history of the variety's discovery, codification, and eventual acceptance, as well as the contribution of the linguists behind it. Written by an active research linguist focusing on Canadian English, this book is an archive-based biography on multiple levels. Through a combination of new data and re-interpretations of existing studies, a new voice is given to earlier generations of Canadian linguists who, generally forgotten today, shaped the variety and how we think about it. Exploring topics such as linguistic description and codification, dictionary making, linguistic imperialism, linguistic attitudes, language and Canadian identity, or the threat of Americanisation, Dollinger presents a coherent, integrated and balanced account of developments spanning over almost a century.

Finanzierung für Start-ups und KMU Sie sind auf der Suche nach neuen Finanzierungsinstrumenten für Ihr Unternehmen? Wie Sie mit Crowdfunding und Crowdinvesting Start-ups, Klein - und Mittelbetriebe sicher finanzieren, erfahren Sie in diesem Buch. Der Praxisleitfaden zum Thema bietet eine 360°-Betrachtung aus rechtlicher, steuerrechtlicher, wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Sicht. Mit vielen Beispielen ermöglicht er Unternehmen einen Überblick über den erfolgreichen Aufbau einer Kampagne und gibt Investoren Tipps für die Kapitalanlage in Crowdinvesting-Projekten. Experten, die diese Finanzierungsvarianten in Deutschland und Österreich maßgeblich mitgestaltet haben, zeigen, wie Start-ups sowie kleine und mittlere Unternehmen diese gewinnbringend einsetzen können. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Die Europäische Union muss sich behaupten – gegen Rechtspopulisten und antieuropäische Kräfte in den eigenen Reihen. Aber auch der Ausstieg Großbritanniens und die Agressionen Russlands bürgen enorme Sprengkraft. Umso bedeutsamer ist es, dass die Staatengemeinschaft auf dem alten Kontinent sich ihrer Grundwerte erinnert und eine Union für ihre Bürger*innen ist. Erst wenn sie wissen, wozu es die Union braucht, kann die wachsende Skepsis überwunden werden. Im Gespräch mit Wissenschaftler*innen und Intellektuellen zeigt dieser Band auf, was es für ein Fortkommen der Union braucht und wo die großen Gefahren lauern. Klar ist: Es wird nicht leicht, doch gelingt es der Europäischen Union, ihren eigenen Kurs zu finden, kann sie mit ihrer großen Geschichte und kulturellen Vielfalt ein Garant für Menschlichkeit und Wohlstand sein. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Der international vernetzte Kinder- und Jugendpsychiater Thomas von Salis und seine Mitautor*innen beziehen sich in ihren Beiträgen auf das aus Lateinamerika stammende Konzept des Grupo Operativo. Die operativen Konzepte und Techniken, die in verschiedenen Kontexten beleuchtet werden, besitzen ein erhebliches didaktisches und therapeutisches Potential. Sie sind, könnte man sagen, 'die Psychoanalyse, weitergedacht und weiterentwickelt' im Hinblick auf gesellschaftliche ebenso wie individuelle Bedürfnisse. Zentral dabei ist das Denken-Lernen im Gruppenprozess. (http://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/3-643-80301-6)

EU data protection law imposes a series of requirements designed to protect individuals against the risks that result from the processing of their data. It also distinguishes among different types of actors involved in the processing, setting out different obligations for each actor. The most important distinction in this regard is the distinction between controllers and processors. Together, these concepts provide the very basis upon which responsibility for compliance with EU data protection law is allocated. As a result, both concepts play a decisive role in determining the potential liability of an organisation under EU data protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Technological and societal developments have made it increasingly difficult to apply the controller-processor model in practice. The main factors are the growing complexity of processing operations, the diversification of processing, services and the sheer number of actors that can be involved. Against this background, this book seeks to determine whether EU data protection law should continue to maintain the controller-processor model as the main basis for allocating responsibility and liability. This book provides its readers with the analytical framework to help them navigate the intricate relationship of roles, responsibility and liability under EU data protection law. The book begins with an in-depth analysis of the nature and role of the controller and processor concepts. The key elements of each are examined in detail, as is the associated allocation of responsibility and liability. The next part contains a historical-comparative analysis, which traces the origin and development of the controller-processor model over time. To identify the main problems that occur when applying the controller-processor model in practice, a number of real-life use cases are examined (cloud computing, social media, identity management and search engines). In the final part, a critical evaluation is made of the choices made by the European legislature in the context of the GDPR. It is clear that the GDPR has introduced considerable improvements in comparison to EU Directive 95/46. In the long run, however, further changes may well be necessary. By way of conclusion, a number of avenues for possible improvements are presented. Dr Brendan Van Alsenoy is a Legal Advisor at the Belgian Data Protection Authority and a senior affiliated researcher at the KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law, and co-editor of Privacy & Persoonsgegevens. He has previously worked as a legal researcher at the KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law, with a focus on data protection and privacy, intermediary liability and trust services. In 2012, he worked at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to assist in the revision of the 1980 OECD Privacy Guidelines.

Architekturprinzipien und Datenstrukturen moderner Datenbanksysteme Algorithmen und optimierte Anfragen für Datenbankoperationen Transaktionsmodelle sowie Transaktionsverwaltung im Mehrbenutzerbetrieb Datenbankmanagementsysteme (DBMS) bilden häufig die Kernkomponente von Informationssystemen und ermöglichen die integrierte Speicherung von großen Datenbeständen, auf die mehrere Anwendungen gleichzeitig zugreifen können. Bei der Implementierung dieser Systeme müssen einige Anforderungen berücksichtigt werden: Effiziente Speicherung und schnelles Wiederauffinden der Daten Datenunabhängigkeit Zuverlässiger Mehrbenutzerbetrieb Wiederherstellung der Daten nach Systemausfällen Kompatibilität zu verschiedenen Rechnerarchitekturen Die Autoren behandeln die wichtigsten Konzepte und Techniken der Implementierung von DBMS, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf den Konzepten und Basistechnologien kommerzieller, meist relationaler Datenbanksysteme liegt: Architektur, Datenorganisation, Anfragebearbeitung, Synchronisation im Mehrbenutzerbetrieb und Recovery. Darüber hinaus gehen die Autoren auch auf aktuelle Entwicklungen bei Speichermedien, alternativen Speichermodellen, der Bearbeitung von Data-Warehouse-Anfragen, Anfrageoptimierern und Transaktionsmodellen ein. Angaben zu vertiefender Literatur sowie Übungen am Ende der Kapitel helfen beim Vertiefen des Gelernten sowie bei Selbststudium und Prüfungsvorbereitung. Zum Verständnis des Buches sind Grundkenntnisse der theoretischen Grundlagen von DBMS wie Relationenalgebra sowie Basiskenntnisse in SQL notwendig. Aus dem Inhalt: Externspeicher- und Pufferverwaltung Speicherhierarchie und -medien Seiten, Datensätze und ihre Adressierung Row Stores und Column Stores Seitenersetzungsstrategien Dateiorganisation und Indexstrukturen B-Bäume Partitionierung Dynamisches Hashing Mehrdimensionale und geometrische Indexstrukturen Bitmap-Indexe Anfrageverarbeitung und -optimierung Anfrageoperatoren Logische und physische Optimierung Kostenmodelle und Statistiken in DBMS Transaktionsverwaltung und Recovery Serialisierbarkeit Sperrprotokolle und nichtsperrende Verfahren Commit-Protokolle Logging und Recovery-Strategien (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Detaillierte Einführung in die Datenbanktechnologie in der 6. aktualisierten Neuauflage Konzepte relationaler Datenbanken: Architekturen, Modelle, Entwurfsmethoden, Relationenalgebra Ausführliche Behandlung von SQL sowie Einblick in weitere Datenbanksprachen Datenbanken sind eines der wichtigsten Teilgebiete der Informatik und dank Big Data, Industrie 4.0, Internet of Things & Co. müssen immer mehr Daten effizient verwaltet, performant analysiert und sinnvoll ausgegeben werden. Das Buch behandelt systematisch und fundiert die wichtigsten Konzepte und Sprachen, die für den Einsatz von Datenbanksystemen und die Entwicklung von Datenbankanwendungen eine Rolle spielen. Die Grundlagen relationaler Datenbanken werden dabei umfassend erklärt. Die Autoren gehen außerdem auf Theorie, Entwurfsmethoden sowie Sprachkonzepte für relationale Datenbanken inklusive der ausführlichen Behandlung von SQL ein. Des Weiteren werden Alternativen und Erweiterungen von Datenbankmodellen vorgestellt. Eine durchgehende Beispielanwendung liefert einen wertvollen Praxisbezug und hilft Ihnen dabei, die zugrundeliegenden theoretischen Konzepte besser zu verstehen. Zusammenfassungen und Übungsaufgaben am Ende eines jeden Kapitels erleichtern Ihnen außerdem das Selbststudium und ermöglichen Ihnen eine optimale Prüfungsvorbereitung. Das Buch eignet sich als Lehrbuch für Studierende der Informatik und verwandter Fächer, aber auch für Anwender und Entwickler, die sich über aktuelle Datenbanktechnologie genauer informieren möchten. Zusätzliche Kapitel sind als kostenloser Download verfügbar. Aus dem Inhalt: Kernkonzepte relationaler Datenbanken Konzepte und Architektur Datenbankentwurf Entity-Relationship-Modell Relationenalgebra Die relationale Datenbanksprache SQL (SQL:2016) Erweiterte Konzepte Erweiterte Entwurfsmodelle QUEL, QBE und Datalog Sichten, Transaktionen, Integrität und Trigger Datenbankanwendungsentwicklung Zugriffskontrolle & Privacy Weitere Datenbankmodelle Multimediale, raum- und zeitbezogene Daten Objektorientierte und objektrelationale Datenbankmodelle XML, XPath, XQuery und SQL/XML NoSQL und Graphdatenbanken (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Delusional States: Feeling Rule and Development in Pakistan's Northern Frontier is the first in-depth study of state power and social struggle in Gilgit-Baltistan - the only Shia-majority region of Sunni-dominated Pakistan and a contested border zone that forms part of disputed Kashmir. For seven decades, the political conflict over Kashmir has locked India and Pakistan in brutal wars and hate-centered nationalisms. This book illuminates how within this story of hate lie other stories - of love and betrayal, loyalty and suspicion, and beauty and terror. Placing these emotionalities at the centre of its analysis, Delusional States rethinks the state-citizen relation in deeply felt and intimate terms, offering a fine-grained ethnographic analysis of power and subjection in contemporary Pakistan. A powerful contribution to studies of state-making and Muslim sociality in South Asia, the book additionally offers distinct theoretical insights in the fields of social movements, political ecology, education, and global development studies.

Seit der Zwischenkriegszeit verteidigte die Schweiz ihr steuerliches Bankgeheimnis erfolgreich gegen alle Angriffe von innen und aussen. Als 2008 die Finanzkrise ausbrach und die internationale Staatengemeinschaft einen neuen Anlauf zur Austrocknung von Steueroasen unternahm, sagte der Bundesrat, die Angreifer würden sich am Bankgeheimnis «die Zähne ausbeissen». Fünf Jahre später bekannten sich der Bundesrat und die Bankiervereinigung zum automatischen Informationsaustausch und damit zur kompletten Preisgabe des Bankgeheimnisses gegenüber ausländischen Bankkunden Wie kam es zu dieser Kehrtwendé War sie wirklich notwendig oder war sie das Ergebnis verpasster Gelegenheiten und einer kollektiven Überforderung der Schweiz? Stefan Tobler rekonstruiert die Vorgänge, die zum Abschied vom Schweizer Bankgeheimnis führten, und bettet sie in die 100-jährige Vorgeschichte von internationaler Kritik und nationaler Verteidigung ein. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Die Dialoge zwischen der Journalistin Claire Parnet und Gilles Deleuze gewähren einen besonderen Zugang zu Deleuzes Denken. Sie laden dazu ein, Deleuzes Denk- und Arbeitsprozess selbst als Prozess des Werdens von Vielheiten zu erfahren. Die lose Form des Gesprächs, in welchem sich die Positionen der beiden Gesprächspartner mal mehr, mal weniger deutlich voneinander unterscheiden lassen, gibt tiefgehende Einblicke in die philosophische Herkunft Deleuzes (die Rolle Spinozas und des Empirismus), die zentralen Themen und Begriffe seiner Philosophie sowie in seine Zusammenarbeit mit Félix Guattari. In drei großen Themenblöcken zur Literatur, Psychoanalyse und zur politischen Theorie entwickeln Deleuze und Parnet die Form und Einsätze eines Denkens, das den Machtapparaten und Strömen des Kapitalismus zu entkommen versucht. Dabei gelingt ein tiefer Einblick in die Begriffe – Rhizom, Werden, schwarzes Loch, Deterritorialisierung, Mikropolitik –, die mittlerweile paradigmatisch für Deleuze und Guattaris Philosophie stehen, und dies auch gerade weil der Text, der hier in einer überarbeiteten Übersetzung vorliegt, selbst Ausdruck eines rhizomatischen und häretischen Denkaktes ist. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Die AfD hat seit ihrer Gründung im Jahr 2013 die politische Landschaft nachhaltig verändert. Mittlerweile ist sie die drittstärkste Partei im Bundestag, und noch dramatischere Erfolge sind nicht unwahrscheinllich. Wie ist der Aufstiegt der AfD zu erklären − und welche gesellschaftlichen Ursachen liegen ihm zugrundé Wer sind die Akteure − und was sind ihre Zielé Welche Entwicklung hat die Partei bisher genommen − und wohin steuert sié Wer wählt die Partei aus welchen Gründen? Welche Strömungen kämpfen um die Vormachtstellung innerhalb der AfD? Das Buch liefert eine kompakte, übersichtliche Darstellung von Geschichte, Personal und Programmatik der AfD und ordnet den Aufstieg der Rechten in gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen der vergangenen Jahrzehnte ein. Zudem diskutiert der Autor Strategien, wie ein weiteres Erstarken der Partei sowie die fortschreitende Verschiebung des politischen Klimas nach rechts verhindert werden könnten. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Die ›freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung‹ (fdGO) ist Kern der ›wehrhaften Demokratie‹ der Bundesrepublik. Als zu schützendes Rechtsgut ist sie in den Art. 18 und 21 GG benannt. Sie legitimiert exekutive und judikative sowie Abwehr- und Überwachungsmaßnahmen gegen politische Akteur/innen. Die vorliegende Arbeit vollzieht die Genese der fdGO als überpositives Rechtsgut nach, das heißt, wie sie vom unklaren Begriff im Verfassungstext zu einer verallgemeinerten Formel geworden ist. Als Quellen dienen Verfassungs- und Gesetzgebungsprozesse sowie juristische Kommentarliteratur und Gerichtsurteile. Methodisch wird die juristische Argumentationsweise politikwissenschaftlich kontextualisiert – auch um einen politikwissenschaftlichen Zugang zu Rechtstexten zu entwickeln. Im Fokus stehen die Debatten im Parlamentarischen Rat, der Gesetzgebungsprozess des 1. Strafrechtsänderungsgesetzes von 1951, die Parteiverbotsurteile des Bundesverfassungsgerichts und die ersten Kommentare zum Grundgesetz. Zudem stehen das Konzept der ›wehrhaften Demokratie‹ und die dazugehörigen geschichtspolitischen Legitimationen mit Bezug zu Weimarer Republik und Nationalsozialismus auf dem Prüfstand. Die Autorin gleicht die verschiedenen Positionen im staatsrechtstheoretischen »Weimarer Methodenstreit« mit nationalsozialistischen Rechtsauffassungen ab und zeigt so Traditionslinien auf, die sich auch in den Begründungen des Konzepts der ›wehrhaften Demokratie‹ wiederfinden. Deutlich wird dabei, dass die Narrative von der ›wehrlosen‹ Weimarer Republik und der ›legalen‹ Machtübernahme des Nationalsozialismus juristisch- zeitgeschichtlich überprüft werden müssen. Nach der historischen Kontextualisierung der fdGO werden ihre Ausbreitung und Anwendung in verschiedene Rechts- und Politikbereiche beleuchtet. Abschließend fragt die Studie nach den Konsequenzen des juristischen Blicks für politisches Handeln. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Unser Gehirn ist für das Leben als Jäger und Sammler optimiert. Heute leben wir in einer radikal anderen Welt. Das führt zu systematischen Denkfehlern – die verheerend sein können für unsere Finanzen, unsere Karriere, unser Glück. Rolf Dobelli nimmt die tückischsten 'Denkfallen' unter die Lupe, in die wir immer wieder tappen. Und so erfahren wir, warum wir unser eigenes Wissen systematisch überschätzen (und andere für dümmer halten, als sie sind), warum etwas nicht deshalb richtiger wird, weil Millionen von Menschen es für richtig halten, oder warum wir Theorien nachhängen, selbst wenn sie nachweislich falsch sind. Rolf Dobellis Texte sind sowohl inhaltlich ausgesprochen bereichernd als auch ein echtes Lesevergnügen. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Die Qualität Ihrer Kommunikation bestimmt Ihren beruflichen Erfolg, Ihre Zufriedenheit und auch Ihr Lebensglück. Kommunikationsexperte Dr. Roman Braun veranschaulicht, wie einfach es ist, die Macht der Rhetorik für sich zu nutzen. Entscheidend ist, wie man seine Qualitäten präsentiert, Konflikte löst und Beziehungen aufbaut. In seinem Buch präsentiert er bewährtes Rhetorik-Know-how der letzten 2 500 Jahre, von Aristoteles bis Hypno-Rhetorik®. Der praxisorientierte Ratgeber überzeugt mit überraschenden Strategien, erprobten Techniken, leicht umsetzbaren Praxistipps und vielen Übungen. Er erläutert unter anderem wie man die gängigsten rhetorischen Fehler vermeidet und die Gefühle der Gesprächspartner anspricht und beeinflusst. Und er gibt Tipps zu Medien-Strategien für TV, Skype und soziale Netzwerke. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

ger: Blogger zählen zu den wohl einflussreichsten Meinungsführern der heutigen Zeit. In der vorliegenden Masterarbeit sollen zunächst die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse der Meinungsführerforschung dargelegt sowie die Anwendung des Markenbegriffs auf den Menschen untersucht werden. Darauf aufbauend wird in einem dritten Schritt schließlich das Geschäftsmodell „Influencer Marketing“ erklärt, dessen Erfolgsfaktoren unter anderem mittels einer empirischen, qualitativen Befragung der Zielgruppe zu einem ausgewählten Videobeitrag erforscht werden sollen. Konkret soll hier vor allem Aufschluss über die Wirkungsweise von Bloggern gewonnen werden.

Walter Lippmann gilt als einer der einflussreichsten Propagandisten des Neoliberalismus und einer gelenkten Demokratie, der dem marktradikalen Denken zum Siegeszug verhalf. Lippmanns 1922 erschienenes Buch 'Public Opinion' gilt als ein Klassiker in Sachen Manipulation und Beeinflussung der öffentlichen Meinung. Von ihm wurde der Begriff 'Kalter Krieg' geprägt und in den allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch gebracht. Weil die Durchschnittsbürger in einer Demokratie damit überfordert sind, komplexe gesellschaftliche Zusammenhänge zu durchschauen, entwickelte er das Konzept einer gelenkten Demokratie, um die Meinung der Masse mit Hilfe manipulativer Techniken zu steuern. Seine Methoden der Meinungsbeeinflussung sind heute aktueller denn je. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Im Jahr 2000 wurde erstmals in der Zweiten Republik eine ÖVP/FPÖ-Koalitionsregierung gebildet. Der Machtwechsel war von heftigen innerösterreichischen und internationalen Konflikten begleitet und hatte weitreichende Veränderungen auf allen Ebenen des politischen Systems zur Folge. Wesentlich günstigere Startbedingungen gab es 2017 für die Neuauflage einer ÖVP/FPÖ-Regierung unter dem Führungsduo Kurz/Strache, die allerdings ebenso wie die Regierung Schüssel I vorzeitig aufgelöst wurde. Auch Schwarz/Türkis-Blau war mit dem Anspruch angetreten, Stil und Inhalt der Politik in Österreich einschneidend zu ändern. Inwiefern dieser Anspruch beider schwarz-blauen Regierungen umgesetzt wurde, ist Gegenstand dieses Buches. (http://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/3-643-50918-5)

Das Smartphone hat das Leben von vier Milliarden Menschen auf dieser Erde in den letzten zehn Jahren massiv verändert. Viele sehen die positiven Seiten, wenige machen sich Gedanken um die negativen Auswirkungen für unser Denken, Fühlen und Handeln, unsere Gesundheit und unsere Gesellschaft. Es wird höchste Zeit, dem Hype durch Fakten zu begegnen. In den letzten zehn Jahren hat das Smartphone die Welt mit enormer Geschwindigkeit erobert und den Alltag für seine vier Milliarden Nutzer verändert wie keine technische Neuerung zuvor. Von morgens bis abends, bei der Arbeit und im Privatleben: ohne Smartphone scheint einfach nichts mehr zu gehen. Über die gesundheitlichen Folgen machen sich mittlerweile sogar Investoren und Unternehmer Gedanken. Der Chef von Apple empfiehlt, Smartphones nicht in Schulen zu verwenden, der französische Präsident verbietet sie dort ganz und Süd-Korea hat seit Jahren Gesetze zum Schutz der Jugend vor den schlimmsten Folgen der Handynutzung. Smartphones schaden der Gesundheit, der Bildung und der Gesellschaft insgesamt! Wann wachen wir endlich auf? (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Der Mensch ist nicht nur Akteur, sondern zugleich auch Forschungsobjekt vieler Wissenschaftsdisziplinen. Die dabei generierten personenbezogenen Daten bilden oftmals die Grundlage für neue wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse. Insbesondere für die medizinische Forschung ist die Verarbeitung von besonderen Kategorien personenbezogener Daten, wie zB Gesundheitsdaten oder genetische Daten, unverzichtbar. Das Recht auf Schutz der personenbezogenen Daten steht dabei in einem Spannungsverhältnis zur ebenfalls unionsgrundrechtlich garantierten Wissenschaftsfreiheit. Die Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) unternimmt den Versuch, die gegenläufigen Schutzinteressen und Grundrechte durch Sondervorschriften miteinander in Einklang zu bringen. Das vorliegende Werk beleuchtet den unionsrechtlichen Hintergrund für forschungsspezifische Datenschutzregelungen, die Privilegien und Öffnungsklauseln sowie die Garantien für die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten zu wissenschaftlichen Forschungszwecken, die forschungsspezifischen Regelungen des österreichischen Datenschutzgesetzes (DSG), die Bestimmungen des Forschungsorganisationsgesetzes (FOG), Praxisbeispiele aus der medizinischen Forschung: Biobanken, klinische Prüfungen uva (https://www.buchhandel.de)

ger: Mitte des 16. Jh. gewann der Bergbaubezirk Kitzbühel durch die Funde von Silber- und Kupfer-Lagerstätten am Rerobichl an Bedeutung. Essentiell für den Bergbaubetrieb war die Ressource Holz. Seit dem letzten Viertel des 15. Jh. kam es in Tirol zu umfangreichen Umwidmungen großer Waldflächen zugunsten des Bergbau- und Salinenwesens, deren Nutzung fortan in sog. Waldordnungen erstmals umfassend festgelegt wurde. Das führte zu Beschwerden vonseiten der Untertanen. Diese Arbeit ediert und untersucht die Kitzbüheler Waldordnungen von 1554 und 1556 sowie eine 1553 im Landtag eingereichte Beschwerdeschrift.

Warum uns Vernunft gelassener macht Neid, Gier, Eifersucht oder Trauer – der Stoff aus dem Tragödien sind. Seit jeher übernehmen diese negativen Gefühle die Kontrolle über die Menschheit und verstellen den Blick auf das Wesentliche. Die Philosophie des Stoizismus erkannte bereits 400 vor Christus, welche Kraft ein Leben ohne zerstörerische Emotionen entfalten kann. Nicht Perfektion sollte demnach das Ziel unseres Strebens sein, sondern die Handlungsfähigkeit des Menschen. Philosoph Massimo Pigliucci entdeckt diese antike Kunst der Gelassenheit für unsere Zeit neu, indem er lehrt, wie sich durch Achtsamkeit im Hier und Jetzt auch die Zukunft positiv gestalten lässt. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Lassen sich Wirtschaftskrisen vorhersagen? Konjunkturforscher haben sich schon seit Generationen mit diesem Thema auseinander gesetzt. Herausgekommen ist eine Vielzahl von sich zum Teil widersprechenden Theorien. Die Wirtschaft als lebendes – schwingendes – System zu betrachten, das sich selbst organisiert und in stetiger Wechselwirkung mit seiner Umwelt steht, liefert umfassende Erkenntnisse und bildet damit die Grundlage für dieses Buch. Der Autor Peter Meier stellt ein Prognosesystem vor, mit dem sich die Nachfrage nach Investitionsgütern mit einem Horizont von eineinhalb Jahren recht verlässlich voraussagen lässt. Grundlage hierfür sind weltweite Wirtschaftsindikatoren. Darüber hinaus erstellt der Autor zehn Prämissen für die Wirtschaftsprognose, welche periodisch überprüft werden können. Mit diesen lässt sich der ungefähre Zeitpunkt einer kommenden Weltwirtschaftskrise um mehr als ein Jahr im Voraus abschätzen. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

In der Debatte über den Aufstieg nationalistischer und illiberaler Parteien ist ein altes Gespenst wieder aufgetaucht – das Gespenst der liberalen Kosmopoliten: gut ausgebildete, international vernetzte Wissenschaftlerinnen, Journalisten oder Politikerinnen, die sich gegenseitig ihrer moralischen Überlegenheit versichern. Die Kluft zwischen Kosmopolitinnen und heimatverbundenen Kommunitaristen gilt als einer der zentralen Konflikte unserer Zeit. Eine zutreffende Diagnosé Oder ist die Vorstellung von entwurzelten liberalen Eliten bloß ein Zerrbild? Der Psychoanalytiker und Publizist Carlo Strenger kennt diese Gruppe nur allzu gut: weil er selbst zu ihr gehört – und aus dem Alltag seiner therapeutischen Praxis. Anhand einschlägiger soziologischer Literatur verallgemeinert er seine Befunde. Ja, so die selbstkritische Einsicht, die liberalen Eliten sind oft zu arrogant. Und dennoch brauchen wir ihre Expertise. Strenger schließt mit einem doppelten Plädoyer: für mehr Bodenständigkeit unter den liberalen Kosmopolitinnen und eine liberal-kosmopolitische Grundausbildung für alle. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

After a period of relative confidence about the future of modernizing societies, scholars are now questioning with renewed urgency the directions of the modernization trend. This book, the result of nearly a decade of collaborative efforts by scholars in twelve countries, examines the modernization process with particular attention to how it is affected by cultural-and especially socioeconomic-variables. The authors describe major theoretical approaches to the idea of modernity and point to the sociological issues interlinked with modernization. They also consider specific factors such as nationalism, ethnicity, and traditional institutions and show how they can determine differing modernization trajectories. The concluding section of the book focuses on nation- and culture-specific examples of modernization, presenting case studies that illustrate the range of modernization attempts. The authors also explore the extent to which modernization may in fact be a generalization of the American way of life. (https://www.lehmann.de)

Written by the highly regarded diplomat Marty Natalegawa, former ambassador and foreign minister of Indonesia, this book offers a unique insider-perspective on the present and future relevance of ASEAN. It is about ASEAN's quest for security and prosperity in a region marked by complex dynamics of power. Namely, the interplay of relations and interests among countries - large and small - which provide the settings within which ASEAN must deliver on its much-cited leadership and centrality in the region. The book seeks to answer the following questions: How can ASEAN build upon its past contributions to the peace, security and prosperity of Southeast Asia, to the wider East Asia, the Asia-Pacific and the Indo-Pacific regions? More fundamentally and a sine qua non, how can ASEAN continue to ensure that peace, security and prosperity prevail in Southeast Asiä And, equally central, how can ASEAN become more relevant to the peoples of ASEAN, such that its contributions can be genuinely felt in making better the lives of its citizens?

Iran has one of the world's highest rates of drug addiction: estimated to be between 2 and 7 percent of the entire population. This makes the questions that this book asks all the more salient: what is the place of illegal substances in the politics of modern Iran? How have drugs affected the formation of the Iranian state and its power dynamics? And how have governmental attempts at controlling and regulating illicit drugs affected drug consumption and addiction? By answering these questions, Maziyar Ghiabi suggests that the Islamic Republic of Iran's image as an inherently conservative state is not only misplaced and inaccurate, but in part a myth. In order to dispel this myth, he skilfully combines ethnographic narratives from drug users, vivid field observations from 'under the bridge', with archival material from the pre- and post-revolutionary era, statistics on drug arrests and interviews with public officials. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Durchlässigkeit zwischen Bildungssektoren ist ein Dauerbrenner in der bildungspolitischen Debatte. Hinter der Auseinandersetzung mit Durchlässigkeit verbergen sich grundsätzliche Fragen der Zukunft der beruflichen Bildung. Durchlässigkeit kann als Chance oder als Gefahr für die berufliche Bildung gesehen werden. Wie durchlässig kann und soll das Berufsbildungssystem werden? Wo liegt die Zukunftsfähigkeit von Durchlässigkeit? Bisher wurden in verschiedenen Publikationen von beruflicher wie hochschulischer Seite einzelne Aspekte von Durchlässigkeit und Integration aufgegriffen. Eine stringente Auseinandersetzung und Zusammenführung der unterschiedlichen Facetten von Durchlässigkeit, die in der beruflichen Bildung zu finden sind, fehlen indes. Genau das soll mit diesem Sammelband erreicht werden. Er bietet eine Zusammenschau der unterschiedlichen Durchlässigkeitsansätze sowohl in den Teilbildungsbereichen als auch deren Wechselwirkungen. Das Bildungssystem wird als Ganzes in den Blick genommen. Die in diesem Sammelband erstmalig realisierte Bündelung relevanter Aspekte zur Durchlässigkeitsdebatte und die ausgewogene Einbeziehung von Autorinnen und Autoren aus berufl icher Bildung und Hochschulbildung soll den Dialog zwischen beiden Bildungsbereichen weiter fördern. (https://shop.budrich-academic.de)

'E-Learning im Unterricht – ein Leitfaden zum Einsatz von Lernplattformen in der Schule' richtet sich an Lehrkräfte aller Schularten, die eine Online-Lernplattform für den Unterricht bereits einsetzen oder einen solchen Einsatz planen. Neben einem knappen Überblick über die theoretischen Grundlagen erhält der Leser vor allem zahlreiche Anregungen zum didaktisch sinnvollen Einsatz von Lernplattformen aus der Unterrichtspraxis. Das Buch ermöglicht es dem Einsteiger, sich systematisch für die Nutzung einer Lernplattform im Unterricht vorzubereiten. Gleichzeitig erhält der fortgeschrittene Nutzer zahlreiche Tipps und Hinweise, wie man Materialien für die online-basierten Lernplattformen zielführend und gewinnbringend aufbereiten kann. 'E-Learning im Unterricht – ein Leitfaden zum Einsatz von Lernplattformen in der Schule' fokussiert nicht auf eine spezielle Lernplattform. Vielmehr konzentriert sich dieser Leitfaden hersteller- und produktunabhängig auf die Vielzahl der in allen Lernplattformen vorhandenen Funktionen und Werkzeuge, welche für die Administration, Information, Kommunikation, Kooperation, Kollaboration und Leistungskontrolle zur Verfügung stehen. Auch auf die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen beim Einsatz von Lernplattformen in der Schule geht das Buch ein. Die vorliegende 2. Auflage wurde gründlich überarbeitet und aktualisiert - auch die neuen Erfordernisse durch die Verabschiedung der europäischen Datenschutz-Grundverordnung wurden bereits eingearbeitet. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Dieses Buch zeigt, wie E-Learning funktionieren kann. Die Autoren sind Hauptakteure eines Teams, das in sich das gesamte Know-How für die Entwicklung und Nutzung verschiedener E-Learning Szenarien vereinigt: von der Konzeption über die Programmierung bis hin zur Nutzung in allen denkbaren Varianten. Daher beleuchtet das jüngste Buch des Marburger 'Linguistic Engineering Teams' nicht nur die verschiedenen Facetten des E-Learnings und E-Teachings, sondern es stellt am Ende jedes Kapitels einen Leitfaden zur Verfügung, der auf Basis funktionierender E-Learning Szenarien darstellt, wie E-Learning und E-Teaching gewinnbringend in der Hochschullehre eingesetzt werden können. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Franciscan theology before Bonaventure has long been regarded as a relatively unoriginal attempt to systematize the tradition of Augustine, which prevailed in the West for most of the earlier Middle Ages. In this book, Lydia Schumacher aims to demonstrate the innovative aspects of early Franciscan theology by examining the historical, philosophical, and religious contexts in which it was developed, and by highlighting how thinkers from this period deployed authoritative sources like Augustine as 'proof texts' for their own novel positions. She thereby exposes the continuity between the early and later Franciscan schools, which have normally been perceived as distinct from one another. Schumacher also emphasizes the ethos that inspired the development of medieval Franciscan thinking and distinguishes it from any modern intellectual trends with which it has been associated. Ultimately, Schumacher lays the foundation for future efforts to recover Franciscan theology in the contemporary context on its own terms.

Over the past 10 years, a convergence of scientific, demographic, legal and social developments has led to a significant influx of cases of international surrogacy. What was previously a marginal form of parenthood has become a multi-billion dollar industry, raising concerns for surrogate mothers, commissioning parents, and children alike. Lawyers, philosophers and health care professionals have struggled to formulate a framework to ensure the protection of surrogate mothers from exploitation, whilst combatting the vulnerability of commissioning parents to agencies and intermediaries, and providing children born as a result of this practice with certainty regarding their identity, status, and nationality. The transnational nature of the issues raised in relation to international surrogacy agreements means that individual states have struggled to take decisive action, and there remains a myriad of different responses to this issue. This book brings together experts from Eastern and Western backgrounds, to consider the way in which different jurisdictions have responded to surrogacy, both within their own borders, and when an international agreement takes place involving one of their citizens. Each chapter includes a discussion of the laws concerning the establishment and contestation of legal parentage through surrogacy under domestic law; the rules and laws concerning surrogacy arrangements on a domestic level; and approaches to recognition of legal parenthood acquired through surrogacy in other jurisdictions. In addition, the chapters consider the socio-economic context of surrogacy in the chosen jurisdictions, through questions concerning the profile of surrogate mothers and commissioning parents, the involvement of intermediaries, and the nature of the interactions between these parties. In this way, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of the confluences and tensions in the way surrogacy is approached in these jurisdictions, and seeks to identify trends emerging from these different regions. In doing so, Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy seeks to contribute to the greater understanding of the regulation of surrogacy throughout the world, and will serve as a reference work for anyone involved in practice, academia or law reform in this subject area. Jens M. Scherpe is a Reader in Comparative Law and Director of Cambridge Family Law at the University of Cambridge. He is the Honorary Professor at the University of Aalborg, Cheng Yu Tung Visiting Professor in Law at the University of Hong Kong and an Academic Door Tenant at Queen Elizabeth Building in London. Claire Fenton-Glynn is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge. She is an Associate Member of Harcourt Chambers in London. Terry Kaan is an Associate Professor of Law at Hong Kong University and Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law.

The increasing inequality and poverty that seem inevitably to accompany economic growth in developing countries have become more and more evident in recent years. The search for development paths that lead to growth with equality--all too difficult to find--is now an area of central concern for development economists. One result of their concern is this volume, in which internationally known representatives of a range of disciplines address themselves to ways in which growth with equity might be successfully achieved. The book begins with both empirical and theoretical background to the development issues involved, and with an overview of the experience of the international development assistance community. focuses on operational definitions of the poor that will permit analytical, policy-oriented research to lead to useful conclusions. Specific concern is expressed for small-business owners, women, peasants, and recent migrants from rural to urban areas. The basic question, of course, is what can be done about poverty and inequality. includes suggestions for specific measures and provides a comprehensive comparison across a wide range of policy options. The book does not solve the problem, but it does point to directions that promise a reasonably high probability of success. And throughout, suggestions are made for the kind of interdisciplinary research required to raise that probability even further. (https://www.amazon.de)

Universalistische Ordnungskonzepte gehören zu den kraftvollsten Ideen der Weltgeschichte. Sie gewinnen ihre Stärke aus dem Anspruch, für alle Menschen zu gelten. Nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges bildete sich eine Weltordnung heraus, die sich den Idealen eines in westlich-aufklärerischer Tradition stehenden Universalismus immer weiter anzunähern schien. Universalistische Strömungen riefen aber immer schon Gegenkräfte auf den Plan. Seit einigen Jahren befindet sich der westliche Universalismus in einer Phase der Defensive, die durch Herausforderungen von außen wie auch innergesellschaftlicher Art geprägt ist. Der Band fragt in einer Perspektive der longue durée nach Entstehung, spezifischen Ausformungen und Prozessen der Infragestellung universalistischer Strömungen sowie eines universalistischen Gemeinwesens. Das Betrachtungsfeld reicht dabei von der Spätantike bis in die jüngste Zeitgeschichte und bezieht auch Beispiele aus Russland und der islamischen Welt ein. Mit Beiträgen von Clemens Albrecht, Martin Aust, Udo Di Fabio, Jan Eckel, Peter Geiss, Dominik Geppert, Dieter Gosewinkel, Eva Hausteiner, Judith Pfeiffer, Michael Rohrschneider, Grit Straßenberger, Mahir Tokatlı und Konrad Vössing. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

In diesem Buch wird ein fundiertes, handlungsleitendes Modell entwickelt, das Lehrenden das theoretische Rüstzeug liefert, eLearning zu verstehen und zu gestalten. Es wird argumentiert, dass eLearning ein didaktisches Gestaltungsfeld mit spezifischen Möglichkeiten und Grenzen ist, die in einem allgemein-didaktischen Rahmen reflektiert werden können und müssen. Es beruht auf einer Beziehung von Lehrenden und Lernenden, die gemeinsam einen Unterrichtsprozess auf der Bühne des Mediums Computer inszenieren. Aufbauend auf Überlegungen zum Kompetenzerwerb wird in diesem Buch ein theoretisches Gerüst für die Analyse und Gestaltung von eLearning vorgestellt, das mit einer Vielzahl von praktischen Beispielen, Erfahrungen und Anregungen untermauert wird. Der Autor unternimmt zum einen den Versuch, den Anschluss der eLearning-Didaktik an die Theorien und Modelle der Allgemeinen Didaktik wieder-herzustellen. Zum anderen entwirft er ein Modell von Kompetenzentwicklung, das auch für andere Felder der Didaktik befruchtend sein kann. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Elephants are among the most magnificent - but also most problematic -members of South Africa's wildlife population. While they are sought after by South African and foreign tourists alike, they also have a major impact on their environment. As a result, elephant management has become a highly complex and often controversial discipline. The information needed to underpin vital decisions about elephant management has largely been unavailable to decision-makers, contested by experts, or simply unknown. As a result, the South African Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism convened a round table to advise him on this issue. The round table recommended that a scientific assessment of elephant management be undertaken to gather, evaluate, and present all the relevant information on this topic. Its main findings and recommendations are contained in this volume. Elephant Management is the first book of its kind, combining the work of more than 60 national and international experts. Extensively reviewed by policy-makers and other stakeholders, it is the most systematic and comprehensive review of savanna elephant populations and factors relevant to managing them to date. As such it is of interest to a broad spectrum of readers in South Africa and elsewhere. Above all, it is aimed at helping conservation policy-makers and practitioners to choose the best possible options for the sustainable preservation of these iconic animals.

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Guaranteeing energy security is one of the most complex challenges of energy law and policy. Energy insecurity threatens economic development, social peace and stability. This book focuses on energy security in the strategically important region of Central Asia. The region holds huge energy reserves, but its energy systems are highly inefficient and unreliable, and thus require urgent reform. However, endemic corruption, discrimination and the strong centralization of power have so far blocked initiatives to reorganize energy supply. The case of Central Asia is uniquely relevant for understanding the informal constraints on energy law and policy. In addition, Central Asian energy insecurity illustrates the impact of geopolitics on the regulation of energy markets. The region is strategically located in Russia's sphere of influence and along China's New Silk Road. Its energy situation highlights the complex interactions amongst energy law, geopolitics and institutions.

An up-to-date comprehensive text useful for graduate students and academic researchers in the field of energy transfers in fluid flows. The initial part of the text covers discussion on energy transfer formalism in hydrodynamics and the latter part covers applications including passive scalar, buoyancy driven flows, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD), dynamo, rotating flows and compressible flows. Energy transfers among large-scale modes play a critical role in nonlinear instabilities and pattern formation and is discussed comprehensively in the chapter on buoyancy-driven flows. It derives formulae to compute Kolmogorov's energy flux, shell-to-shell energy transfers and locality. The book discusses the concept of energy transfer formalism which helps in calculating anisotropic turbulence.

A beautifully illustrated guide to the medieval church towers of the Northern Province of England.

C. Otto Scharmers Theorie U hat in den letzten Jahren weit über den Wirtschaftssektor hinaus Furore gemacht. Der bekannte MIT-Forscher und Berater hat damit eine Blaupause geliefert, nach der die 'Betriebssysteme' von Unternehmen, Bildungseinrichtungen und Demokratien aktualisiert und an die heutigen Herausforderungen angepasst werden können. Dieses Buch bietet einen prägnanten, leicht zugänglichen Leitfaden zu den wichtigsten Konzepten und Anwendungen der Theorie U. Es hilft Führungskräften und Organisationen in allen Branchen und Sektoren, ihr Bewusstsein zu verändern, das eigene Gestaltungspotenzial zu erschließen und ihre Zukunftsfähigkeit zu stärken. Es richtet sich damit an alle Menschen, die die großen Konflikte unserer Zeit überwinden wollen – ökologisch, sozial und spirituell. Der Autor hat mit Regierungen, UN-Organisationen, Unternehmen und NGOs in Afrika, Asien, Amerika und Europa zusammengearbeitet und preisgekrönte Führungs- und Innovationsprogramme für Kunden wie Alibaba, Daimler, Eileen Fisher, Fujitsu, Google, Natura und PriceWaterhouse durchgeführt. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Das Buch 'EU for YOU!' ist das erste Werk im deutschsprachigen Raum, das die Funktionsweise und die Entwicklung der Europäischen Union leicht verständlich erklärt. Zielgruppe sind Jugendliche und all jene, die sich ohne komplizierten EU-Jargon über europäische Institutionen und ihre Aufgabenbereiche informieren wollen. Mittlerweile ist das Buch ein internationaler Bestseller: Ausgaben in kroatisch, slowenisch, türkisch, montenegrinisch, rumänisch und estnisch liegen vor. Die Aufnahme in den Anhang zur Schulbuchliste für die unten angeführten Schularten, Klassen und Unterrichtsgegenstände wurde vom Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur mit BMBWK-5.018/0125-V/9/2005 vom 6. März 2006 empfohlen: für die 4. Klasse und den Unterrichtsgegenständen Geographie und Wirtschaftskunde sowie Geschichte und Sozialkunde; für die allgemein bildenden höheren Schulen, für die 4. und 6. Klasse im Unterrichtsgegenstand Geographie und Wirtschaftskunde und für die 6.-8. Klasse im Unterrichtsgegenstand Geographie und Wirtschaftskunde-Wahlpflichtgegenstand sowie für die 4. Klasse im Unterrichtsgegenstand Geschichte und Sozialkunde und für die 8. Klasse im Unterrichtsgegenstand Geschichte und Sozialkunde/Politische Bildung. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

This comprehensive study of party competition in Europe since 2008 aids understanding of the recent, often dramatic, changes taking place in European politics. It addresses how the multiple crises that Europe faces have affected the intensity and structure of party competition, and whether we are seeing a wave of 'critical elections' which will reshape European politics for years to come. The geographical scope of the book covers fifteen European countries, including cases from North-Western Europe (Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland), Southern Europe (Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain), and Central-Eastern Europe (Hungary, Latvia, Poland, and Romania). Using original data from a large-scale content analysis of mass media, and the debates among parties in election campaigns, this book provides clear graphical presentations of the results, appealing to a wide readership of students, scholars, journalists, practitioners, and the politically interested public.

European Union Politics is the most complete and most issues-led introductory textbook on the European Union. Written by an expert team of contributors, it fully equips students to understand the European Union and the topical debates which surround it. Alongside its comprehensive coverage of the theory, institutions, and policies of the EU, as well as its historical context, the book engages with numerous contemporary issues, debates, and crises, from Brexit and Euroscepticism to the economic and migration crises. The text's clear and accessible writing style and wide-ranging nature make it the ideal starting point for all those wishing to fully understand the workings of this complex and ever-evolving system. Throughout the text, students are supported by helpful learning features, including key points, questions, and examples. Students are further supported by online resources that help them to take their learning further. For students: - Test your knowledge of the chapter material and receive instant feedback with online multiple choice questions. - Revise key terms and concepts with a digital flashcard glossary. - Prepare effectively for assessments with help from the online revision guide. - Learn about key actors in the EU with short biographies of important figures in its history. - Expand your knowledge of the EU's member states with an interactive map of Europe. - Conduct further research with relevant web links to reliable online content. (https://www.lehmann.de)

A brief, authoritative introduction to field experimentation in the social sciences. Written by two leading experts on experimental methods, this concise text covers the major aspects of experiment design, analysis, and interpretation in clear language. Students learn how to design randomized experiments, analyze the data, and interpret the findings. Beyond the authoritative coverage of the basic methodology, the authors include numerous features to help students achieve a deeper understanding of field experimentation, including rich examples from the social science literature, problem sets and discussions, data sets, and further readings.(https://www.wiley.com)

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Der Kodex Finanzmarktrecht Band II 2019, 34. Auflage, Stand 1. 5. 2019, enthält: ZAHLUNGSVERKEHR VERBRAUCHERFINANZMARKTRECHT GELDWÄSCHE/KONTENREGISTER FINANZMARKTSTABILITÄT FINANZMARKTAUFSICHT Neu: EU-Barmittelverordnung 2018/1672 über die Überwachung von Barmitteln EU-Richtlinie 2018/1673 über die strafrechtliche Bekämpfung der Geldwäsche DfV (EU) 2019/410 zur Struktur der Angaben, die der EBA von den zuständigen Behörden im Bereich Zahlungsdienste zu übermitteln sind DelV (EU) 2019/411 zu Anforderungen für den Betrieb des elektronischen zentralen Registers bei Zahlungsdiensten sowie mit den Änderungen zum/zur: FMABG, NBG, FinStaG und ÖIAG-G WiEReG-NutzungsentgelteV FMA-Prüfaktuar-PrüfberichtV 2013 FMA-Incoming-PlattformV VO (EU) 2019/518 zur Änderung der EU-ÜberweisungsVO (924/2009) EBA-VO (EU) 2018/1717 (https://www.buchhandel.de)

This book elaborates, illuminates, and illustrates a confident and attractive account of social and political liberalism in light of a rich understanding of flourishing and fulfilment rooted in a version of natural law theory. Examining issues in ethics, law, and politics - including consumer responsibility, the assignment of grades by teachers, deception by lawyers, war and empire, and the use of victim-impact statements in parole decisions - Gary Chartier shows how natural law theory can effectively support pluralism, diversity, social equality, integrity, peace, and freedom.

The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. He wrote three versions of his autobiography over the course of his lifetime and published his own newspaper. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence he bore witness to the brutality of slavery. Initially mentored by William Lloyd Garrison, Douglass spoke widely, often to large crowds, using his own story to condemn slavery. He broke with Garrison to become a political abolitionist, a Republican, and eventually a Lincoln supporter.

The caliphs and sultans who once ruled the Muslim world were often assisted by powerful Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian, and other non-Muslim state officials, whose employment occasioned energetic discussions among Muslim scholars and rulers. This book reveals those discussions for the first time in all their diversity, drawing on unexplored medieval sources in the realms of law, history, poetry, entertaining literature, administration, and polemic. It follows the discourse on non-Muslim officials from its beginnings in the Umayyad empire (661-750), through medieval Iraq, Egypt, Syria, and Spain, to its apex in the Mamluk period (1250-1517). Far from being an intrinsic part of Islam, views about non-Muslim state officials were devised, transmitted, and elaborated at moments of intense competition between Muslim and non-Muslim learned elites. At other times, Muslim rulers employed non-Muslims without eliciting opposition. The particular shape of the Islamic discourse on this issue is comparable to analogous discourses in medieval Europe and China.

Taking an up-to-date and truly global approach, this volume presents a wide range of phenomena in politeness research, and discusses key developments in the field. Covering eight major world languages as well as several language varieties, a team of leading scholars provide a multilingual and multicultural perspective on various speech acts and emic conceptualisations of politeness, and a diachronic view of the field. Most significantly, the volume focuses on the latest trends in the field, such as metapragmatic approaches to im/politeness, politeness and globalization, politeness in computer mediated communication, and politeness and prosody, spanning a wide range of methodologies and types of data, including naturally occurring conversations, role plays, email messages, social media, online discussion forums, ethnographic interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, experiments and language corpora.

A number of researchers have tried to characterise the anatomy and behavioural systems of early hominid and early modern human populations in an attempt to understand how we became what we are. Can archaeology, palaeo-anthropology and genetics tell us how and when human cultures developed the traits that make our societies different from those of our closest living relatives? In which cases are these differences substantial, and when do they simply reflect our definitions of culture, species, the image we have of their evolution or of ourselves? From Tools to Symbols, a collection of twenty-seven selected papers from a South African-French conference organised in honour of the well-known palaeo-anthropologist Phillip Tobias, provides a multidisciplinary overview of this field of study. It is based on collaborative research conducted in sub-Saharan Africa by South African, French, American and German scholars in the last twenty years, and represents an excellent synthesis of the palaeontological and archaeological evidence of the last five million years of human evolution.

Discover the very latest game-theoretic approaches for designing, modeling, and optimizing emerging wireless communication networks and systems with this unique text. Providing a unified and comprehensive treatment throughout, it explains basic concepts and theories for designing novel distributed wireless networking mechanisms, describes emerging game-theoretic tools from an engineering perspective, and provides an extensive overview of recent applications. A wealth of new tools is covered - including matching theory and games with bounded rationality - and tutorial chapters show how to use these tools to solve current and future wireless networking problems in areas such as 5G networks, network virtualization, software defined networks, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, context-aware networks, green communications, and security. This is an ideal resource for telecommunications engineers, and researchers in industry and academia who are working on the design of efficient, scalable, and robust communication protocols for future wireless networks, as well as graduate students in these fields.

Populistische Strömungen gewinnen weltweit an Resonanz, gleichzeitig beobachten wir ein tiefes Misstrauen in die Problemlösungsfähigkeit der Politik, in die Fairness der Wirtschaft und die Unabhängigkeit der Wissenschaft. Der Soziologe und Risikoforscher Ortwin Renn führt diese Tendenzen auf gesellschaftliche Verunsicherung angesichts gesellschaftlicher Veränderung und Komplexität zurück. In seinem Buch untersucht er die aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Ängste, ihre Ursachen und Folgen. Aufklärend zielt Renn darauf, Verunsicherung abzubauen. Zudem will Renn mit diesem Buch mehr Zuversicht in die Leistungskraft der zentralen gesellschaftlichen Institutionen, aber auch mehr Zutrauen in die eigene Gestaltungskraft wecken. Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit den Ängsten in unserer Gesellschaft, ihrer Wahrnehmung, ihren Gründen und ihrer Wirkung. Was ängstigt die Menschen derzeit genaü Was bedroht uns? Woher kommen diese Ängsté Wie können wir – individuell und kollektiv – besser damit umgehen? Und was macht es mit unserer Gesellschaft, wenn die Angst zu mächtig wird? (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Geoffrey Chaucer is widely acknowledged as the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. His texts are studied extensively but, in order to be fully appreciated, they demand a nuanced understanding of the medieval period. This volume provides freshly illuminated access to Chaucer's writing through an unrivalled repertoire of contextual information and perspectives designed to enhance the independence and critical capacities of his modern readers. The featured essays are written not only by distinguished literary scholars but also by leading international historians. Geoffrey Chaucer in Context is an essential reference tool for anyone studying Chaucer and will help readers to identify his different voices and engage with the complexity and colour of his times with new awareness.

Academic attention has focused on America's influence on European stage works, and yet dozens of operettas from Austria and Germany were produced on Broadway and in the West End, and their impact on the musical life of the early twentieth century is undeniable. In this ground breaking book, Derek B. Scott examines the cultural transfer of operetta from the German stage to Britain and the USA and offers a historical and critical survey of these operettas and their music. In the period 1900-1940, over sixty operettas were produced in the West End, and over seventy on Broadway. A study of these stage works is important for the light they shine on a variety of social topics of the period - from modernity and gender relations to new technology and new media - and these are investigated in the individual chapters. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre findet die Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Sozialwissenschaften eine wachsende Aufmerksamkeit. Der Sammelband leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag zu dieser Entwicklung, indem er drei Aspekte fokussiert: Sozialwissenschaftliche Idiome, Praktiken und Strukturen. Die Beiträge des Sammelbands gehen davon aus, dass idiomatische Sprachprägungen, praxeologische Spezialisierung und strukturelle Schließungen dazu beigetragen haben, dass für den Gegenstandsbereich des Sozialen ein als wissenschaftlich markiertes Sonderwissen hervorgebracht wurde. Trotzdem erlangten die Sozialwissenschaften für die Deutung von Gesellschaft nie jene hegemoniale Stellung, wie sie die Naturwissenschaften erreicht haben. Um so stärker sind sie in ihrem wissenschaftlichen Selbstverständnis von der gegenwärtigen Wissenschaftsskepsis betroffen. Mit Blick auf diesen Trend analysiert der Sammelband systematisch die historische Entwicklung und Eigenart der Sozialwissenschaften im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, indem er den Zusammenhang der genannten drei Aspekte beleuchtet. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Die fortschreitende Nutzung digitaler Kommunikationstechnologien nicht nur in der industrialisierten Welt, sondern zunehmend auch in Ländern des globalen Südens, erfordert eine Neuorientierung in der Betrachtungsweise dessen, was den Menschen als Individuum und soziales Wesen ausmacht. Das vorliegende Buch möchte zu dieser Neubestimmung der Identität des Menschen in einer globalisierten Welt einen Beitrag leisten. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf jenen Aspekten der globalen Vernetzung, die grundlegende Veränderungen von Identiätskonstruktionen des Einzelnen nach sich ziehen. Im Zentrum stehen neue Formen der Identitätsgestaltung durch digitale Technologien sowie die Neudefinition kultureller Dimensionen wie jener des Raumes oder Veränderungen zeitlicher, aber auch gesellschaftlicher Strukturen. Um nicht eine ausschließlich ,westlich‘ orientierte, eurozentrische Perspektive einzunehmen, bildet einer der Schwerpunkte der vorliegenden Forschungsarbeit die Analyse der Nutzung digitaler Kommunikationstechnologien in Westafrika, wo der zahlenmäßige Anstieg von Nutzern des Mobiltelefons und sozialer Netzwerke in den letzten Jahren alle Prognosen von Experten übertraf. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

The xenophobic attacks that started in Alexandra, Johannesburg in May 2008 before quickly spreading around the country caused an outcry across the world and raised many fundamental questions: Of what profound social malaise is xenophobia - and the violence that it inspires - a symptom? Have our economic and political choices created new forms of exclusion that fuel anger and distrust? What consequences does the emergence of xenophobia hold for the idea of an equal, nonracial society as symbolised by a democratic South Africä On 28 May 2008 the Faculty of Humanities in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg convened an urgent colloquium that focused on searching for short and long-term solutions. Nearly twenty individuals - mostly Wits academics from a variety of disciplines, but also two student leaders, a journalist and a bishop - addressed the unfolding violence in ways that were conversant with the moment, yet rooted in scholarship and ongoing research. Go Home or Die Here emanates directly from the colloquium. It hopes to make sense of the nuances and trajectories of building a democratic society out of a deeply divided and conflictual past, in the conditions of global recession, heightening inequalities and future uncertainty. The authors hoped to pose questions that would lead both to research and to more informed, reflective forms of public action. With extensive photographs by award-winning photographer Alon Skuy, who covered the violence for The Times newspaper, the volume is passionate and engaged, and aims to stimulate reflection, debate and activism among concerned members of a broad public.

This year's volume is highlighted by a special section on Goethe's narrative events in addition to a range of other articles from emerging and established scholars.

This book undertakes a specialised analysis of a topic that is highly significant both theoretically and practically. At the theoretical level, it discusses questions that have remained insufficiently answered in the fields of international human rights and institutional law. Notably, it clarifies how international human rights law conditions member states' governance role within international financial institutions and how this role is to be accommodated in the regime of international responsibility. Furthermore, the book's thorough discussion of member states' human rights due diligence duties offers a practical contribution to the understanding of what tools may be used by states to secure their human rights obligations when participating in international financial institutions. Its practical significance also relates to the examination of the various elements that must be demonstrated by an individual wishing to invoke member State responsibility for alleged human rights violations in the context of international financial institution operations.

Great Christian Jurists and Legal Collections in the First Millennium is a systematic collection of essays describing how Christian leaders and scholars of the first millennium in the West contributed to law and jurisprudence and used written norms and corrective practices to maintain social order and to guide people from this life into the next. With chapters on topics such as Roman and post-Roman law, church councils, the papacy, and the relationship between royal and ecclesiastical authority, as well as on individual authors such as Lactantius, Ambrosiaster, Augustine, Leo I, Gelasius I, and Gregory the Great, this book invites a more holistic and realistic appreciation of early-medieval contributions to the history of law and jurisprudence for entry-level students and scholars alike. Great Christian Jurists and Legal Collections in the First Millennium provides a fresh look, from a new perspective, enabling readers to see these familiar authors in a fresh light.

From the early days of European settlement in North America, Christianity has had a profound impact on American law and culture. This volume profiles nineteen of America's most influential Christian jurists from the early colonial era to the present day. Anyone interested in American legal history and jurisprudence, the role Christianity has played throughout the nation's history, and the relationship between faith and law will enjoy this worthy and unique study. The jurists covered in this collection were pious men and women, but that does not mean they agreed on how faith should inform law. From Roger Williams and John Cotton to Antonin Scalia and Mary Ann Glendon, America's great Christian jurists have brought their faith to bear on the practice of law in different ways and to different effects.

Greek epigram is a remarkable poetic form. The briefest of all ancient Greek genres, it is also the most resilient: for almost a thousand years it attracted some of the finest Greek poetic talents as well as exerting a profound interest on Latin literature, and it continues to inspire and influence modern translations and imitations. After a long period of neglect, research on epigram has surged during recent decades, and this volume draws on the fruits of that renewed scholarly engagement. It is concerned not with the work of individual authors or anthologies, but with the evolution of particular subgenres over time, and provides a selection of in-depth treatments of key aspects of Greek literary epigram of the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Byzantine periods.0Individual chapters offer insights into a variety of topics, from explorations of the dynamic interactions between poets and their predecessors and contemporaries, and of the relationship between epigram and its socio-political, cultural, and literary background from the third century BCE up until the sixth century CE, to its interaction with its origins, inscribed epigram more generally, other literary genres, the visual arts, and Latin poetry, as well as the process of editing and compilation which generated the collections which survived into the modern world. Through the medium of individual studies the volume as a whole seeks to offer a sense of this vibrant and dynamic poetic form and its world which will be of value to scholars and students of Greek epigram and classical literature more broadly

This is the first monograph dedicated to the history of Greek military service for the Achaemenid Persian Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt from the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger to the conquests of Alexander the Great. Through careful analysis of the political contexts of their recruitment and detailed reconstructions of their performances as soldiers and generals on the battlefield, Jeffrey Rop overturns the traditional view that the Greeks who fought in the Near East were mercenaries hired for their superior military skills as heavily armored hoplites. The presence of unprecedented numbers of Greek infantry in the armies of Persia and Egypt is not evidence that the levies of these states were militarily inferior or deficient, but a clear sign of unprecedented foreign political influence among the most powerful leaders and cities of Greece for much of the fourth century.

Learn from the experts about industrial crystallization in this third edition of a widely regarded classic that has been completely revised to reflect the latest developments in the field. New chapters on crystal nucleation, molecular modelling application, and precipitation and crystallization of pigments and dyes are included, as well as completely revised chapters on crystallization of proteins, crystallizer selection and design, control of crystallization processes, and process analytical technology. Richly illustrated with 150 new diagrams and photographs, and with dozens of practical hands-on examples, this is an ideal introduction for newcomers, and serves as an excellent reference for experienced professionals covering aspects of industrial crystallization in a single, complete volume.

The essays in this volume address topics prominent in current debates about Hegel's Philosophy of Spirit, which originally appeared as the third part of his Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences (1817, 1827, 1830). Together, a group of internationally recognized Hegel scholars presents a sophisticated, well-researched, and considered account of Hegel's text, approaching it from different perspectives, philosophical schools, and traditions. Each essay focuses on a specific issue relevant to Hegel scholarship, carefully and clearly setting out established views of the text and putting forward incisive new interpretations. The essays will enable readers to obtain a broad yet analytically nuanced understanding of Hegel's thought and in particular of the Philosophy of Spirit, a rich and important work that has relevance for contemporary debates in philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of law and religion, ethics, aesthetics, and social and political philosophy.

Wie steht es um den Heimat-Begriff im Kontext der Globalisierung? Die Beiträge des Bandes erörtern nicht nur die unterschiedlichen Darstellungs- und Aktualisierungsformen, sondern auch das vielfältige heuristische und praxeologische Potential von »Heimat«. Als Beitrag zur Klärung einer gegenwärtig in Europa und vor allem in Deutschland viel diskutierten Frage definiert das Buch den Heimat-Begriff jenseits von identitären und nationalen Vereinnahmungen als einen Modus der nachhaltigen Weltbeziehung und der Zugehörigkeit neu - und macht ihn so für politisch-gesellschaftliche Entwürfe dienstbar

Nach einem Jahr türkisblauer Koalitionsregierung geht Robert Misik mit deren Protagonisten, ihren Ideen und dem politischen Zeitgeist, der nun weltweit weht, ins Gericht. Wie konnte sich der 'neue Stil', der weltweit auf dem Vormarsch zu sein scheint und den die österreichische Mitte-Rechts-Regierung für sich reklamiert, durchsetzen und wie gelangt er zu den verblüffend hohen Zustimmungsraten? Eine neue Politik, die achtlos mit den Rechten und der Würde der Ärmsten umgeht, die Gesetze beschließt, die vor allem den Wohlhabenden nutzen, die Neidkampagnen gegen Schwächere betreibt und Grundrechte wie die Meinungsfreiheit in Gefahr bringt. Sie funktioniert, weil sie eine Angstkultur nutzt, die zur Folge hat, dass jeder nur mehr an sich selbst denkt. Wenn sich die Angst in Gesellschaften hineinfrisst, wünschen sich die Menschen Zäune, Mauern und Gräben, um das Altbekannte zu bewahren. Das ist in Österreich nicht anders als im Rest der Welt. Robert Misiks scharfe Analyse mündet in dem Appell: Lassen wir uns so nicht regieren! (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Technology entrepreneurship has been receiving growing importance as an effective instrument to promote national economic growth, both from empirical researchers and policymakers. India has emerged as the third largest base for high-tech start-ups in the world. Although there is a surge in start-up creation rates in India, little is known about factors required for these start-ups to survive, sustain and grow into large enterprises, particularly in the context of emerging economies like India. This book reviews the entrepreneurial, firm-specific and external environment-specific aspects that influence the key lifecycle stages of high-tech start-ups and identifies the key factors that influence each milestone. Existing literature in this subject has limited studies on the structure of the high-tech start-up sector and processes and strategies adapted by them. This book aims to address this gap, analyzing case studies and empirical data, and provides a multidimensional framework to understand the life cycle of high-tech start-ups.

An engaging examination of how video game design can create strong, positive emotional experiences for players, with examples from popular, indie, and art games. This is a renaissance moment for video games -- in the variety of genres they represent, and the range of emotional territory they cover. But how do games create emotion? In How Games Move Us, Katherine Isbister takes the reader on a timely and novel exploration of the design techniques that evoke strong emotions for players. She counters arguments that games are creating a generation of isolated, emotionally numb, antisocial loners. Games, Isbister shows us, can actually play a powerful role in creating empathy and other strong, positive emotional experiences; they reveal these qualities over time, through the act of playing. She offers a nuanced, systematic examination of exactly how games can influence emotion and social connection, with examples -- drawn from popular, indie, and art games -- that unpack the gamer's experience. Isbister describes choice and flow, two qualities that distinguish games from other media, and explains how game developers build upon these qualities using avatars, non-player characters, and character customization, in both solo and social play. She shows how designers use physical movement to enhance players' emotional experience, and examines long-distance networked play. She illustrates the use of these design methods with examples that range from Sony's Little Big Planet to the much-praised indie game Journey to art games like Brenda Romero's Train. Isbister's analysis shows us a new way to think about games, helping us appreciate them as an innovative and powerful medium for doing what film, literature, and other creative media do: helping us to understand ourselves and what it means to be human. (https://www.amazon.de)

Hyper-active governance is a new way of thinking about governing that puts debates over expertise at the heart. Contemporary governing requires delegation to experts, but also increases demands for political accountability. In this context, politicians and experts work together under political stress to adopt different governing relationships that appear more 'hands-off' or 'hands-on'. These approaches often serve to displace profound social and economic crises. Only a genuinely collaborative approach to governing, with an inclusive approach to expertise, can create democratically legitimate and effective governance in our accelerating world. Using detailed case studies and global datasets in various policy areas including medicines, flooding, water resources, central banking and electoral administration, the book develops a new typology of modes of governing. Drawing from innovative social theory, it breathes new life into debates about expert forms of governance and how to achieve real paradigm shifts in how we govern our increasingly hyper-active world.

eng: Solving the identification problem in the context of VAR models is a widely discussed topic in economic research. There are various methods to identify the structural-form of VAR models. This work concentrates on two methods, the Cholesky decomposition and the sign restrictions approach. It investigates the performance of the two methods with regard to the identification problem for different structural VAR models. For the evaluation a Monte-Carlo-Simulation is conducted, where the difference between the true structural impulse response functions and their Bayesian estimates for the two methods is calculated and compared. There is evidence that the sign restrictions approach is more suitable for economic applications than the Cholesky decomposition, if the sign restrictions assumptions are economically well substantiated.

An accessible and thorough introduction to implicatures, a key topic in all frameworks of pragmatics. Starting with a definition of the various types of implicatures in Gricean, neo-Gricean and post-Gricean pragmatics, the book covers many important questions for current pragmatic theories, namely: the distinction between explicit and implicit forms of pragmatic enrichment, the criteria for drawing a line between semantic and pragmatic meaning, the relations between the structure of language (syntax) and its use (pragmatics), the social and cognitive factors underlying the use of implicatures by native speakers, and the factors influencing their acquisition for children and second language learners. Written in non-technical language, Implicatures will appeal to students and teachers in linguistics, applied linguistics, psychology and sociology, who are interested in how language is used for communication, and how children and learners develop pragmatic skills.

Drawing on political science, economics, philosophy, theology, social anthropology, history, management studies, law, and other subject areas, In Search of Good Energy Policy brings together leading academics from across the social sciences and humanities to offer an innovative look at why science and technology, and the type of quantification they champion, cannot alone meet the needs of energy policy making in the future. Featuring world-class researchers from the University of Cambridge and other leading universities around the world, this innovative book presents an interdisciplinary dialogue in which scientists and practitioners reach across institutional divides to offer their perspectives on the relevance of multi-disciplinary research for 'real world' application. This work should be read by anyone interested in understanding how multidisciplinary research and collaboration is essential to crafting good energy policy.

The legal system is awash with excessive and incomprehensible information. Yet many of us assume that the unrelenting torrent of information pouring into various legal programs is both inevitable and unstoppable. We have become complacent; but it does not have to be this way. Incomprehensible! argues that surrendering to incomprehensibility is a bad mistake. Drawing together evidence from diverse fields such as consumer protection, financial regulation, patents, chemical control, and administrative and legislative processes, this book identifies a number of important legal programs that are built on the foundational assumption that 'more information is better'. Each of these legal processes have been designed in ways that ignore the imperative of meaningful communication. To rectify this systemic problem, the law must be re-designed to pay careful attention to the problem of incomprehensibility.

Globalisation is more complex than ever. The effects of the global financial crisis and increased inequality have spurred anti-globalisation sentiment in many countries and encouraged the adoption of populist and inward-looking policies. This has led to some surprising results: Duterte, Brexit and Trump, to name a few. In Indonesia, the disappointment with globalisation has led to rising protectionism, a rejection of foreign interference in the name of nationalism, and economic policies dominated by calls for self-sufficiency. Meanwhile, human trafficking and the abuse of migrant workers show the dark side of globalisation. In this volume, leading experts explore key issues around globalisation, nationalism and sovereignty in Indonesia. Topics include the history of Indonesia's engagement with the world, Indonesia's stance on the South China Sea and the re-emergence of nationalism. The book also examines the impact of globalisation on poverty and inequality, labour markets and people, especially women.

ger: Seit der Abschaffung des Quotensystems 1994 ist der Einfluss einer Mitgliedschaft in einem Internationalen Kaffeeabkommen (ICA) auf den Kaffeehandel unklar. Diese Diplomarbeit erforscht, ob Mitglieder der Internationalen Kaffeeabkommen 2001 und 2007 höhere Kaffeehandelswerte als Nicht-Mitglieder aufweisen. Anstatt die Preise zu regulieren, hat das ICA heutzutage nur mehr eine unterstützende Funktion, um eine nachhaltige Kaffeewirtschaft zu fördern. Die empirische Analyse wurde von 2001 bis 2017 durchgeführt. Der verwendete Paneldatensatz, zusammengesetzt aus Daten von UN Comtrade, BACI, CEPII, der Weltbank, der Internationalen Kaffeeorganisation und Mario Larch, enthält 33,332 Beobachtungen für bilaterale Kaffeehandelsflüsse für 189 Länder. Für die Schätzungen, welche auf dem Gravitationsmodell basieren, wurde sowohl der Ordinary Least Squared als auch der Poisson Pseudo-maximum Likelihood-Schätzer verwendet. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass exportierende Mitglieder höhere Handelswerte und importierende Mitglieder niedrigere Handelsflüsse als Nicht-Mitglieder aufweisen. Der Einfluss der Mitgliedschaft ist nicht eindeutig, wenn beide Handelspartner Mitglieder sind.

Today's society is characterized by quick technological developments and constant changes to our information environments. One of the biggest changes has been on our workplace environments where technological developments have automated work processes that were previously done by manual labour whilst new professions and work tasks have emerged in response to new methods of creating, sharing and using information. Information at Work: Information management in the workplace provides a comprehensive account of information in the modern workplace. It includes a set of chapters examining and reviewing the major concepts within workplace information, from over-arching themes of information cultures and ecologies, to strategic concerns of information management and governance, and to detailed accounts of questions and current debates. This book will be useful reading for researchers in Information Science and Information Management and students on related courses. It is also suitable to be used as an introductory text for those working in allied fields such as Management and Business Studies.

Records Managers have tended to find themselves given the responsibility for managing requests under the Freedom of Information (FOI) and Data Protection Acts (DPA), without necessarily having training and/or an academic background in legal studies. This book aims to fill this knowledge gap by offering a fully up to date, accessible, comprehensive guide to Information rights specifically for those without a legal background. Information Rights for Records Managersaims to be as comprehensive as possible, including coverage of the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), Â so that the guidance practitioners can provide is as fully informed as possible. Content covered includes: Responding to FOI requests, including exemptions, internal reviews and benchmarking Coverage of DPA and GDPR regulations, where the differences lie and what the implications are for professionals operating under the acts Personal data requests and enquiries under GDPR Working with the European Information Regulations (EIR) and where the differences lie with FOI Discussion of the two strands of records management and information rights work and how the two interact in daily work Practical case studies from a range of organisations and institutions to demonstrate practice. The book will be useful reading for all professionals in the public and private sectors who have responsibility for information rights, particularly around FOI and DPA. Its introductory nature will also mean that it will be very useful students and new professionals seeking to increase their knowledge.

Suchmaschinen haben sich als zentrales Instrument für die Online-Informationssuche etabliert. Das Buch geht daher der Frage nach, welche Kriterien für die Auswahl von Suchresultaten bei der Suche nach Informationen mit Suchmaschinen von Bedeutung sind. Hierfür werden der Ablauf von Suchprozessen sowie relevante Einflussfaktoren auf die Selektionsentscheidung systematisiert und in einem Modell zusammengeführt, das die Wirkung verschiedener Einflussfaktoren auf die einzelnen Schritte des Suchprozesses beschreibt. In drei Vorstudien und einer Hauptstudie mit jeweils experimentellem Versuchsaufbau sowie automatisierter Erfassung des Suchverhaltens werden anschließend ausgewählte Modellschritte empirisch überprüft. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass das Ranking als dominanter Einflussfaktor agiert. Daneben existieren jedoch auch distinkte Einflüsse von Quelleneigenschaften sowie individueller Zuschreibungen (z. B. wahrgenommene Glaubwürdigkeit der Suchresultate) auf den Suchprozess. (https://www.nomos-shop.de)

Although comparative politics is conventionally seen as the study of politics across countries, the field has a longstanding and increasingly prominent tradition in national contexts; focusing on subnational units, institutions, actors and processes. This book offers the first comprehensive assessment of the substantive, theoretical, and methodological contributions. With empirical chapters from across the contemporary Global South, including India, Mexico, and China, as well as Russia, the contributors show how subnational research provides useful insights about substantive themes in political science, from regimes and representation, to states and security, to social and economic development. In addition to methodological chapters with specific guidance about best practices for doing subnational research, this volume also proposes a set of strategies for subnational research, assesses their strengths and weaknesses, and offers illustrative empirical applications.

Im Zuge der kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Globalisierung kommt der Aneignung sowie der Erforschung und Vermittlung interkultureller Kompetenzen eine große Bedeutung zu. Auch auf dem Arbeitsmarkt wird diese Schlüsselqualifikation in zunehmendem Maße vorausgesetzt und nachgefragt. Diese Einführung informiert über Konzeptionen, Problembereiche, Methoden, Theorieansätze sowie zentrale Begriffe der Interkulturellen Kommunikation und bietet zahlreiche anschauliche Beispiele. Der Autor analysiert Interaktionssituationen (beim Lernen, in der Wirtschaft und in multikulturellen Gesellschaften) und beschreibt als weitere Schwerpunkte Kulturtransfer (in den Medien und der Werbung) sowie Fremdwahrnehmungsprozesse (Stereotypenbildung, Vorurteilsstrukturen etc.). Die vierte Auflage wurde durchgehend aktualisiert. Erweitert wurden die Abschnitte zum interkulturellen Lernen, zu Teambildung und Personalmanagement, zur Interkulturellen Kommunikation in Organisationen sowie zu Migration und Integration. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

International crime and justice is an emerging field that covers crime and justice from a global perspective. This book introduces the nature of international and transnational crimes, theoretical foundations to understanding the relationship between social change and the waxing and waning of the crime opportunity structure, globalization, migration, culture conflicts, and the emerging legal frameworks for their prevention and control. It presents the challenges involved in delivering justice and international cooperative efforts to deter, detect, and respond to international and transnational crimes; and the need for international research and data resources to go beyond anecdote and impressionistic accounts to testing and developing theories to build the discipline that bring tangible improvements to the peace, security and well-being of the globalizing world. A timely analysis of a complex subject of international crime and justice for students, scholars, policymakers and advocates who strive for the pursuit of justice for millions of victims.

Das Standardlehrwerk zur Internationalen Wirtschaft und Marktführer in Deutschland analysiert hochaktuell und detailliert den Weg aus der Wirtschaftskrise über die globale Finanzkrise in eine künftige Währungskrise. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Intimate relationships exist in social domains, in which there are cultural rules regarding appropriate behaviors. But they also inhabit psychological domains of thoughts, feelings, and desires. How are intimate relationships experienced by people living in various types of romantic or sexual relationships and in various cultural regions around the world? In what ways are they similar, and in what ways are they different? This book presents a cross-cultural extension of the findings originating from the classic Boston Couples Study. Amassing a wealth of new data from almost 9,000 participants worldwide, Hill explores the factors that predict having a current partner, relationship satisfaction, and relationship commitment. These predictions are compared across eight relationship types and nine cultural regions, then uniquely combined in a Comprehensive Partner Model and a Comprehensive Commitment Model. The findings test the generalizability of previous theories about intimate relationships, with implications for self-reflection, couples counseling, and well-being.

Plant remains can preserve a critical part of history of life on Earth. While telling the fascinating evolutionary story of plants and vegetation across the last 500 million years, this book also crucially offers non-specialists a practical guide to studying, dealing with and interpreting plant fossils. It shows how various techniques can be used to reveal the secrets of plant fossils and how to identify common types, such as compressions and impressions. Incorporating the concepts of evolutionary floras, this second edition includes revised data on all main plant groups, the latest approaches to naming plant fossils using fossil-taxa and techniques such as tomography. With extensive illustrations of plant fossils and living plants, the book encourages readers to think of fossils as once-living organisms. It is written for students on introductory or intermediate courses in palaeobotany, palaeontology, plant evolutionary biology and plant science, and for amateurs interested in studying plant fossils.

Sudden unexpected infant death, including sudden infant death syndrome, is the leading cause of death in infants one month to one year of age, in the developed world. A thorough investigation is crucial for accurate diagnosis. As part of the Diagnostic Pediatric Pathology Series, this book provides a detailed guide to various diagnoses and strong frameworks across continents, for strong support in conducting a multi-professional approach to the physiopathological mechanisms behind SIDS. Offering sensitive consideration for parents in mourning, this book rigorously explores current standards of police investigation and post-mortem, incorporating all aspects of the investigation, including the home visit, medical history and autopsy findings. Written by multidisciplinary experts, this vital guide uses clear reference tables and diagrams to present cutting-edge knowledge for use by paediatric and general pathologists, paediatricians, medico-legal practitioners, and all involved in the investigation of sudden infant death.

From encounters with Western powers in the nineteenth century through to a Constitutional Revolution at the beginning of the twentieth century, and from the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mosaddeq in the 1950s to the current Islamic Republic, Iran's history has rarely been far from tumultuous and dramatic. And the ways in which Iranian society has participated in and reacted to these events have been equally fascinating and revolutionary. Here for the first time in English, Yann Richard offers his take on the social and political history of Iran since 1800. Richard's account traces the common threads of national ideology and violent conflict that have characterised a number of episodes in Iranian history. By also concerning himself with the reactions and feelings of Iranian society, and by referring frequently to Persian sources and commentaries, Richard gives us a unique insight into the challenges encountered by Iranians in modern times.

Islam in the Malay world of Southeast Asia or Islam Nusantara, as it has come to be known, had for a long time been seen as representing the more spiritual and Sufi dimension of Islam, thereby striking a balance between the exoteric and the esoteric. This image of 'the smiling face of Islam' has been disturbed during the last decades with increasing calls for the implementation of Shari'ah, conceived of in a narrow manner, intolerant discourse against non-Muslim communities, and hate speech against minority Muslims such as the Shi'ites. There has also been what some have referred to as the Salafization of Sunni Muslims in the region. The chapters of this volume are written by scholars and activists from the region who are very perceptive of such trends in Malay world Islam and promise to improve our understanding of developments that are sometimes difficult to grapple with.

Why do Muslim-majority countries exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of socio-economic development in comparison to world averages? Ahmet T. Kuru criticizes explanations which point to Islam as the cause of this disparity, because Muslims were philosophically and socio-economically more developed than Western Europeans between the ninth and twelfth centuries. Nor was Western colonialism the cause: Muslims had already suffered political and socio-economic problems when colonization began. Kuru argues that Muslims had influential thinkers and merchants in their early history, when religious orthodoxy and military rule were prevalent in Europe. However, in the eleventh century, an alliance between orthodox Islamic scholars (the ulema) and military states began to emerge. This alliance gradually hindered intellectual and economic creativity by marginalizing intellectual and bourgeois classes in the Muslim world. This important study links its historical explanation to contemporary politics by showing that, to this day, ulema-state alliance still prevents creativity and competition in Muslim countries.

Traditionally, legal scholarship on judicial review is predominantly normative, concentrating on how courts should decide cases and to what extent they should show deference towards the legislative branch. Political scientists, on the other hand, seem more interested in what motivates judges and which factors influence their decisions. In contrast to the extensive body of literature on judicial behaviour in countries with a common law tradition (especially on the US Supreme Court), there is little systematic, empirical knowledge relating to European constitutional courts. Focusing on the Constitutional Court of Belgium, the approach of this book is to combine normative ideas on how the Court should act with an empirical case law analysis. It explores the extent to which the Court performs as a deliberative institution, while operating within a consensual political system: Does the Court employ deliberative 'judicial good practices'? Is the Court's performance affected by strategic considerations? And if the Court's rulings reflect strategic actions, does this behaviour correspond to the deliberative expectations weighing on the Court? The answers to these questions contribute to a fundamental discussion about the appropriate role for judicial institutions in a democratic society. The book shows that the Court's case law is (in part) shaped by strategic considerations. In salient cases, the Court prudently adapts various aspects of its decision in order to stimulate acceptance and compliance. The analyses reflect the fact that the Court is willing to engage in dialogue and that a consensus must be found amid a pluralist group of judges in each case. In addition, by continuingly taking into account the anticipated behaviour of its audience, the Court protects its institutional legitimacy for future cases. Due to this interdisciplinary focus, the book provides essential insights to both legal scholars and political scientists. Josephine De Jaegere is an advisor at the Belgian Ministry of Justice and an associated researcher at the University of Antwerp.

With vision, hard-nosed judgment, and biting humor, Julius Nyerere confronted the challenges of nation building in modern Africa. Constructing Tanzania out of a controversial Cold War union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Nyerere emerged as one of independent Africa's most influential leaders.

Der Mensch im Mittelpunkt Wie sich die Intralogistik für die digitale Arbeitswelt 4.0 wappnet Automatisierung ist das Thema für die Intralogistik. Die meisten Arbeitsprozesse sind digitalisiert und werden immer enger vernetzt und verdichtet. Das setzt auf Unternehmerseite einen starken Willen zur Veränderung und die Bereitschaft zur stetigen Anpassung voraus. Technische Module, Produkte, Lager und Transportsysteme kommunizieren untereinander und mit den Beschäftigten. Um langfristig erfolgreich zu sein, stellen sich ganz neue Fragen der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Mensch und Technik. Fragen, die bislang nie gestellt werden mussten. Diese Prozesse mitzutragen, verlangt auch von den Mitarbeitern enorme Beweglichkeit: geistig und physisch. Eine begleitende, kontrollierende und immer wieder neu justierende Rolle kommt dabei dem Management zu. Nur wenn alle Bereiche erfolgreich zusammen spielen, kann die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit gesichert werden. Das große Autorenteam kombiniert die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse mit Erfahrungsberichten aus der Industrie. Damit erhalten Sie einen aktuellen Überblick über die Veränderungen in der Zusammenarbeit von Mensch und Technik und außerdem viele Hilfestellungen für die Praxis der Intralogistik. Aus dem Inhalt Teil 1: Moderne Arbeitswelten Lager 4.0 gestalten/ Arbeitsbedingungen anpassen/ Gefährdungsbeurteilung psychischer Belastung/ veränderte Arbeitsanforderungen/ menschengerechte Gestaltung Teil 2: Kognitive Ergonomie in der aktuellen Logistikforschung Digitale Lösungen/ Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion/ Augmented Reality/ Head-Mounted Displays/ Datenbrille/ Smart Glasses/ Digitale Assistenztechnologien Teil 3: Bewährte technische Assistenzsysteme in der Intralogistik Praxisbeispiele von Unternehmen: KBU Logistik AG Bremen, Picavi GmbH Herzogenrath, Ubimax GmbH Bremen, proLogistik GmbH & Co. KG Dortmund, Optimum datamanagement solutions GmbH Karlsruhe, KNAPP AG Graz. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

A familiar theme in Greek philosophy, largely due to the influence of Plato's Cratylus, linguistic naturalism (the notion that linguistic facts, structures or behaviour are in some significant sense determined by nature) constitutes a major but under-studied area of Roman linguistic thought. Indeed, it holds significance not only for the history of linguistics but also for philosophy, stylistics, rhetoric and more. The chapters in this volume deal with a range of naturalist theories in a variety of authors including Cicero, Varro, Nigidius Figulus, Posidonius, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. The result is a complex and multi-faceted picture of how language and nature were believed to interrelate in the classical Roman world.

Fresh investigations into heresy after 1300, demonstrating its continuing importance and influence.

How does one lead a life of law, love, and freedom? This inquiry has very deep roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Indeed, the divergent answers to this inquiry mark the transition from Judeo to Christian. This book returns to those roots to trace the twists and turns that these ideas have taken as they move from the sacred to the secular. It relates our most important mode of social organization, law, to two of our most cherished values, love and freedom. In this book, Joshua Neoh sketches the moral vision that underlies our modern legal order and traces our secular legal ideas (constitutionalism versus anarchism) to their theological origins (monasticism versus antinomianism). Law, Love, and Freedom brings together a diverse cast of characters, including Paul and Luther, Augustine and Aquinas, monks and Gnostics, and constitutionalists and anarchists. This book is valuable to any lawyers, philosophers, theologians and historians, who are interested in law as a humanistic discipline.

Rampant abuse, hate speech, censorship, bias, and disinformation - our Internet has problems. It is governed by technology companies - search engines, social media platforms, and infrastructure providers - whose hidden rules influence what we are allowed to see and say. In Lawless, Nicolas P. Suzor presents gripping examples of exactly how tech companies govern our digital environment and how they bend to pressure from governments and other powerful actors to censor and control the flow of information online. We are at a constitutional moment - an opportunity to rethink the basic rules of how the Internet is governed. Suzor offers a vision of a vibrant, diverse, and flourishing internet that can protect our fundamental rights from the lawless rule of tech. The culmination of more than ten years of original research, this groundbreaking work should be read by anyone who cares about the internet and the future of our shared social spaces.

The problems of entrenched poverty and economic underdevelopment in American urban cores involve multiple overlapping challenges that have stymied consistent and long-term progress for many decades. Although inadequate and misguided laws are not solely responsible for this state of affairs, good laws - and good lawyering - can contribute enormously to overcoming the challenges of the urban cores. By showcasing a range of scholarly analyses, covering a broad spectrum of legal issues and methodologies, this book demonstrates how law and lawyers can and do respond to the challenges of the urban cores. It provides paths forward at the local level in the face of federal political paralysis and inattention and lays a foundation for new paradigms and new approaches to intransigent problems. Modeling engaged legal scholarship as a pragmatic response to contemporary challenges, this book is for anyone concerned about the current state of American urban cores.

This volume provides a unique overview of methodologies that are conducive to a successful legal transplant in East Asia and Oceania. Each chapter is drafted by a scholar who holds direct professional experience on the legal transplant considered and has a distinctive insight into the pragmatic difficulties related to grafting an alien institution into a legal tradition. The range of transplants includes the implementation of contractual obligations, the regulation of commercial investments and the protection of the environment. The majority of recent legal reforms in these geographical areas have aimed at improving national economic performance and fostering trade and have been directly inspired by European and North American institutional experiences. There is also, however, a tendency to couple economic reforms, aimed at attracting foreign investment, with constitutional reforms that improve the protection of individual rights, the environment and the rule of law.

What explains contemporary variations in African legislative institutions - including their strengths and weaknesses? Compared with the more powerful executive branches, legislatures throughout the continent have historically been classified as weak and largely inconsequential to policy-making processes. But, as Ken Ochieng' Opalo suggests here, African legislatures actually serve important roles, and under certain conditions, powerful and independent democratic legislatures can emerge from their autocratic foundations. In this book, Opalo examines the colonial origins of African legislatures, as well as how postcolonial intra-elite politics structured the processes of adapting inherited colonial legislatures to local political contexts and therefore continued legislative development. Through case studies of Kenya and Zambia, Opalo offers a comparative longitudinal study of the evolution of legislative strength and institutionalization as well as a regional survey of legislative development under colonial rule, postcolonial autocratic single-party rule, and multiparty politics throughout Africa.

Horst Siebert's basic work explains in a comprehensible but scientifically grounded manner how adults learn. The book provides orientational knowledge and a comprehensive overview of the current state of research: Learning research, biographical learning, teaching-learning situations, education in postmodern societies, and the development of theoretical approaches in the field of adult education. This completely reworked third volume includes a new article on adult education in digitalised societies by Matthias Rohs. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Der Leitfaden präsentiert ein didaktisches Konzept, mit dem Tagungen, Symposien und Kongresse zu Lernorten werden. Ziel der Autoren ist es, einen nachhaltigen Erkenntnisgewinn, den die Teilnehmenden aus einer Tagung mitnehmen, in den Mittelpunkt des Interesses zu stellen. Hierzu betten sie das Veranstaltungsprogramm in ein didaktisches Konzept ein, das vom Ergebnis für die Teilnehmenden ausgeht. Grundlage ist ein didaktisches Verständnis von Tagungen, bei dem die einzelnen Schritte von der Planung bis zur Evaluation immer wieder mit den (Lern-)Zielen abgeglichen werden. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Limits of Bargaining is an original addition to the political economy analysis of capital-labour relations in the organised industrial sector in the context of economic liberalisation in India. It analyses the dynamics of the capital-labour bargaining process in the context of the changing nature of the state and market as a result of adoption of policies of liberalisation and globalisation for the last two and half decades. It examines the nature of collective bargaining and analyses the underlying structural-political conditions that shape the capital-labour relations. Based on original empirical material from West Bengal, a state long considered pro-labour, the book presents bargaining between capital and labour as endogenous to the interplay of the triad of the market, technology and the institutions of the state. It illustrates everyday interactions between labour and management, different unions and outside actors that shape collective bargaining, and highlights the negotiation, appropriations and compromises that shape bargaining at the operational level.

Featuring over two hundred nature-themed texts spanning the disciplines of literature, science and history, this sourcebook offers an accessible field guide to the environment of Renaissance England, revealing a nation at a crossroads between its pastoral heritage and industrialized future. Carefully selected primary sources, each modernized and prefaced with an introduction, survey an encyclopaedic array of topographies, species, and topics: from astrology to zoology, bear-baiting to bee-keeping, coal-mining to tree-planting, fen-draining to sheep-whispering. The familiar voices of Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson, and Marvell mingle with a diverse chorus of farmers, herbalists, shepherds, hunters, foresters, philosophers, sailors, sky-watchers, and duchesses - as well as ventriloquized beasts, trees, and rivers. Lavishly illustrated, the anthology is supported by a lucid introduction that outlines and intervenes in key debates in Renaissance ecocriticism, a reflective essay on ecocritical editing, a bibliography of further reading, and a timeline of environmental history and legislation drawing on extensive archival research.

'Why bother to rob a bank, when you can own a bank?' asked Bertold Brecht. The question is reiterated in the very Brechtian Love, Crime and Johannesburg, the story of Jimmy 'Long Legs' Mangane, a people's poet involved in the struggle, who is accused of robbing a bank. He passionately asserts his innocence, claiming to work for the 'secret secret service'. Lewis, his old friend and comrade from the struggle, now owns a bank. How did this happen? The man of the struggle is now a man of accounts. A man of the nineties. Part of the cell phone generation. Added to the mix is an oldstyle gangster, two girlfriends, a Jewish father and a very unusual Chief of Police. Described as one of the first genuine postapartheid plays, Love, Crime and Johannesburg is a witty, lighthearted account of life in the City of Gold at the turn of the millennium. A must for all students of South African theatre. Winner of the 2000 Vita Award for best script of a new South African Play.

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) was one of the most important composers of the twentieth century, whose significance extends far beyond his native Poland: his classical music was premiered by internationally renowned performers like the LaSalle Quartet and Krystian Zimerman, and his symphonies, concertante, chamber, instrumental and vocal music are produced by the leading labels of the recording industry. His vita is just as captivating as his compositionally path-breaking music.

The development industry is worth billions. International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) have become an integral component in international development and humanitarian response. Yet as recent scandals at Save the Children and Oxfam have highlighted, such organizations can overstep moral boundaries, raising questions about the scale, power and role of INGOs. Are they dedicated to continuous learning and self-improvement, or are they development dinosaurs driven by their own need for survival and by the political agendas of their paymasters? Drawing upon his experience as an international development practitioner-one who has worked with NGOs large and small, international and local, in over 40 countries-and drawing also upon his own academic research, Terry Gibson addresses these questions head on. He combines large-scale industry analysis with attention to the lives and worlds of the people the aid industry aims to serve, and he demonstrates how to overcome barriers between the two worlds and free flows of learning, resources, and even political influences that might lead to better outcomes. Making Aid Agencies Work is essential reading for practitioners and researchers, as well as for anyone concerned about the future of this vital area of human endeavour. (https://www.lehmann.de)

European states were overwhelmed with information around 1500. Their agents sought to organize their overflowing archives to provide trustworthy evidence and comprehensive knowledge that was useful in the everyday exercise of power. This detailed comparative study explores cases from Lisbon to Vienna to Berlin in order to understand how changing information technologies and ambitious programs of state-building challenged record-keepers to find new ways to organize and access the information in their archives. From the intriguing details of how clerks invented new ways to index and catalog the expanding world to the evolution of new perspectives on knowledge and power among philologists and historians, this book provides illuminating vignettes and revealing comparisons about a core technology of governance in early modern Europe. Enhanced by perspectives from the history of knowledge and from archival science, this wide-ranging study explores the potential and the limitations of knowledge management as media technologies evolved.

Making Our World: The Hacker and Maker Movements in Context describes and situates the political, historical, national, and organizational elements of hacking and making. Hackers and makers are often mythologized, leading to people misunderstanding them as folk heroes for the modern age. In response, this book describes and critiques these movements from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives to help readers appreciate their worldwide scope and highly localized interpretations. Making Our World is essential reading for students and scholars of technology and society, particularly those interested in social movements and DIY cultures. (https://www.buchhandel.de)

Maritime Delimitation as a Judicial Process is the first comprehensive analysis of judicial decisions, state practice and academic opinions on maritime boundary delimitation. For ease of reading and clarity, it follows this three-stage approach in its structure. Massimo Lando analyses the interaction between international tribunals and states in the development of the delimitation process, in order to explain rationally how a judicially-created approach to delimit maritime boundaries has been accepted by states. Pursuing a practical approach, this book identifies disputed points in maritime delimitation and proposes solutions which could be applied in future judicial disputes. In addition, the book engages with the underlying theories of maritime delimitation, including the relationship between delimitation and delineation, the effect of third states' rights on delimitation, and the manner in which each stage of the process influences the other stages.

In 2005, Dharam Ahluwalia and Daniel Grumiller reported an unexpected theoretical discovery of mass dimension one fermions. These are an entirely new class of spin one half particles, and because of their mass dimensionality mismatch with the standard model fermions they are a first-principle dark matter candidate. Written by one of the physicists involved in the discovery, this is the first book to outline the discovery of mass dimension one fermions. Using a foundation of Lorentz algebra it provides a detailed construction of the eigenspinors of the charge conjugation operator (Elko) and their properties. The theory of dual spaces is then covered, before mass dimension one fermions are discussed in detail. With mass dimension one fermions having applications to cosmology and high energy physics, this book is essential for graduate students and researchers in quantum field theory, mathematical physics, and particle theory.

Measuring Justice explores the ways in which South African court and managerial prosecutors deal with the quantification of social phenomena - such as justice, professional work or accountability - and address the radical simplifications of their inherent complexities, misrepresentations and editing as a consequence. While various studies show the concern of professionals about the damaging effects these quantitative forms of accountability have on the creativity, freedom and collaborative nature of expert systems, Mugler shows that the reactions and attitudes of these legal professionals differ substantially. Through careful scrutiny of the everyday work of prosecutors and how they reflect on the relationship between accountability, quantification and law, this book argues that actors who work daily with quantitative accountability measures develop a numerical reflexivity about the process.

Media Activism in the Digital Age captures an exciting moment in the evolution of media activism studies and offers an invaluable guide to this vibrant and evolving field of research. Victor Pickard and Guobin Yang have assembled essays by leading scholars and activists to provide case studies of feminist, technological, and political interventions during different historical periods and at local, national, and global levels. Looking at the underlying theories, histories, politics, ideologies, tactics, strategies, and aesthetics, the book takes an expansive view of media activism. It explores how varieties of activism are mediated through communication technologies, how activists deploy strategies for changing the structures of media systems, and how governments and corporations seek to police media activism. From memes to zines, hacktivism to artivism, this volume considers activist practices involving both older kinds of media and newer digital, social, and network-based forms. Media Activism in the Digital Age provides a useful cross-section of this growing field for both students and researchers. (https://www.beck-shop.de)

Now in its third edition, the Medical Management of Eating Disorders is the definitive text on the diagnosis and general management of patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and other related eating disorders. Providing up-to-date information and research on world-class treatments, this book helps health care professionals understand how to treat eating disorders and other subsequent medical complications that arise as a result of the patient's disorder. Each chapter begins with 'Study Questions' to focus the reader and put the relevant information into perspective, and concludes with 'Implications for Health Care Professionals' to summarise the key learnings of the chapter. 'Patient Information' sections are also included to give examples of how the topics covered can be presented to patients and families. This text is essential reading for all health care professionals involved in the care and management of patients with eating disorders.