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  • 1
    ISBN: 9781782540915
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 235 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economic and political aftermath of the Arab Spring
    DDC: 330.9174927
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    Keywords: Politische Unruhen ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Wirkungsanalyse ; MENA-Staaten ; Arab Spring, 2010- ; Electronic books ; Arab countries Economic conditions 21st century ; Arab countries Politics and government 21st century ; Middle East Economic policy ; Africa, North Economic policy ; Arabischer Frühling ; Auswirkung ; Politik ; Wirtschaft
    Abstract: The economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have always been characterized by economic volatility and social disparities. The recent 'Arab Spring' wave of protests has increased political uncertainty and instability in the region, and this timely book provides an in-depth analysis of the subsequent changes from economic, political and environmental perspectives. The international contributors provide a comprehensive overview of the situation in the Mediterranean Basin, addressing a wide range of contributing factors including: -productivity and innovation -trade and foreign investment -changing geo-political equilibria -labour markets and the role of women -the environment, climate change and energy sourcing. The book concludes that the key problems shared by MENA countries are the uncertain economic prospects coupled with high levels of unemployment - a combination that, through different channels, limits technological and innovative capacities. This book will prove an enlightening read for scholars, researchers and students in various academic fields including development economics, development studies, political economy, international politics and Islamic studies.
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  • 2
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781781004715
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 556 S.) , graph. Darst.
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als A handbook of alternative theories of public economics
    DDC: 336
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    Keywords: Öffentlicher Sektor ; Öffentliche Finanzen ; Öffentliche Güter ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Österreichische Schule ; Wohlfahrtsökonomik ; Neue politische Ökonomie ; Economics ; Finance, Public ; Electronic books ; Öffentliche Wirtschaft ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wissenschaft ; Methode
    Abstract: This comprehensive and thought-provoking Handbook reviews public sector economics from pluralist perspectives that either complement or reach beyond mainstream views. The book takes a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, drawing on economic elements in the fields of philosophy, sociology, psychology, history and law. The expert contributors present new methodological approaches across these disciplines in five distinct sections: 'Revisiting the Theoretical Foundations' compares and contrasts Austrians, Marxists, public choice theorists and Keynesians, 'Revisiting the Values' is concerned with justice, welfare, religions and civil rights, 'Beyond Rationalistic Rational Choice' includes chapters devoted to memory, information and group motivation, The final sections on 'Optimal Government and Government Failure' and 'Public Economics of Public Bads' deal with competition among governments, their suboptimal size, regulation, corruption, the informal economy, cognitive dissonance, rent seeking, the UN and criminal cycles. Academics, researchers and students with an interest in economics --particularly public sector economics and Austrian economics - and public policy will find this Handbook to be an invaluable reference tool.
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  • 3
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781783479825
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 696 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Keywords: Capitalism Religious aspects ; Islam ; Finance (Islamic law) ; Finance Religious aspects ; Islam ; Economics Religious aspects ; Islam ; Islam Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Islam ; Wirtschaft
    Abstract: 'This volume presents carefully selected research by reputed scholars on diverse topics dealing with the economic life of Muslims. The book provides a perspective not only on key aspects of the moral economy but also on the behaviour and expectations of economic agents. The distinguished editors have made a valuable contribution by expanding the scope of typical Islamic economics literature and by including topics dealing with the day-to-day life of Muslim society.' (Zamir Iqbal, The World Bank Global Center for Islamic Finance Development). -- According to the most recent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, nearly one in four people in the world are Muslim. In light of these numbers, Handbook on Islam and Economic Life is one of the first books to consider Islam within a broader economic sphere by focusing on the ways in which Islam shapes and interacts with the economy. With contributions from leading scholars, this unique Handbook explores how Islam impinges upon and seeks to condition major aspects of economic life including economic organisation, business and management, finance and investment, charity, mutuality and self-help, and government. It concludes by analysing the link between religion and development, the present economic circumstances in Arab countries and the vexed issue of the origins and causes of underdevelopment in Muslim countries. Covering a breadth of topics and research, this book will be essential reading for academics in both Muslim and western universities, graduates and postgraduates of Islamic studies as well as Islamic and other research institutes.
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9781783472314
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 293 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Fan, Chengze Simon, 1966 - Vanity economics
    DDC: 306.3
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    Keywords: Familienökonomik ; Sexualität ; Bevölkerungstheorie ; Psychologie ; Economics Sociological aspects ; Pride and vanity ; Marriage Economic aspects ; Families Economic aspects ; Sex Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Sexualverhalten ; Ehe ; Familie ; Statussymbol ; Eitelkeit ; Verhaltensökonomie
    Abstract: This book presents an accessible and sometimes controversial economic exploration of numerous issues surrounding sex, marriage and family. It analyses the role of 'vanity', defined as social status and self-esteem, in social and economic behaviours. In Veblen's theory of conspicuous consumption, vanity is associated with the consumption of luxuries such as expensive handbags and cars. In this book, C. Simon Fan provocatively argues that vanity is obtained by having a spouse and children with perceived 'high-quality' values, for example, a beautiful wife, a tall husband or intelligent offspring. He demonstrates from various perspectives that vanity plays a crucial role in male-female relationships and intergenerational relationships. In doing so, he challenges the conventional frontier of economics and contributes to other social sciences. This unique book will appeal to the educated general reader and interested academic alike.
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9781782546627
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 269 pages)
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Olsen, Tricia D. Law, Business and Human Rights: Bridging the Gap, edited by Robert C. Bird, Daniel R. Cahoy and Jamie Darin Prenkert. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Press, 2014. 269 pp. ISBN: 978-1782546610 2015
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Keywords: Social responsibility of business ; Human rights ; Electronic books ; Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht ; Menschenrecht ; Unternehmen ; Soziale Verantwortung ; Corporate Social Responsibility
    Abstract: The intersection of business and human rights contains substantial economic, social, and political implications. Global business enterprises and civil society groups must establish a constructive and meaningful dialogue in order to work cooperatively to protect human rights. In this innovative book, the authors explore the role of firms in respecting human rights and explain the need for a better understanding of the human rights of affected stakeholders. The goal is to draw attention to these issues and generate common ground between two potentially disparate and conflicting interests. -- ‘The business and human rights field is burgeoning, and this volume makes a significant contribution by drawing business law scholars into related debates. Rich in empirical detail, individual chapters analyze the challenges faced both at the firm-level and from the perspective of affected stakeholders across a range of sectors and issue areas. Highly recommended.’ (Shareen Hertel, University of Connecticut, US).
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9781782549727
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 255 pages) , diagrams , illustrations
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als New developments in economic education
    DDC: 330'.0711
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    Keywords: Ökonomische Bildung ; Wirtschaftspädagogik ; Wirtschaftsstudium ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Economics Study and teaching (Higher) ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ökonomische Bildung ; Wirtschaftspädagogik ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften
    Abstract: 'Mixon and Cebula have compiled a valuable collection that offers a blend of compelling empirical results on the efficacy of classroom innovations along with practical advice to implement cutting edge pedagogical techniques. New and seasoned instructors alike can enhance their economics courses and improve student learning as they select from innovative ideas that range from simple to complex.' (Gail Hoyt, University of Kentucky, US). -- 'This volume is a welcome addition to an ever growing body of work in economic education. The chapters herein are sure to appeal equally to new and seasoned instructors. The often overlooked process of setting expectations is motivated through a fresh look at syllabus construction. A wide range of content areas are covered throughout the volume, with dedicated chapters on the Coase Theorem and tax evasion. Research chapters enhance our understanding of the acquisition of economic knowledge (through clicker use), the stock of economic and financial knowledge (and correlated factors), and how real and perceived economic and financial literacy influence opinions (related to the financial crisis). The depth and breadth of coverage on such important topics make this a must have volume.' (KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond, US). -- 'This volume includes chapters extending and updating innovative teaching methods for undergraduate economics courses, as well as chapters with empirical research. Economic educators and general economists who are interested in teaching will therefore find something of interest and importance here.' (Michael Watts, Purdue University, US).
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  • 7
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781782549208
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 189 S.) , graph. Darst., Kt.
    Series Statement: Elgaronline
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Food consumption in China
    DDC: 338.1951
    Keywords: Lebensmittelkonsum ; China ; Food supply ; Food consumption ; Lebensmittelwirtschaft ; Lebensmittelproduktion ; Lebensmittelverbrauch ; Verbraucherverhalten ; Electronic books ; China ; China ; Lebensmittelwirtschaft ; Lebensmittelproduktion ; Lebensmittelverbrauch ; Verbraucherverhalten
    Abstract: 'This work is not an easy read, for all the right reasons. The authors stay well away from stylised facts, instead providing a rigorous assessment that gives readers a more informed and textured understanding of key drivers of China's food consumption. Beyond academics, commercial firms and prospective trading partners will find this book an important resource; its judicious use of tables, charts, maps and applied work paint a nuanced picture of China's markets' prospects and the challenges that still remain.' (Brad Gilmour, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). -- 'China's food consumption will have a fundamental impact on Chinese and global food supply and demand, and therefore food and nutrition security in the world. In addition, Chinese consumption patterns have important implications on global natural resources and the environment. To design policies and strategies to guide Chinese consumers towards a more sustainable and healthy diet requires solid data and analysis of future Chinese consumption trends. This book is a welcome first step. The authors of this book are some of the most experienced and respected researchers on Chinese agriculture and food issues. It is a valuable source of reference for researchers, government policymakers and anyone in the private sector who is interested in Chinese and global food systems.' (Shenggen Fan, International Food Policy Research Institute, US). -- 'With the world's largest population and second largest economy, China plays an important role in global food production and consumption. This book by a distinguished group of authors presents an updated analysis of food consumption in China. The material covered is informative and comprehensive. All food-related traders, researchers and analysts would benefit from reading this book.' (Yanrui Wu, The University of Western Australia, Australia).
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  • 8
    ISBN: 9781784711382
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 125 pages)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Islahi, Abdul A., 1950 - History of Islamic economic thought
    DDC: 297.3
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    Keywords: Islamisches Wirtschaftssystem ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Islam ; Economics Religious aspects ; Islam ; Islam Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Islamische Staaten ; Wirtschaft ; Religion ; Einfluss
    Abstract: This unique book highlights the contributions made by Muslim scholars to economic thought throughout history, a topic that has received relatively little attention in mainstream economics. Abdul Azim Islahi discusses various ways in which Muslim ideas reached the European West, influencing scholars and helping to form the foundations of modern economic ideas and theories. Early chapters outline the foundations of Islamic economic thought and describe three distinct phases of its development over time. The author then identifies key theories and tenets of modern economics - including value; market and pricing; production and distribution; money and interest; and the economic role of the state - and explores the influence of Muslim scholarly thought on each. The concluding chapter highlights the importance of further exploration of the topic and offers insightful recommendations for future research. This fascinating book will be of great interest to students and scholars of both the history of economic thought and Islamic economics.
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9781781004647
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 276 pages) , diagrams, illustrations
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    Keywords: Water Pollution potential ; Municipal water supply ; Sustainable urban development ; Water Pollution potential ; Municipal water supply ; Sustainable urban development ; Electronic books ; Stadtökologie ; Wasserverschmutzung ; Wasserversorgung ; Stadtentwicklung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Klimaänderung
    Abstract: This multi-disciplinary book provides practical solutions for safeguarding the sustainability of the urban water environment. Firstly, the importance of the urban water environment is highlighted and the major problems urban water bodies face and strategies to safeguard the water environment are explored. Secondly, the diversity of pollutants entering the water environment through stormwater runoff are discussed and modelling approaches for factoring in climate change and future urban and transport scenarios are proposed. Thirdly, by linking the concepts of sustainable urban ecosystems and sustainable urban and transport development, capabilities of two urban sustainability assessment models are demonstrated. To achieve sustainability of the urban water environment and future viability of treatment strategies, a framework that supports their adaptation to future challenges is required. A conceptual framework which involves a decision making cycle integrating best management practices and best planning practices that can be adopted to ensure future adaptation is also presented. Taking a holistic approach and with practical applications for modelling and predictions, Sustainable Urban Water Environment will strongly appeal to postgraduate students, practitioners and researchers in environmental science, environmental policy and urban transport planning.
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9781782546344
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 341 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Advances in regulatory economics
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The role of the postal and delivery service in a digital age
    DDC: 383.4
    Keywords: Postsektor ; Postmarkt ; Schrumpfende Märkte ; Digitale Güter ; Regulierung ; Postrecht ; EU-Staaten ; USA ; Postal service Technological innovations ; Postal service ; Lease and rental services ; Technological innovations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume, the result of the 21st Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics (Ireland, 2013), describes the continuing problem of the decline of the postal sector in the face of electronic competition and offers strategies for the survival of mail services in a digital age. The 25 original papers in this collection provide econometric analyses on the changing demand and elasticity of mail in the modern era. Proposed solutions to declining interest in the postal sector include closer links between mail services and the digital sphere, expansion of the parcel sector, changes to the universal service obligation, legal reform and regulatory change. Professors and students of regulatory economics will have an interest in this book, as will managers and other decision-makers working within the postal sector.
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  • 11
    ISBN: 9780191632754
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 548 Seiten)
    Edition: First ed.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Oxford handbook of gender in organizations
    DDC: 302.35
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Frau ; Mann ; Geschlechterrolle ; Wirtschaft ; Organisation
    Abstract: The Oxford Handbook of Gender in Organizations is a comprehensive analysis of thinking and research on gender in organizations with original contributions from key international scholars in the field.
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  • 12
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107028920
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (298 p)
    Series Statement: Language Culture and Cognition
    Parallel Title: Print version Drawn from the Ground : Sound, Sign and Inscription in Central Australian Sand Stories
    DDC: 398.2089/9915
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Provides a multimodal analysis of women's sand stories from Central Australia, showing how speech, sign, gesture and drawing work together
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Epigraph; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Arandic language region; 1.2 A multimodal approach to communication; 1.3 Sign and gesture in sand stories; 1.4 Tracks and traces: iconicity in sign, sand and gesture; 1.5 Space and frames of reference; 1.6 A multimodal perspective on gradient phenomena; 1.7 Relationships between gesture and speech; 1.8 Outline of the remainder of the book; 2 Sand stories as social and cultural practice; 2.1 Previous documentations of sand stories
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2 Lexical semantics of the term tyepety2.3 Dreamtime, Dreaming and the meanings of Altyerr; 2.4 Sand story styles; 2.5 Techniques and tools; 2.6 Mapping, diagramming and games in Central Australia; 2.7 Sand stories and awely ceremonies; 2.8 The end of the story; 2.9 Concluding comment; 3 Catching a move as it flies: multimodal data collection and annotation; 3.1 Recording naturalistic data in challenging conditions; 3.2 Coding and transcription; 3.3 The 'sand quiz': testing the meaning of V-units; 3.4 Representing multimodal events as transcript; 3.5 Concluding comment; 4 Lines in the sand
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.1 Conventionalized ground-ground type V-unitsPlates; 4.2 Visible paths in sand; 4.3 Combinations of static and dynamic elements; 4.4 Motion and multimodality; 4.5 The interpretation of motion in space; 4.6 Innovation and change; 4.7 Concluding comment; 5 Body-anchored and airborne action; 5.1 Previous work on Aboriginal sign languages and gesture in Australia; 5.2 Handsigns in sand stories; 5.3 Pointing in sand stories; 5.4 A tunnel ball game in sand; 5.5 Concluding comment; 6 Ordering, redrawing and erasure; 6.1 V-units and the order of narrative events; 6.2 Erasing the story space
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.3 The role of deictic units in transitions between frames7 Vocal style in sand stories; 7.1 'Talking song' and 'singing story'; 7.2 Some features of Arandic songs; 7.3 Doodlebugs and bogeymen: repeated text and borrowed words in a sand story; 7.4 A 'sung' sand story; 7.5 Concluding comment; 8 Crossing boundaries; 8.1 Multimodality, forms and functions in sand stories; 8.2 Alternative representations in sand, sign and gesture; 8.3 Convention or continuously varying forms?; 8.4 Coordination across modalities; 8.5 Verbal art, visual art; 8.6 Inscriptive practices: beyond Central Australia
    Description / Table of Contents: 8.7 Concluding commentAppendix 1 Abbreviations, glossing and orthographic conventions; Appendix 2 Summary of six stories annotated in detail; Bibliography; Index
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  • 13
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107056091
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (300 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Mapping Social Exclusion in India : Caste, Religion and Borderlands
    DDC: 305.0954
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This book studies the concept of social exclusion in India and provides strategies for overcoming it
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Introduction; Social Exclusion as a Structural Element; Social Exclusion as a Dynamic Process; Exclusion as a Normative Practice; Overcoming Social Exclusion; Social Exclusion in India; Efforts at Overcoming Exclusion in India; References; Part I Social Exclusion in India: Perspectives and Issues; 1 Inequality, Poverty and Social Exclusion in India; Rousseau - Adam Smith Encounter; Complexity of the Issue of Social Exclusion; Our Role as Teachers; References; 2 Social Exclusion, Globalization and Marginalized Groups
    Description / Table of Contents: Concept of Social ExclusionWhy Social Exclusion Matters; Manifestation of Social Exclusion; i. Economic categories; ii. Social categories; Caste; Tribals; Women; Muslim community; Social and Political Consciousness among Lower Castes; Policy of Social Engineering; Globalization and Marginalized Groups; Why Exclusion in Action; Conclusion; References; 3 Situating Social Exclusion in the Context of Caste: A Case of Dalits in India; Defining 'Exclusion'; Western Conception of Social Exclusion; Locating Social Exclusion in Indian Society; i. Social exclusion is structural
    Description / Table of Contents: ii. Social exclusion is collectiveiii. Social exclusion is multidimensional; iv. Social exclusion is dynamic and has historicity; v. Social exclusion has an agency; vi. Social exclusion extends to cultural spheres; Necessity of Contextualization of Exclusion; Relationship between Exclusion, Deprivation and Discrimination: A Caste Perspective; Social Exclusion in the Hindu Social Order: Book View; Ambedkar and Book View of Exclusion; Exclusion of Dalits: Book View; Ambedkar and Social Exclusion of Dalits; Social Exclusion of Dalits: Field View; Particulars of Exclusion of Dalits
    Description / Table of Contents: Exclusion of Dalits in the Spheres of GovernanceExclusion and Demands for Inclusion; Social Exclusion a Hurdle for Nation-Building; Conclusion; References; 4 Reservation Policy in India: Exclusion in Inclusion; Historical Dimension of the Problem of Exclusion; Prevalent Conditions and Policy of Affirmative Action; Affirmative Action and Change: Inclusion vs. Exclusion; Do Dalits Stand Included or Excluded?; References; 5 Coping with Exclusions the Non-Political Way; Notes; References; Part II Empirical Studies: Caste and Religious Exclusions
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Egalitarian Religion and Caste-based Exclusion in Rural PunjabSocial Landscape of Exclusion; Caste of villagers and respondents; Dimensions of social exclusion; Neighbourhood pattern; Interdining; Caste endogamy; Making Sense of Religious Exclusion in an Egalitarian Religious Community; Conclusions; References; 7 'Rajput', Local Deities and Discrimination: Tracing Caste Formation in Jammu; Formation of caste system in Jammu; i. Caste composition of hill societies; ii. Historical background of Jammu's Rajput-centred society; iii. Formation of 'Rajput' identity during the nineteenth century
    Description / Table of Contents: iv. Ambiguous Formation of Lower Castes
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  • 14
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107431799
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (570 p)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Canto Classics
    Parallel Title: Print version Making a New Deal : Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919–1939
    DDC: 305.5
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    Abstract: Examines how ordinary factory workers became unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; 1 Living and Working in Chicago in 1919; THE STEEL TOWNS OF SOUTHEAST CHICAGO; PACKINGTOWN; OLD IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOODS; THE SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR TO MCCORMICK AND HAWTHORNE; THE BLACK BELT; 1919 STRIKES CHICAGO; 2 Ethnicity in the New Era; HELPING THE NEEDY; MUTUAL BENEFIT; BANKING ON THE FUTURE; HOW CATHOLIC A CATHOLIC CHURCH?; 3 Encountering Mass Culture; BUYING INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS?; SCREENING OUT AND TUNING IN MASS MEDIA
    Description / Table of Contents: BLACKS GO COMMERCIAL4 Contested Loyalty at the Workplace; THE EMPLOYER'S VISION; WORKERS' RESPONSE TO WELFARE CAPITALISM; 5 Adrift in the Great Depression; THE ETHNIC COMMUNITY IN CRISIS; WELFARE CAPITALISM IN DECLINE; FAMILY LIFE DISRUPTED; 6 Workers Make a New Deal; VOTING IN THE STATE; RADICAL BOOSTERS OF THE STATE; FROM WELFARE CAPITALISM TO THE WELFARE STATE; THE MEANING OF WORKER STATISM; 7 Becoming a Union Rank and File; STORIES OF STRUGGLE; HOW AND WHY THE CIO; RESURRECTING THE RANK AND FILE; 8 Workers' Common Ground; THE CIO'S CULTURE OF UNITY; WHY DIVERSITY?; UNIONISM CIO STYLE
    Description / Table of Contents: ConclusionNotes; Index
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107688285
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (228 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Canto Classics
    Parallel Title: Print version The Golem at Large : What You Should Know about Technology
    DDC: 303.48/3
    Keywords: Technology ; Social aspects ; Case studies ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The authors demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in the first volume
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: the technological golem; 1 A clean kill?: the role of Patriot in the Gulf War; The Gulf War; War, science, and technology; Was Patriot a success?; What everyone agrees about Patriot; Criteria of success; The indirect criteria of success; Sales, anti-tactical missiles, and Star Wars; The local political role of Patriot; Death and destruction; The direct criteria of success; Interception and diversion; Dudding and damaging; Reaching toward the laboratory
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 The naked launch: assigning blame for the Challenger explosionO-ring joints; The design and testing of the SRB joints; The hydroburst test; Similarity and difference; More testing; Make sure the thing's going to work; Testing for worst scenarios; First flight of the shuttle; 1981-1985 erosion and blow-by become accepted and expected; Going operational; Blow-by; The Challenger launch decision; The pre-launch teleconference; Conclusion; 3 Crash!: nuclear fuel flasks and anti-misting kerosene on trial; Two crashes: a solution to technological ambivalence?; Experiments and demonstrations
    Description / Table of Contents: The crashes reanalysedThe train crash revisited; The plane crash revisited; Imagining what might have been done; Conclusion; 4 The world according to Gold: disputes about the origins of oil; Gold's world; Who is Gold?; Which came first, the fossil or the fuel?; Abiogenic evidence?; A crucial oil well?; Give us a gusher; 5 Tidings of comfort and joy: Seven Wise Men and the science of economics; What is a macroeconomic model made of?; The Seven Wise Men and their ideas; Why do macroeconometric models survive?; (i) Underlying structure versus the behaviour of the economy
    Description / Table of Contents: (ii) Quantitative prediction(iii) Big forecast errors; (iv) Luck; (v) Trouble with the economy; Discussion; Postscript; 6 The science of the lambs: Chernobyl and the Cumbrian sheepfarmers; Fallout over Britain; The government sounds the 'all clear'; Radioactive lambs; The science of the lambs; The Sellafield factor; Conclusion; 7 ACTing UP: AIDS cures and lay expertise; AIDS: The 'gay plague'; PART I; A vaccine in two years?; The promise of anti-viral drugs; Clinical controlled trials and the FDA; Buyers clubs; Project Inform; The trials of AZT; Equipoise; Patients as body counts
    Description / Table of Contents: Redefining the doctor-patient relationshipCommunity-based trials; PART II; ACT UP; Talking good science; Activists start to win allies; The expertness of lay expertise; Teaching old dogs new tricks; Conclusion: the golem goes to work; Promises delivered; Conclusion; References and Further Reading; Index
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    ISBN: 9780191668005
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Oxford textbooks in public health
    Parallel Title: Print version Oxford textbook of violence prevention
    DDC: 303.6
    Keywords: Violence Textbooks Prevention ; Violence ; Prevention ; Textbooks ; Electronic books
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Oxford Textbook of Violence Prevention""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Section 1 An introduction to the study of violence as a public health issue""; ""1 Interpersonal violence: a global health priority""; ""Section 2 The descriptive epidemiology of violence""; ""2 Homicide""; ""3 The epidemiology of child maltreatment""; ""4 Youth violence""; ""5 Developmental origins of physical aggression""; ""6 The epidemiology of intimate partner violence""; ""7 Prevalence of non-partner sexual violence: a review of global data""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""8 Male-on-male violence: A leading cause of death around the world""""9 The epidemiology of elder abuse""; ""10 Beyond convention: anthropology, drugs, and violence""; ""11 The geographic, socioeconomic, and cultural determinants of violence""; ""Section 3 The consequences of violence""; ""12 The consequences of violence: assessing the health burden of violence""; ""13 The consequences of violence: mental health issues""; ""14 Violence, police, and criminal justice systems""; ""15 The economic costs of violence""; ""16 Violence and the education system""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Section 4 Evidence-informed programmes to reduce violence""""17 What is evidence in violence prevention?""; ""18 Preventing child maltreatment and youth violence using parent training and home-visiting programmes""; ""19 Violence prevention through reduction of risks to child health and development in the years prior to school""; ""20 Preventing violence through positive youth development programmes""; ""21 Preventing youth violence and bullying through social�emotional school-based prevention programmes and frameworks""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""22 Preventing youth violence through therapeutic interventions for high-risk youth""""23 Preventing violence through interventions in the health system""; ""24 Evidence-informed approaches to preventing sexual violence and abuse""; ""25 Preventing intimate partner violence""; ""26 Preventing intimate partner violence through advocacy and support programmes""; ""27 Preventing male violence""; ""28 Evidence-informed programmes to reduce violence: preventing elder abuse""; ""29 Preventing gang violence""; ""30 Chicago, I do mind dying""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""31 Preventing violence through interventions for substance abuse""""32 Hospitals as a locus for violence intervention""; ""33 Preventing violence through changing social norms""; ""34 Community-engaged violence prevention: approaches and principles""; ""Section 5 National and international policies to reduce violence""; ""35 Child protection policy""; ""36 International, national, and local government policies to reduce youth violence""; ""37 International policies to reduce and prevent gender-based violence""; ""38 National and international policies to reduce domestic violence""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""39 National and international policies to prevent elder abuse""
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    ISBN: 9780199383788 , 0199383782
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (vi, 288 pages)
    Series Statement: Controversies in science & technology
    DDC: 303.483
    Keywords: Science Social aspects ; Technology Social aspects ; Sustainability ; Sustainability ; Science Social aspects ; Technology Social aspects ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Science ; Social aspects ; Sustainability ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199897629 , 019989762X
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Parallel Title: Print version Social dilemmas
    DDC: 302
    Keywords: Social interaction ; Cooperativeness ; Interpersonal relations ; Social psychology ; Social psychology ; Cooperativeness ; Interpersonal relations ; Social interaction ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology ; Cooperativeness ; Interpersonal relations ; Social interaction ; Social psychology ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction and definition -- History, methods, and paradigms -- Evolutionary perspectives -- Psychological perspectives -- Cultural perspectives -- Organizations and management -- Environment, politics, security, and health -- Prospects for the future.
    Abstract: One of the key scientific challenges is the puzzle of human cooperation. Why do people cooperate? Why do people help strangers, even sometimes at a major cost to themselves? Why do people want to punish people who violate norms and undermine collective interests? This book is inspired by the fact that social dilemmas, defined in terms of conflicts between (often short-term) self-interest and (often longer-term) collective interest, are omnipresent. The book centers on two major themes. The first theme centers on the theoretical understanding of human cooperation: are people indeed other-regard
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction and definitionHistory, methods, and paradigms -- Evolutionary perspectives -- Psychological perspectives -- Cultural perspectives -- Organizations and management -- Environment, politics, security, and health -- Prospects for the future.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0191639443 , 9780191639449
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 283 pages) , illustrations
    Edition: First edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sen, P. (Parongama), 1963- Sociophysics
    DDC: 306.45
    Keywords: Physics ; Statistical physics ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Physics ; Statistical physics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book discusses the study and analysis of the physical aspects of social systems and models, inspired by the analogy with familiar models of physical systems and possible applications of statistical physics tools. Unlike the traditional analysis of the physics of macroscopic many-body or condensed matter systems, which is now an established and mature subject, the upsurge in the physical analysis and modelling of social systems, which are clearly many-body dynamical systems, isa recent phenomenon. Though the major developments in sociophysics have taken place only recently, the earliest at
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-280) and index , English
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107055193
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (242 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version The Social Evolution of Human Nature : From Biology to Language
    DDC: 302
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Harry Smit examines the elements of current evolutionary theory and how they bear on the evolution of the human mind
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgments; Chapter 1The major evolutionary transitions and Homo loquens; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The major evolutionary transitions; 1.3 Cooperation and conflict; 1.3.1 Transmission of bacterial plasmids; 1.3.2 Slime moulds and cooperation; 1.3.3 X and Y chromosomes; 1.4 The evolutionary gene: what is it?; 1.5 The causation of phenomena; 1.6 The aim of this book; Chapter 2The conceptual foundation of human nature; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Body and mind; 2.3 Conceptual investigations; 2.4 Resolving problems
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.4.1 Identity and property2.4.2 Definitions and facts; 2.4.3 Micro- and macro-features; 2.5 The (crypto-) Cartesian conception is incoherent; 2.6 Receiving versus acquiring information; 2.7 Feeling pain; 2.8 Health and disease; 2.9 Needs, desires and the will; 2.10 Conclusion; Chapter 3 Inclusive fitness theory and genomic imprinting; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Inclusive fitness theory; 3.3 Cooperation; 3.4 Hamilton'srule; 3.5 Resolving conflict; 3.6 Genomic imprinting; 3.7 Prenatal and neonatal development; 3.8 Sibling rivalry and cooperation; 3.9 Grooming and caching food; 3.10 Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 4 Evolution, teleology and the argument from design4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The return of teleology; 4.3 Types of teleological explanations; 4.4 Williams'argument from design; 4.4.1 Anthropomorphism; 4.4.2 Monism and materialism; 4.4.3 Deleting the mental realm; 4.5 Purpose, health and welfare; 4.6 Teleology and group selection; 4.7 Conclusion; Chapter 5 Dualism, monism and evolutionary psychology; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Monism and dualism; 5.3 Instincts and behavioural flexibility; 5.4 The role of language; 5.4.1 Sensations and emotions; 5.4.2 Intentions; 5.5 Intrapsychic conflicts
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.6 The crypto-Cartesian self and the Aristotelian agent5.7 Conclusion: indecision instead of a divided Self; Chapter 6 Weismann, Wittgenstein and the homunculus fallacy; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Weismann on instinct; 6.3 Innate or learnt; 6.4 Instinct and the central dogma; 6.5 Facts of mind and matter; 6.6 Instinct, knowledge and abilities; 6.7 Behaviour, brain and mind; 6.8 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Language evolution: doing things with words versus translating thought into language; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Selection versus instruction; 7.3 Innate knowledge; 7.4 Aphasia
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.5 Is the Baldwin effect a solution?7.6 The evolution of doing things with words; 7.7 Earlier weaning and cooperative breeding; 7.8 Conclusion; Chapter 8 Moral behaviour: a conceptual elaboration of Darwin'sideas; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Homo loquens and moral behaviour; 8.3 The evolution of the incest taboo; 8.4 A taboo superimposed on a disposition; 8.5 The emotionist model; 8.6 The nativist model; 8.7 The evolution of fair sharing; 8.8 Conclusion; Chapter 9 Epilogue; References; Index
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107018051
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (334 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Siraj-Blatchford, Iram, 1960 - Social class and educational inequality
    DDC: 306.43
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    Keywords: Social classes.. ; Education ; Parent participation.. ; Youth with social disabilities ; Education ; Case studies.. ; Education ; Social aspects.. ; Children with social disabilities ; Education ; Case studies.. ; Educational equalization ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Chancengleichheit ; Soziale Herkunft ; Unterprivilegierung
    Abstract: Examines the impact that parents and schools have on disadvantaged children who perform against the odds
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half title; Reviews; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1Child and Family Case Studies in the context of the EPPSE study; Introduction; Background to the Child and Family Case Studies; 'Working definitions'of resilience and vulnerability; Outline of the book; 2 Studying learning life-courses; Introduction; Contextualist approaches to development; The bioecological model of human development; Defining properties of the bioecological model; Process; Person; Context; Time; Shaping development through the family microsystem
    Description / Table of Contents: Cultural values and beliefs in macrosystemsA national culture of academic learning; Historical time and place; The macrosystem of socio-economic status; Social class and differentiating proximal processes; Parenting cognitions; The cultural logic of childrearing; Implications for the Child and Family Case Studies; 3 Methods and sample of the Child and Family Case Studies; Rationale for the mixed-method design; The dialectical nature of the EPPE and Case Studies; The mixed-methods nature of the Case Studies; Constructing a purposeful sample for the Case Studies; The Case Studies interviews
    Description / Table of Contents: Interview data collection proceduresInterview coding procedures; Learning life-course trajectories; Research in the tradition of the bioecological theory of human development; 4 Cultural repertoires of childrearing across and within social classes; Introduction; Succeeding against the odds of disadvantage: Steven Peterson; Meet the Petersons; The family background of the Petersons; The early years of Steven Peterson; The primary school years of Steven Peterson; The secondary school years of Steven Peterson; Steven Peterson'sfuture; Not succeeding against the odds of disadvantage: Tom White
    Description / Table of Contents: Meet the White familyThe early years of Tom White; The primary school years of Tom White; The secondary school years of Tom White; The future for Tom White; Failing to meet the high expectations of privileged circumstances: Marcy Stewart; Meet the Stewart family; The early years of Marcy Stewart; The primary school years of Marcy Stewart; The secondary school years of Marcy Stewart; The future for Marcy Stewart; Doing well as expected: Imogene Woods; Meet the Woods family; The early years of Imogene Woods; The primary school years of Imogene Woods; The secondary school years of Imogene Woods
    Description / Table of Contents: The future for Imogene Woods5 Children as active agents of their own learning; Introduction; (Self-)perceptions of children; Children'smental resources; Motivational dispositions and the force characteristics of the developing person; Perceptions of vulnerable children'snegative force characteristics; Developmentally generative force characteristics; Transition into active agency; Conclusions; 6 Powerful parenting and home learning; Introduction; Perceived 'protective' and 'risk'factors related to the family microsystem; Academically effective family microsystems during the early years
    Description / Table of Contents: Measures of early home learning environments
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780521119368
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (272 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
    Parallel Title: Print version Diglossia and Language Contact
    DDC: 306.44096
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: A multilevel analysis of language contact under classical diglossia and societal bilingualism in North Africa
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Series editor's foreword; Preface; Transliteration symbols; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Defining diglossia; 1.2 Diglossia extended; 1.3 Diglossia and language contact; 2 The languages of the Maghreb; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Berber languages; 2.3 Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, and the Maghrebi dialects; 2.4 French in the Maghreb; 2.5 Spanish in the Maghreb; 2.6 The other languages of the Maghreb; 2.7 Arabization and language planning; 2.8 Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 Diglossia and bilingualism in the Maghreb3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Arabic diglossia; 3.3 Bilingualism; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 Language contact under diglossia and bilingualism; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Diglossic code-switching; 4.3 Bilingual code-switching; 4.4 Language contact under diglossia across the lifespan; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 Lexical borrowing under diglossia and bilingualism; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Lexical change in the L variety: loanwords in vernacular Arabic; 5.3 Lexical change in the H variety: loanwords in Standard Arabic
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.4 Lexical change in the autochthonous languages: loanwords in Berber and Iberian Romance5.5 Lexical change in colonial languages: loanwords in French and Spanish in the Maghreb; 5.6 Conclusion; 6 Diglossia and contact-induced language change; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Convergence; 6.3 Structural borrowing; 6.4 Conclusion; 7 Diglossia and the emergence of new varieties; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The case of Maltese; 7.3 Mozarabic and Aljamía: transitional contact varieties; 7.4 The development of Castilian Spanish; 7.5 Conclusion; 8 Conclusions; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The role of contact
    Description / Table of Contents: 8.3 Religion and diglossia8.4 Renewed diglossia; 8.5 Writing the L variety; 8.6 Conclusion; References; Index
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    ISBN: 9780191025266
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 1330 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Karten
    Edition: First edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.364
    Keywords: Hunting and gathering societies-Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Excavations (Archaeology)-Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive review of hunter-gatherer studies, undertaking detailed regional and thematic case-studies that span the archaeology, history and anthropology of hunter gatherers, concluding with an in-depth review of the main opportunities, research questions, and moral obligations that lie ahead.
    Abstract: Cover -- The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Theoretical Frameworks -- Chapter 1 Analytical Frames of Reference in Hunter-Gatherer Research -- Chapter 2 Defining hunter-gatherers -- Chapter 3 Historical Frames of Reference for 'Hunter-Gatherers' -- Chapter 4 Adaptive and ecological approaches to the study of hunter-gatherers -- Chapter 5 Historical and humanist perspectives on hunter-gatherers -- Chapter 6 Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers, Ethnoarchaeology, and Analogical Reasoning -- Chapter 7 Man the Hunter, Woman the Gatherer? The Impact of Gender Studies on Hunter-Gatherer Research (A Retrospective) -- Part II The Earliest Hunter-Gatherers -- Chapter 8 The First Hunter-Gatherers -- Chapter 9 The Neanderthals Evolution, Palaeoecology, and Extinction -- Chapter 10 Modern human origins in Africa -- Chapter 11 Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers in western Asia -- Chapter 12 The European Upper Palaeolithic -- Chapter 13 The Palaeolithic of Northern Asia -- Chapter 14 Homo sapiens societies -- Chapter 15 Homo Sapiens Societies in Indonesia and South-Eastern Asia -- Chapter 16 Hunter-Gatherers in Australia -- Chapter 17 Into The Americas -- Part III Post-glacial Colonizations and Transformations -- Chapter 18 Hunter-Gatherers in the Post-Glacial World -- Chapter 19 Post-glacial transformations among hunter-gatherer societies in the Mediterranean and western Asia -- Chapter 20 Post-glacial Transformations in Africa -- Chapter 21 Post-glacial transformations in South and South-East Asia -- Chapter 22 Post-Pleistocene Transformations of Hunter-Gatherers in East Asia -- Chapter 23 Post-Glacial Transformations -- Chapter 24 Transformations? The Mesolithic of north-west Europe.
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780521119498
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (270 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Communal Functions of Social Comparison
    DDC: 302.5
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume identifies research relevant to communal functions of social comparisons and organizes this research within a coherent conceptual framework
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Communion in social comparison - Back to the roots; Communal Functions of Social Comparison: An Introduction; On the "Social" in Social Comparison; Back to the Roots (of Social Comparison Theory); Overview of Contributions; Part I: Core Considerations; Part II: Individual Level; Part III: Group Level; Part IV: The Sociocultural Level; Conclusion; References; Part I Core Considerations; 1 Agency and communion in social comparisons; Social Comparisons Are Intrinsically Social
    Description / Table of Contents: Agency and CommunionComparison Direction; Connective and Contrastive Comparisons and Communal Feelings; Connective and Contrastive Comparisons as Surrounding Attributes; Horizontal Comparisons Guide the Choice of Comparison Targets; Horizontal Comparisons Moderate the Implications of Vertical Comparisons; Interactions and Trade-Offs Between Agency and Communion; Agency and Communion with Desirable and Undesirable Targets; Agency and Communion in Modeling and Conformity; Agency and Communion in Cooperative Relationships; Situational Influences on Communal Motives and Experiences
    Description / Table of Contents: Effects of Feeling CloseEffects of Interacting; Effects of Target-Attribute; Effects of Research Situations; Summary and Conclusion; References; 2 Social comparison in identity theory; Identity Theory; Defining an Identity; The Identity Process; The Social Comparison Process; Person Identities; Role Identities; Social Identities; Person, Role, and Social Identities: A Postscript; Integrative and Communal Functions; Conclusion; References; 3 When comparisons divide: Invidious emotions and their social control; The Role of Equality in Biological and Social History; The "Egalitarian Caveman"
    Description / Table of Contents: Civilization and Its InequalitiesEmpirical Work on Emotional Reactions to Inequality; Resentment; Appraisal of an Unfair Disadvantage; Appraisal of Moderate Feasibility; Domain of Inequality: External Conditions; Inferiority; Appraisal of Fair Disadvantage; Domain of Inequality: Dispositional and Very Low Feasibility; Envy; Appraisal of Subjective Unfairness; Appraisal of Low Feasibility; Domain of Inequality: Dispositional or External; Ressentiment; How Societies and Individuals Mitigate Negative Effects of Inequality; Prevention; Rationalization; The Just-World Motive
    Description / Table of Contents: System Justification TheoryConclusion; References; Part II Individual Level; 4 Sparing others through social comparison; Do Outperformers Care About Sparing Others?; When Do Outperformers Try to Spare Others?; Strategies for Sparing Others; Self-Lowering Strategies for Sparing Others; Self-Lowering Strategies: Do They Work?; Other-Enhancing Strategies for Sparing Others; Other-Enhancing Strategies: Do They Work?; Relationship-Building Strategies for Sparing Others; Relationship-Building Strategies: Do They Work?; Other Strategies for Dealing with STTUC; Strategies Summary
    Description / Table of Contents: Choosing an Effective Strategy
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107058385
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (192 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Working Childhoods : Youth, Agency and the Environment in India
    DDC: 305.235/0917340954
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume offers a powerful account of youth agency and young people's rich relationship with the natural world
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Map; Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Working with young people in the Himalayas; Young people's agency; Young people and the environment; South Asian approaches; Uttarakhand; Chamoli district; Locating the village; Argument and structure of the book; 2 The high Himalayas; Bemni; Social inequalities; Conclusions; 3 A delicate dance: young people's work; Children's household work; Children's agricultural and forest work; Schoolwork; Conclusions; 4 Herding, fun and difference; Herding, seasonality and gender
    Description / Table of Contents: Herding and fun (mazaa)Gender, caste and play; A herding puja; Conclusions; 5 Friendship in practice: collecting leaves in Bemni; Leaf collection in Bemni; Village expectations; Achieving leaf collection standards by friendship; Firm friends and cultural production; Conclusions; 6 Harvesting identities: mukku, gender and development; Mukku in Bemni; Saka; Contextualising girls' transgressions; Rakesh; Conclusions; 7 Conclusions; Active quiescence; Social inequality; The social construction of the environment; Conclusions; Epilogue; Glossary of Hindi and Garhwali terms; Bibliography; Index
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107080935
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (284 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Descendancy : Irish Protestant Histories since 1795
    DDC: 305.6
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Compelling account of Protestant loss of power and self-confidence in Ireland since 1795, illustrating how 'descendancy' was experienced and perceived
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Charts; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Prologue; 1 Protestant descendancy in Ireland ; Part I Orangeism ; 2 Orangeism and Irish military history ; 3 The Orange Order and the border ; 4 The gardener and the stable-boy: Yeats, MacNeice, and the problem of Orangeism ; 5 Methodism and the Orange Order ; Part II Covenant; 6 Ulster's Covenanters ; 7 Ulster's non-Covenanters ; Part III Exodus?; 8 Protestant depopulation and the Irish revolution ; 9 The spectre of 'ethnic cleansing' in revolutionary Ireland ; Statistical appendix; Index
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780190212865
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Social equality
    DDC: 305
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    Keywords: Equality ; Equality Philosophy ; Equality ; Philosophy ; Equality ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Gleichheit ; Soziale Gerechtigkeit ; Philosophie
    Abstract: This volume brings together a collection of ten original essays that present new analyses of social and relational equality in philosophy and political theory. The essays analyze the nature of social equality and its relationship with justice and with politics. Is equality valuable? This question dominates many discussions of social justice. These discussions tend to centre on whether certain forms of distributive equality are valuable, such as the equal distribution of primary social goods.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780191009082
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (385 pages)
    Series Statement: Cultural Heritage Law and Policy
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 344.094
    Keywords: Cultural property--Protection--Law and legislation ; Cultural property Protection ; Law and legislation ; Cultural property Protection (International law) ; Dispute resolution (Law) ; Conflict management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: International cultural heritage law has no set mechanism for dispute settlement. Disputes are settled through negotiation or through existing dispute resolution means: before domestic or international courts. This book offers a solution to the problem of the disparity this creates by advocating an evolution of the rules of the existing regime.
    Abstract: Cover -- CULTURAL HERITAGE LAW AND POLICY -- Copyright -- Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Instruments -- List of Abbreviations -- I Introduction -- 1. The Imperfect Nature of Cultural Heritage Law -- 2. Improving Dispute Settlement in the Cultural Heritage Realm -- 3. The Scope of the Analysis -- 4. Book Structure -- II Foundational Issues -- A. Understanding Cultural Heritage -- 1. Introduction -- 2. In search of a definition of cultural property -- 3. From cultural property to cultural heritage -- 4. The common heritage of humankind -- 5. From cultural heritage to cultural rights -- B. Defining the Sources and Typology of Cultural Heritage Disputes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is an 'international dispute'? -- 3. The actors at stake in the cultural heritage realm -- III Examining the Existing Legal Regime -- A. The Legal Framework -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Domestic legislation -- 3. The private international law dimension of dispute settlement -- 4. Dispute settlement through cultural heritage instruments -- 5. The law of State immunity -- 6. State responsibility and cultural heritage disputes -- B. The Available Means of Dispute Settlement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The settlement of cultural heritage disputes exemplified:the Altmann case -- 3. Adjudication through domestic courts -- 4. International judicial settlement mechanisms: an overview -- 5. Alternatives to judicial settlement -- C. A Step Backwards: Strategies for Dispute Avoidance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dispute avoidance through negotiation -- 3. Monitoring mechanisms -- 4. An appraisal -- IV Dispute Settlement in the Cultural Heritage Realm: Opting for Radical Reforms or for Enhancing Existing Dispute Settlement M -- Introduction: Cultural Heritage Dispute Settlement against the Background of Fragmentation and Proliferation.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0199373612 , 9780199373611
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Urbatsch, Robert Families' values
    DDC: 306.2
    Keywords: Political socialization ; Political psychology ; Families Political aspects ; Political participation Social aspects ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Families ; Political aspects ; Political participation ; Social aspects ; Political psychology ; Political socialization ; Familie ; Politische Sozialisation ; Wertorientierung ; Politische Einstellung ; Electronic books
    Abstract: One of the central questions in politics is from where people derive their tastes and opinions. Why do some people embrace the free market, while others prefer an interventionist state? From where do preferences for a vigorous foreign policy or for sterner policing of moral issues come? As has been shown, political preferences may be influenced by perceived benefits, the media, or public intellectuals, but less is known about the influence of family on political attitudes. Some mechanisms of family influence are well-known: people tend to share their parents' political philosophies, while those with young children have heightened concern for child-related policies such as education. But family dynamics are likely to have far richer and more varied effects on political attitudes than those traditionally considered. Families' Values considers the ways that the everyday behaviors of family members systematically and unconsciously influence political preferences. For example, does having a mother who works outside the home lead children, when grown-up, to have more liberal ideologies? Or, might having a son who could potentially be drafted into the armed forces influence a parent to become a pacifist? Drawing on surveys from the United States and the United Kingdom, R. Urbatsch looks at the ways in which parents, siblings, birth order, gender, and socioeconomics influence opinions on issues from war, to the welfare state, to abortion. Through compelling analysis, he demonstrates that our family relationships play an enormously crucial and multi-faceted role in the way that we experience, learn about, and practice politics
    Abstract: What we know about families and why we should know more -- The conservative children of stay-at-home mothers -- The ideological pull of siblings -- Birth order revisited : attitudes towards morality -- Girls are from mars, boys are from venus: children and militarism -- Children, economic insecurity, and support for big government -- Conclusion: it's all relatives -- Appendix: Statistical models and technical details.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199325368 , 0199325367
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xxi, 649 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trans bodies, trans selves
    DDC: 306.768
    Keywords: Transgender people Identity ; Transgender people ; Gender nonconformity ; Gender identity ; Transgender people Identity ; Transgender Persons ; Transsexualism ; Gender Identity ; Health Services for Transgender Persons ; Transgender people ; Transgender people ; Identity ; Gender nonconformity ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Gender identity ; Geschlechtsidentität ; Körperbild ; Transgender ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: There is no one way to be transgender. Transgender and gender non-conforming people have many different ways of understanding their gender identities. Only recently have sex and gender been thought of as separate concepts, and we have learned that sex (traditionally thought of as physical or biological) is as variable as gender (traditionally thought of as social). While trans people share many common experiences, there is immense diversity within trans communities. There are an estimated 700,000 transgendered individuals in the US and 15 million worldwide. Even still, there's been a notable lack of organized information for this sizable group. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a revolutionary resource-a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender or genderqueer authors. Inspired by Our Bodies, Ourselves, the classic and powerful compendium written for and by women, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is widely accessible to the transgender population, providing authoritative information in an inclusive and respectful way and representing the collective knowledge base of dozens of influential experts. Each chapter takes the reader through an important transgender issue, such as race, religion, employment, medical and surgical transition, mental health topics, relationships, sexuality, parenthood, arts and culture, and many more. Anonymous quotes and testimonials from transgender people who have been surveyed about their experiences are woven throughout, adding compelling, personal voices to every page. In this unique way, hundreds of viewpoints from throughout the community have united to create this strong and pioneering book. It is a welcoming place for transgender and gender-questioning people, their partners and families, students, professors, guidance counselors, and others to look for up-to-date information on transgender life
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    ISBN: 9781781004296
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 551 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on food
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    Keywords: Lebensmittel ; Ernährungssicherung ; Ernährungspolitik ; Lebensmittelpreis ; Preiskonvergenz ; Armut ; Ernährungsverhalten ; Lebensmittelmarkt ; Finanzkapitalismus ; Agraraußenhandel ; Agrarproduktion ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Treibhausgas-Emissionen ; Bodenbelastung ; Wassermangel ; Kleinbauern ; Welt ; Food security ; Food supply Forecasting ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Food ; Electronic books ; Außenwirtschaft ; Agrarhandel ; Lebensmittelhandel ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: 1. Overview : handbook on food demand, supply, sustainability and security / Raghbendra Jha, Raghav Gaiha and Anil Deolalikar -- 2. The political economy of food security : a behavioral perspective / C. Peter Timmer -- 3. Shocks to the system : monitoring food security in a volatile world / Derek Headey, Olivier Ecker, and Jean-Francois Trinh Tan -- 4. Food price inflation, growth and poverty / Shikha Jha and P.V. Srinivasan -- 5. Transmission of global food prices, supply response and impacts on the poor / David Dawe -- 6. The financialization of food commodity markets / Christopher L. Gilbert and Simone Pfuderer -- 7. Financialization of food commodity markets, price surge and volatility / Kritika Mathur ... [et al.] -- 8. Dietary shifts and diet quality in India : an analysis based on 50th, 61st and 66th rounds of NSS / Raghav Gaiha ... [et al.] -- 9. Dietary change, nutrient transition and food security in fast growing China / Jing You -- 10. Poverty-nutrition traps / Raghbendra Jha, Katsushi Imai & Raghav Gaiha -- 11. The political economy of dietary allowances / C. Sathyamala -- 12. Economic prosperity and non-communicable disease : understanding the linkages / Ajay Mahal and Lainie Sutton -- 13. Trade food and welfare / Alexander Sarris -- 14. Enhancing food security : agricultural productivity, international trade and poverty reduction / Peter Warr -- 15. Best-fit options of crop staples for food security : productivity, nutrition and sustainability / Jill Gready -- 16. Emissions of greenhouse gases from agriculture and their mitigation / Francesco N. Tubiello and Josef Schmidhuber -- 17. Land degradation, water scarcity and sustainability / Manab Das ... [et al.] -- 18. Viability of small-scale farms in Asia / Keijiro Otsuka -- 19. Food entitlements, subsidies and right to food / Simrit Kaur -- 20. Middle class dietary consumption pattern : a conceptual and sociological overview / Vani S. Kulkarni.
    Abstract: 'This volume is a welcome and timely contribution to a topic of enduring importance. The global consequences of recent food price crises underscore the need to examine food security issues from diverse perspectives. This volume meets that need, featuring accessible yet cutting-edge analyses of food security by leading experts in fields as diverse as trade, nutrition, public health, production, political economy, and behavioral economics. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and practitioners.' --Steven Block, Tufts University, US. 'This excellent volume offers a compact but wide-ranging survey of recent research on important changes in global food markets. Its 20 chapters accurately capture important areas of scholarly agreement as well as on-going debates among economists studying agriculture and nutrition, with several provocative original contributions from other fields. The book draws particularly on the authors' long experience in Asia, offering widely-applicable insights for scholars and policy analysts seeking to understand the past, present and future of food around the world.' --William A. Masters, Tufts University, US. The global population is forecasted to reach 9.4 billion by 2050, with much of this increase concentrated in developing regions and cities. Ensuring adequate food and nourishment to this large population is a pressing economic, moral and even security challenge and requires research (and action) from a multi-disciplinary perspective. This book provides the first such integrated approach to tackling this problem by addressing the multiplicity of challenges posed by rising global population, diet diversification and urbanization in developing countries and climate change. It examines key topics such as: the impact of prosperity on food demand, the role of international trade in addressing food insecurity, the challenge posed by greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land degradation, the implication on labor markets of severe under-nutrition, viability of small scale farms, strategies to augment food availability. The Handbook on Food would be a welcome supplementary text for courses on development economics, particularly those concentrating on agricultural development, climate change and food availability, as well as nutrition
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    ISBN: 9781783477944
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 731 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Global shock, risks, and Asian financial reform
    DDC: 332/.042095
    Keywords: Financial crises ; Financial institutions ; Finance ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The growth of financial markets has clearly outpaced the development of financial market regulations. With growing complexity in the world of finance, and the resultant higher frequency of financial crises, all eyes have shifted toward the current inadequacy of financial regulation. This book expertly examines what this episode means for Asia's financial sector and its stability, and what the implications will be for the region's financial regulation. By focusing on legal and institutional frameworks, the book also elaborates on various issues and challenges in terms of how financial liberalization can maximize the benefits and minimize the risks of crisis. The book will appeal to academics, students, and policymakers across a diverse range of fields including: international finance and trade, economics, Asian studies, development, and development economics
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781782546429
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (v, 237 pages)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als McCain, Roger A., 19XX - Reframing economics
    DDC: 330.01
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftstheorie ; Kooperation ; Kooperatives Spiel ; Cooperation ; Macroeconomics ; Economics ; Electronic books ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Kooperatives Verhalten ; Spieltheorie
    Abstract: 'For most of the 20th century economists focused on competition as the driving force of the modern capitalist economy. In his thoughtful and readable book, Roger A. McCain offers a different frame of reference for economists. Using game theory's distinction between cooperative and non-cooperative games, he defines economics as the study of the development of cooperative agreements in the economy and the failure to bring them about. Orthodox economists who think in terms of a competitive model and heterodox economists who adhere to a class conflict paradigm will both find their ideas challenged by McCain's new frame that sees mature capitalism as the result of class compromise based on an imperfectly cooperative game.' (Donald R. Stabile, St. Mary's College of Maryland, US). -- The objectives of this book are twofold. Firstly, it proposes that economics should be defined as a study of imperfect cooperation. Secondly, it elucidates the continuities that extend from classical political economy through the neoclassical, Keynesian, and modern economics of the twenty-first century. Roger McCain explores economics as the study of cooperative arrangements, or the ways in which people work together. He asserts that there is no 'new paradigm', but rather a more encompassing cognitive frame. In the same spirit, the book borrows freely, without doctrinairism, from Austrian and other heterodox traditions - including Marxism where it is helpful - and social philosophers in the social contract tradition. Game theory of both branches plays a key role throughout. -- Presenting an innovative new framework for the major topics that together make up economic theory, this highly accessible book will strongly appeal to economics scholars, researchers and students, especially those in the fields of heterodox economics and the history of economic thought.
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781783470907
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 204 p) , ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
    Series Statement: New perspectives on the modern corporation
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The internationalisation of business R&D
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; Industrieforschung ; Forschungskosten ; Auslandsinvestition ; Internationale Geschäftsbeziehungen ; Wirkungsanalyse ; OECD-Staaten ; Research, Industrial Management ; Business Research ; Research, Industrial International cooperation ; Research, Industrial ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Forschung und Entwicklung ; Internationalisierung ; Europa ; USA ; Forschung und Entwicklung ; Internationalisierung ; Branche
    Abstract: It has become clear that over the past few decades enterprises not only produce and sell abroad but increasingly also develop goods and services outside their home countries; a development now known as the internationalisation of business R&D. This book presents a comprehensive picture of the current state of internationalisation of R&D in the business sector. The contributors explore key patterns of the internationalisation of R&D across various countries and sectors using case studies to underpin empirical evidence. They examine the drivers of the process, revealing the impacts of R&D internationalisation on both home and host countries using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Topics discussed include: why firms locate R&D activities abroad, data availability, quality and comparability, the role of the EU and the US in the internationalisation of R&D, country-level factors such as size, workforce and FDI as determinants of R&D internationalisation, impacts of R&D internationalisation on home and host countries. This book will prove an insightful read for academics, researchers and students with an interest in economics - particularly the economics of innovation - business and management, and science and technology. It will also prove a valuable resource for R&D policymakers and public administrators
    Abstract: 1. Introduction / Bernhard Dachs, Robert Stehrer and Georg Zahradnik -- 2. Internationalisation of R&D : a brief survey of the literature / Bernhard Dachs -- 3. Issues in collecting data on the internationalisation of R&D / Georg Zahradnik and Waltraut Urban -- 4. R&D internationalisation across countries and over time / Georg Zahradnik -- 5. R&D internationalisation in Belgium, the Czech Republic and Switzerland / Franziska Kampik, Sandra Leitner and Georg Zahradnik -- 6. The sectoral perspective / Georg Zahradnik -- 7. The relationship between the European Union and United States of America / Bernhard Dachs -- 8. The structure of cross-country R&D expenditure : a social network analysis perspective / Thomas Scherngell -- 9. Host country determinants of R&D internationalisation / Sandra Leitner and Robert Stehrer -- 10. Drivers of R&D internationalisation in the automotive industry and in knowledge-intensive business services / Bernahrd Dachs and Doris Hanzl-Weiss -- 11. Impacts of R&D internationalisation on domestic R&D activities / Sandra Leitner and Robert Stehrer -- 12. R&D internationalisation from an Indo-German perspective / Rajnish Tiwari -- 13. R&D internationalisation and the Global Financial Crisis / Bernhard Dachs
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0199331839 , 0199347255 , 9780199331833 , 9780199347254
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (195 pages)
    Series Statement: Terrorism and global justice series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Guiora, Amos N., 1957- Tolerating intolerance
    DDC: 303.48/4
    Keywords: National security Law and legislation ; Minorities Civil rights ; Radicalism ; Political rights ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Minorities ; Civil rights ; National security ; Law and legislation ; Political rights ; Radicalism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In this work, Amos Guiora defines extremism through the lens of a comparative and empirical study in order to lay the foundations for a legal response that considers the tradeoffs that may be necessary to deal with it
    Abstract: The complexities defining extremism -- The dangers extremism poses to society -- Multiculturalism -- Religious extremism: causes and examples of harm -- The power of the Internet and social media in facilitating extremist movements and ideas -- Contemporary social tensions (i.e., economic crises, breakdown of traditional family structure) -- The power of "hate speech" and what, if any, limits should be imposed on free speech in the context of extremism -- Looking forward.
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107073326
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (254 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Population Ageing in India
    DDC: 305.260954
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This study creates a holistic research base by looking at the demographics of the ageing population and reviewing existing studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Demographics of Population Ageing in India; Introduction; Socio-Demographic Profile of Older Persons; Regional Variations in Population Ageing; Specificities of Ageing in India; Old Age Dependency; Levels of Employment; Marital Status and Gender; Conclusion; References; Appendix A: Detailed Tables; TABLE A.1A Life expectancy at birth, India and states; TABLE A.1B Life expectancy at birth, India and states
    Description / Table of Contents: TABLE A.2 Percentage of elderly population (60+), India and states, 1961-2026TABLE A.3 Distribution of elderly (60+) by age group, India and states, 2001-2026; TABLE A.4 Composition of population (%) by broad age groups, India and states, 1961-2026; TABLE A.5 Sex ratio of the elderly in different age groups in India and states,1961-2026 (F/M*100); TABLE A.6 Distribution of elderly population by marital status and sex, 2001; TABLE A.7 Proportion (%) aged (60 and above years) in urban and rural areas in India, states, 1961-2001
    Description / Table of Contents: TABLE A.8 Trends in the median age (years) of the population in India and statesTABLE A.9 Trends in the index of ageing for India and states; TABLE A.10 Dependency ratios (%), India and states, 1961-2026; TABLE A.11 Percentage of elderly population who are widowed, India and states, 2001; TABLE A.12 Trends in proportion (%) of elderly by sex and place of residence (rural/urban) in India, states and union territories; CHAPTER 2 Elderly Workforce Participation, Wage Differentials and Contribution to Household Income; Introduction; Methodology and Data Sources; Contribution to Total Employment
    Description / Table of Contents: Contribution to Household IncomeDemographic and Socio-Economic Profile of the Elderly Workforce; Demographic Profile of Elderly Workforce; Socio-Economic Profile of Elderly Workers; Educational Levels; Extent of Workforce Participation Rates; Economic Levels of Living; Employment Status of Workers; Trends in Elderly Workforce Participation Rates; Elderly Workforce Participation; Elderly Workforce Participation Rates; Elderly Workforce by Broad Age Groups; Elderly Workforce by Industry; Trends in Wages and Earnings of Elderly; Nominal Wages; Real Wages; Differentials in Wage Rates
    Description / Table of Contents: Contribution of Elderly to Household IncomeOverall Findings; References; Appendices; TABLE A.1 Percentage distribution of all elderly workers by age, sex and location of residence, 2004-2005; TABLE A.2 Percentage distribution of elderly workers and non-workers (usual principal status) by educational achievements, 2004-2005; TABLE A.3 Percentage distribution of elderly workforce by status of employment by location of residence, age and sex, 2004-2005; TABLE A.4 Trends in the number of elderly workforce in India, 1983 to 2004-2005
    Description / Table of Contents: TABLE A.5 Compound annual growth rates (per cent) of elderly workers, 1983-2005
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107017641
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (292 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Children's Peer Talk : Learning from Each Other
    DDC: 303.3/2
    Keywords: Children ; Language.. ; Interpersonal communication in children.. ; Second language acquisition.. ; Discourse analysis ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This collection offers an in- depth study of children's peer talk and its potential impact on children's learning
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Preface: in memory of Shoshana Blum-Kulka; Part I Introduction; 1 Children's peer talk and learning: uniting discursive, social, and cultural facets of peer interactions: editors' introduction; Theoretical underpinnings; Peer childhood cultures; Children's peer discursive practices and socialization in peer group interactions; The contribution of social interaction to children's development and learning; The differential roles of peers and adults in interaction
    Description / Table of Contents: Children's discursive literacy and extended discourse in first language interactionsPeer talk and second language learning; Potentials and drawbacks of peer interactions; Learning about language codes and varieties through peer talk; The book at hand; The structure of this book; Concluding observations; Part II Children's peer talk and extended discourse; 2 "Now I said that Danny becomes Danny again": a multifaceted view of kindergarten children's peer argumentative discourse; Introduction; Defining argumentative events in peer talk; Participants and data gathering
    Description / Table of Contents: Co-constructing the peer group socio-cultural habitatSocial affordances; Cultural affordances; Discursive literacy affordances; Applying the principle of textuality; Acts of distancing in children's argumentative events: evoking a speech act; Distancing means: talking about abstract issues; Summary and conclusions; Transcription conventions; 3 Narrative performance, peer group culture, and narrative development in a preschool classroom; Introduction; A peer-oriented narrative practice as a matrix for development
    Description / Table of Contents: Narrative performance, narrative development, and the uses of narrative activity: an introductory overviewThe current study; Method: participants, data, and procedures; Participants; Procedure; Coding and analysis; Results and discussion; Narrative development from children's first to last story; Narrative cross-fertilization and narrative development in the context of an evolving classroom peer culture: three phases delineated; Phase 1. Setting the stage: idiosyncratic first-person narratives and the beginnings of a family genre
    Description / Table of Contents: Phase 2. Playful experimentation, peer group cross-fertilization, and the search for narrative coherencePhase 3. The emergence of a dominant shared storyline: the Power Rangers genre; Conclusions and reflections; Acknowledgment; 4 "Let's pretend you're the wolf!": the literate character of pretend-play discourse in the wake of a story; Introduction; Defining literacy, play and pretend play; Literacy; Play; Pretend play; Participants and data gathering; Characteristics of children's discourse during PPWS; 1. From written language to spoken language; 2. From listening to doing
    Description / Table of Contents: 3. From free play to play within the constraints of a given story
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199348275
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (247 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version What Women Want : An Agenda for the Women's Movement
    DDC: 305.40973
    Keywords: Feminism -- History -- 21st century ; Women -- Social conditions ; Women -- Employment ; Women -- Family relationships ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: American women fare worse than men on virtually every major dimension of social status, financial well-being, and physical safety. Sexual violence remains common, and reproductive rights are by no means secure. Women assume disproportionate burdens in the home and pay a heavy price in the workplace. Yet these issues are not political priorities. Nor is there a consensus that there still is a serious problem. In What Women Want, Deborah L. Rhode, one of the nation's leading scholars on women and law, brings to the discussion a broad array of interdisciplinary research as well as interviews with
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Women's Movement; 2. Employment; 3. Work and Family; 4. Sex and Marriage; 5. Reproductive Justice and Economic Security; 6. Sexual Abuse; 7. Appearance; 8. The Politics of Progress; Notes; Index
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199395330
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1502 p)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Parallel Title: Print version Social Epidemiology
    DDC: 306.461
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Social epidemiology is the study of how the social world influences -- and in many cases defines -- the fundamental determinants of health. This link was substantiated in the first edition of Social Epidemiology, and the generation of research that followed has fundamentally changed the way we understand epidemiology and public health. This much-awaited second edition elevates the field again, first by codifying the last decade of research, then by extending it to examine how public policies impact health. The new edition includes: DT 11 fully updated chapters, including entries on the links b
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    ISBN: 9780199993130
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (225 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Caring for Our Own : Why There is No Political Demand for New American Social Welfare Rights
    DDC: 306.874084/6
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Caring for Our Own inverts an enduring question of social welfare politics. Rather than ask why the American state hasn't responded to unmet social welfare needs by expanding social entitlements, this book asks: Why don't American families view unmet social welfare needs as the basis for demands for new state entitlements? The answer, Sandra Levitsky argues, lies in a better understanding of how individuals imagine solutions to the social welfare problems they confront and what prevents new understandings of social welfare provision from developing into political demand for alternative social
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Caring for Our Own; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Caring for Our Own; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Roots and Experience of Contemporary Caregiving; Chapter 3 The Transformation of Private Needs into Public Issues; Chapter 4 The Construction of Political Solutions to Unmet Long-Term Care Needs; Chapter 5 Communicating Grievances- Policy Feedback and the Deserving Citizen; Chapter 6 Communicating Grievances-Obstacles to Activism; Chapter 7 Caring for Our Own; APPENDIX ADemographic Statistics for Family Caregiver Sample (n=176)
    Description / Table of Contents: APPENDIX BAdvocacy Organizations and Interview SubjectsReferences; INDEX
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199944422
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (253 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Producing Spoilers : Peacemaking and the Production of Enmity in a Secular Age
    DDC: 327.172
    Keywords: Peace-building -- Religious aspects ; Peace-building -- Middle East ; Radicalism -- Religious aspects ; Radicalism -- Middle East ; Enemies -- Middle East ; Religion and politics ; Religion and politics -- Middle East ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Supporters of Hamas and radical religious Israeli settlers seem to serve one purpose in the international peace process: to provide an excuse for its failure. High-level diplomatic negotiators and grassroots peace activists alike blame religious extremists for acting as ""spoilers"" of rational negotiation, and have often attempted to neutralize, co-opt, or marginalize them. In Producing Spoilers, Joyce Dalsheim explores the problem of stalled peacemaking by viewing spoilers not as the cause, but as a symptom of systemic malfunctions within the concept of the nation-state itself, and the secul
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments: To Be at Home in the World; Introduction; 1. Peace and Justice in a Secular Age; 2. Matters of Recognition; 3. History, Histories, Alternative Histories, Alternatives to History; 4. Anachronisms and Moralities; 5. Local Solutions: Collaboration, Cooperation, Coexistence; 6. Beyond Producing Spoilers; 7. Room at the Campfire; Notes; References; Index
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107082793
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (302 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Non-Violence and the French Revolution : Political Demonstrations in Paris, 1787–1795
    DDC: 303.4840944361
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    Abstract: Challenging scholarly emphasis on French Revolutionary violence, this book instead examines the prevalence of peaceful, democratic methods in Parisian protest
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Historiography: political demonstrations, French Revolutionary protest, and the presumption of violence; Non-violence, violence, and French Revolutionary protest; Approach: sources and organization; 1 Marching in Paris from the Old Regime to the Revolution; Eighteenth-century processional marches and the origins of the Revolutionary political demonstration; Police, political demonstrations, and pre-Revolutionary protest; Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 Political demonstrations and the politics of escalation in 1789Spring 1789, Réveillon, and the coming of Revolutionary protest; From Palais-Royal sociability to the rupture of the Bastille Days; Women, men, and the making of the October Days; Conclusion; 3 From rapprochement to radicalism, 1790-1791; Revolutionary commemoration and the rediscovery of mass-movement; Political demonstrations and Parisian radicalization, September 1790-June 1791; Peaceful protest and the republican cause, June-July 1791; Conclusion; 4 War, collaborative protest, and the 1792 republican movement
    Description / Table of Contents: Spring 1792: marching campaigns and the rise of the sectionsJune 20, 1792: the mechanics of the Revolutionary political demonstration; Radical collaborations and the insurrection of August 10; Conclusion; 5 Fraternal protest in a time of terror, August 1792 - September 1793; Sans-culottes in national politics, August 1792-April 1793; Insurrections without bloodshed: May 31-June 2 and September 4-5, 1793; Conclusion; 6 Reasserting collective action, 1794-1795; Year II to Germinal: the rebirth of the political demonstration; Reaction and repression: Germinal to Prairial; Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Moderate and conservative marches in Revolutionary ParisThe increasingly contentious history of the religious procession; The Muscadins: contestations of the jeunesse dorée, 1793-1795; Right-wing opposition and the final insurrection of Vendémiaire; Conclusion; Conclusion; Appendix Parisian protests, 1787-1795; Bibliography; Primary sources; Archives; Manuscripts; Archives municipales d'Amiens; Archives municipales de Marseille; Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée nationale, Paris; Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris; Bibliothèque municipale d'Amiens; Bibliothèque municipale d'Auch
    Description / Table of Contents: Bibliothèque municipale d'AvignonBibliothèque municipale de Clermont-Ferrand; Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon; Bibliothèque municipale de Marseille; Bibliothèque municipale d'Orléans; Bibliothèque municipale de Poitiers; Bibliothèque municipale de Versailles; Bibliothèque nationale François Mitterrand, Paris; Bibliothèque nationale - Richelieu, Paris; British Library, London; John Rylands Library, Manchester; Newspapers; Books, pamphlets and published documents; Secondary works; Index
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    ISBN: 9781107044685
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (306 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Early Social Interaction : A Case Comparison of Developmental Pragmatics and Psychoanalytic Theory
    DDC: 305.231
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Considers how a young child becomes a member of culture through the practices and procedures of everyday conversation
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and table; List of extracts; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Developmental pragmatics and conversation analysis; Some background considerations; Social-action and social life: conversation analysis and ethnomethodology; Membership categorisation analysis (MCA); Sequence-focused CA&E; Concluding comments; 3 Child-focused conversation analysis; Introduction; Children and membership; Child-CA studies: a brief review; Children, conversation and 'seeing thoughts'; Concluding comments
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 A psychoanalytic reading of early social relationsIntroduction; Psychoanalysis and Freud's structural theory of the mind; Freud and early social relations; Melanie Klein; Projective identification and object-relations; Donald Winnicott; Winnicott and the transitional space; Concluding comments; 5 Repression and displacement in everyday talk-in-interaction; Introduction; Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, local-order and members' methods; Conversation analysis and methodic social practice; Adjacency pairs in conversation: the talk unfolds two-by-two
    Description / Table of Contents: The problem with the 'problem of order'Concluding comments; 6 Research practices and methodological objects; Introduction; Intrinsic vs. extrinsic research processes; Events, records, data and interpretation; CA&E, participant orientation and unique adequacy; The case-study as methodology in early social relations; The context of the recordings; Participants; Format of recordings and data transformation; Analysis and data accessibility; CA transcription conventions; A sample extract and analysis; Some possible constraints on the unique adequacy requirement; Concluding comments
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Learning how to repairIntroduction; An overview of the incidence and form of repair; Tracing the emergence of self-repair skills; Concluding comments; 8 Learning what not to say: repression and interactive vertigo; Introduction; Avoidance, displacement and repression: some examples; Concluding comments; 9 A question of answering; Introduction; Analysis examples; Concluding comments; 10 Interaction and the transitional space; Introduction; The transitional space; Analysis examples; Emerging disagreement; Concluding comments; 11 Self-positioning, membership and participation; Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: Membership and mastery of languageHalf-membership status; Reflexively accountable communication; Early self-reference and membership categorisation; Membership categories, role status and rights; Competencies and membership categorisation; Reflexivity, accountability and subject positioning through membership categorisation; Concluding comments; 12 Discourses of the self and early social relations; Introduction; Analysis examples; Monitoring the discourses of the self: orienting to third-person reference; Discourse of the self, identification and captivation (by/of) the image
    Description / Table of Contents: Concluding comments
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199773589
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (385 p)
    Series Statement: International Policy Exchange Series
    Parallel Title: Print version Activation or Workfare? Governance and Neo-Liberal Convergence
    DDC: 306.094
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    Abstract: The last decade of the 20th century was marked by a shift in how welfare-states deal with those at the bottom of the income ladder. This shift involved the introduction/strengthening of work-obligations as a condition for receiving minimum income benefits - which, in some countries, was complemented by efforts to help recipients return to the labour market, namely through the investment in active labour market policies (ALMP). Based on case-studies of developments in the US and eight European nations (UK, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal and the Czech Republic), this boo
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Activation or Workfare? Governance and the Neo-Liberal Convergence; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Norwegian Activation Reform on a Wave of Wider Welfare State Change: A Critical Assessment; 3 Workfare with Welfare Revisited: Instigating Dual Tracks for Insiders and Outsiders; 4 Activation for All: Welfare Reform in the United Kingdom, 1995-2009; 5 Activation and Reform in the United States: What Time Has Told; 6 From Legitimacy to Effectiveness: Developments in Activation in the Netherlands; 7 Germany: Ambivalent Activation
    Description / Table of Contents: 8 Implementing a Myth: The Evolution of Conditionality in French Minimum Income Provision9 From Gateway to Safety Net: The Dynamics of Activation Reforms in Portugal; 10 From Protection Toward Activation: Reform of Social Assistance in the Czech Republic; 11 Governing Activation in the 21st Century: A (Hi)story of Change; 12 Trajectories of Change: Activation Reforms from Inception to Times of Austerity; Index
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107087484
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (280 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version The Buried Life of Things : How Objects Made History in Nineteenth-Century Britain
    DDC: 306.4
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    Abstract: Simon Goldhill offers a fascinating new perspective on the material culture of nineteenth-century Britain
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Plates; Figures; Introduction: The buried life of things; 1 A writer's things Edward Bulwer Lytton and the archaeological gaze; 2 When things matter Religion and the physical world; 3 Imperial landscapes, the biblical gaze, and techniques of the photo album Capturing the real in Jerusalem and the Holy Land; 4 Building history A mandate coda; Plates section; 5 Restoration ; Coda: A final dig; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107043176
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (262 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Science and Human Experience : Values, Culture and the Mind
    DDC: 303.48/3
    Keywords: Science ; Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Does science have limits? Where does order come from? Can we understand consciousness? Written by Nobel Laureate Leon N. Cooper, this book places pressing scientific questions in the broader context of how they relate to human experience. Widely considered to be a highly original thinker, Cooper has written and given talks on a large variety of subjects, ranging from the relationship between art and science, possible limits of science, to the relevance of the Turing Test. These essays and talks have been brought together for the first time in this fascinating book, giving readers an opportunity to experience Cooper's unique perspective on a range of subjects. Tackling a diverse spectrum of topics, from the conflict of faith and science to whether understanding neural networks could lead to machines that think like humans, this book will captivate anyone interested in the interaction of science with society"--
    Abstract: Nobel Laureate Leon N. Cooper places pressing scientific questions in the broader context of how they relate to human experience
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half title; Frontispiece; Epigraph; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgement; Part One Science and Society; 1 Science and Human Experience; 2 Does Science Undermine our Values?; 3 Can Science Serve Mankind?; 4 Modern Science and Contemporary Discomfort: Metaphor and Reality; 5 Faith and Science; 6 Art and Science; 7 Fraud in Science; 8 Why Study Science? The Keys to the Cathedral; 9 Is Evolution a Theory? A Modest Proposal; 10 The Silence of the Second; 11 Introduction to Copenhagen; 12 The Unpaid Debt; Part Two Thought and Consciousness
    Description / Table of Contents: 13 Source and Limits of Human Intellect14 Neural Networks; 15 Thought and Mental Experience: The Turing Test; 16 Mind as Machine: Will We Rubbish Human Experience?; 17 Memories and Memory: A Physicist's Approach to the Brain; 18 On the Problem of Consciousness; Part Three On the Nature and Limits of Science; 19 What Is a Good Theory?; 20 Shall We Deconstruct Science?; 21 Visible and Invisible in Physical Theory; 22 Experience and Order; 23 The Language of Physics: On the Role of Mathematics in Science; 24 The Structure of Space; 25 Superconductivity and Other Insoluble Problems
    Description / Table of Contents: 26 From Gravity and Light to Consciousness: Does Science Have Limits?
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781316206010
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 205 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Print version The Language of Organizational Styling
    DDC: 306.44
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This interdisciplinary, book-length study of the linguistics of organizational styling presents an innovative take on the notion of style
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: the organization as a corporate actor; 2 Styling: from persons to organizations; 3 Enterprise culture as a master ethical regime; 4 Size matters: the semiotics of big versus small businesses; 5 When Peter meets Harry: the emotional labor of organizations; 6 Organizational restyling; 7 Styling the organizational other; 8 Organizations and speakers: structure and agency in language; References; Index
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199379026 , 0199379025 , 9780199843916 , 0199843910
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xvii, 229 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Institutional diversity and political economy
    DDC: 306.3
    Keywords: Ostrom, Elinor Ostrom, Elinor ; Ostrom, Elinor ; Ostrom, Elinor ; Ostrom, Elinor ; Institutional economics ; Social institutions ; Public institutions ; Public institutions ; Institutional economics ; Social institutions ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Institutional economics ; Public institutions ; Social institutions ; Institutionalismus ; Institutionenökonomie ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This text discusses some of the most challenging ideas emerging out of the research programme on institutional diversity associated with the 2009 co-recipient of 2009 Nobel Prize in economics, Elinor Ostrom, while outlining a set of new research directions and an original interpretation of the significance and future of this programme
    Description / Table of Contents: Institutional diversity, heterogeneity, and institutional theoryInstitutionalism and polycentricity -- Institutional mapping and the IAD framework -- Institutional resilience and institutional theory -- Institutional design, ideas, and predictability -- Institutionalism and pragmatism.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780198724681
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (644 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version The War Report: Armed Conflict in 2013
    DDC: 303.6
    Keywords: War (International law) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This War Report provides detailed information on every armed conflict which took place during 2013, offering an unprecedented overview of the nature, range, and impact of these conflicts and the legal issues they created. In Part I, the Report describes its criteria for the identification and classification of armed conflicts under international law, and the legal consequences that flow from this classification. It sets out a list of armed conflicts in 2013, categorising each as international, non-international, or a military occupation, with estimates of civilian and military casualties. In P
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; The War Report: Armed Conflict in 2013; Copyright; EDITOR'S PREFACE; CONTENTS; TABLE OF CASES; TABLE OF TREATIES; TABLE OF UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; Part I: Armed Conflicts in 2013 and their Impacts; Armed conflicts in 2013 and their impacts; Summary; What is an armed conflict?; International armed conflict; THE GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE OF AN INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT; SUMMARY IHL RULES GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT; SUMMARY IHL RULES GOVERNING A SITUATION OF BELLIGERENT OCCUPATION; WHEN DOES AN INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT END?
    Description / Table of Contents: Non-international armed conflictCRITERIA FOR THE EXISTENCE OF A NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT; WHEN DOES A NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT END?; THE GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE OF A NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT; SUMMARY RULES APPLICABLE IN A NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT; Which armed conflicts occurred in 2013?; INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS IN 2013; NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS IN 2013; Casualties in armed conflicts in 2013; Situations of armed violence not amounting to armed conflict; Part II: Situations of Armed Conflict in 2013; Situations of armed conflict in 2013
    Description / Table of Contents: Armed conflicts between Israel and Syria in 2013CLASSIFICATION OF THE CONFLICTS; SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL LAW; HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT; PARTIES TO THE CONFLICTS; CASUALTIES; WAR CRIMES ALLEGATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND PROSECUTIONS; Armed conflict between India and Pakistan in 2013; CLASSIFICATION OF THE CONFLICT; SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL LAW; HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT; PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT; CASUALTIES; WAR CRIMES ALLEGATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND PROSECUTIONS; Military occupation of Azerbaijan by Armenia in 2013; CLASSIFICATION OF THE CONFLICT
    Description / Table of Contents: SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL LAWHISTORY OF THE CONFLICT; PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT; CASUALTIES; WAR CRIMES ALLEGATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND PROSECUTIONS; Military occupation of Cyprus by Turkey in 2013; CLASSIFICATION OF THE CONFLICT; SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL LAW; HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT; PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT; CASUALTIES; WAR CRIMES ALLEGATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND PROSECUTIONS; Military occupation of Eritrea by Ethiopia in 2013; CLASSIFICATION OF THE CONFLICT; SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL LAW; HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT; PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT; CASUALTIES
    Description / Table of Contents: WAR CRIMES ALLEGATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND PROSECUTIONSMilitary occupation of Georgia by the Russian Federation in 2013; CLASSIFICATION OF THE CONFLICT; SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL LAW; HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT; PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT; CASUALTIES; WAR CRIMES ALLEGATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND PROSECUTIONS; Military occupation of Lebanon by Israel in 2013; CLASSIFICATION OF THE CONFLICT; SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL LAW; HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT; PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT; CASUALTIES; WAR CRIMES ALLEGATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND PROSECUTIONS
    Description / Table of Contents: Military occupation of Moldova by the Russian Federation in 2013
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780191034084
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 464 Seiten)
    Edition: Second edition
    Series Statement: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Huang, Yan, 1955 - Pragmatics
    DDC: 306.44
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Pragmatics ; Lehrbuch ; Pragmatik
    Abstract: Yan Huang's highly successful textbook on pragmatics has been fully revised and updated. It includes a brand new chapter on reference, a major topic in both linguistics and the philosophy of language, as well as new material covering subjects including conversational implicature, emotional deixis, and contextualism versus semantic minimalism.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199313914
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (329 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version The Occupiers: The Making of the 99 Percent Movement
    DDC: 303.48/40973
    Keywords: Equality ; United States ; Income distribution ; United States ; Occupy movement ; United States ; Occupy Wall Street (Movement) ; Political participation ; United States ; History ; Protest movements ; United States ; History ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Occupy Wall Street burst onto the stage of history in the fall of 2011. First by the tens, then by the tens of thousands, protestors filled the streets and laid claim to the squares of nearly 1,500 towns and cities, until, one by one, the occupations were forcibly evicted. In The Occupiers, Michael Gould-Wartofsky offers a front-seat view of the action in the streets of New York City and beyond. Painting a vivid picture of everyday life in the square through the use of material gathered in the course of two years of on-the-ground investigation, Gould-Wartofsky traces the occupation of Zuccotti
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; The Occupiers; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Enter the 99 Percent; 1 Occupy before Occupy; 2 Organizing for Occupation; 3 Taking Liberty Square; 4 Crossing Brooklyn Bridge; 5 Escalation to Eviction; 6 The Occupiers in Exile; 7 Otherwise Occupied; 8 Spring Forward, Fall Back; Conclusion: Between Past and Future; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Index
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781782547211
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 247 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Reisman, David, 1943 - Trade in health
    DDC: 338.433621
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    Keywords: Gesundheitsökonomik ; Gesundheitsmarkt ; International ; Gesundheitstourismus ; Ethik ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Medical economics ; International trade ; Medical policy ; Medical care Quality control ; Medical Tourism economics ; Health Policy ; Medical Tourism ethics ; Quality Control ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 'Trade in Health is a timely reflection on the interface of economics with the ethics and public policy facets of the international movement of patients. Health issues such as these are at the forefront of modern political economy."National" health is increasingly less so. Reisman's previous scholarship in this area is brought to bear in an insightful and eminently readable and engaging fashion. In an area where uncovering the facts is more difficult than "decyphering the Dead Sea Scrolls", such a reflective work on the critical aspects of political economy helps to fill a void in considering whether such trade is likely to be in the interests of patients, nations and the global community. In addition to the rosy picture of healthy and wealthy tourists having a sojourn for medical care during a vacation, Reisman is not afraid to tackle the thorny issues concerning trade in organs, eggs and even death, in this sobering and comprehensive volume. It is a rare skill to bring the luminaries of Smith, Marshall, Mill and Confucius to bear on such a contemporary tale! International travel by patients is at the nexus of a revolution in global health. It is driving and affecting aspects of foreign investment, health worker migration and e-health provision. Reisman skilfully links these foundations of health care, and as such provides critical text for consideration by those seeking to build and strengthen future health systems. Trade in Health is an excellent overview. It provides critical insights for those new to the area as well as new information and challenges for those of us involved for a number of years.' - (Richard Smith, Professor of Health Ssytem Economics and Dean of Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK).
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107338821 , 1107781345 , 1107780101 , 1107665515 , 1107784549 , 9781107781344 , 9781107780101 , 9781107665514 , 9781107784543
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 220 Seiten)
    Edition: First published
    Series Statement: Cambridge studies in medieval literature 89
    Series Statement: Cambridge studies in medieval literature
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    Keywords: Langland, William Criticism and interpretation ; Langland, William Criticism, Textual ; Langland, William Authorship ; Langland, William,, 1330?-1400? ; Langland, William,, 1330?-1400? Authorship ; Langland, William,, 1330?-1400? Criticism and interpretation ; Literature (General) ; Criticism and interpretation ; Authorship ; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh ; Electronic books ; Langland, William 1332-1400 Piers Plowman
    Abstract: Addressing the history of the production and reception of the great medieval poem, Piers Plowman, Lawrence Warner reveals the many ways in which scholars, editors and critics over the centuries created their own speculative narratives about the poem, which gradually came to be regarded as factually true. Warner begins by considering the possibility that Langland wrote a romance about a werewolf and bear-suited lovers, and he goes on to explore the methods of the poem's localization, and medieval readers' particular interest in its Latinity. Warner shows that the 'Protestant Piers' was a reaction against the poem's oral mode of transmission, reveals the extensive eighteenth-century textual scholarship on the poem by figures including the maligned Chaucer editor John Urry, and contextualizes its first modernization by a literary forger inspired by the 1790s Shakespeare controversies. This lively account of Piers Plowman challenges the way the poem has traditionally been read and understood.This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
    Abstract: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: archive fever and the madness of Joseph Ritson; 1. William and the werewolf: the problem of William of Palerne; 2. Localizing Piers Plowman C: Meed, Corfe Castle, and the London Riot of 1384; 3. Latinitas et Communitas Visionis Willielmi de Longlond; 4. Quod Piers Plowman: non-Reformist prophecy, c. 1520-55; 5. Urry, Burrell, and the pains of John Taylor: the Spelman MS (Huntington Hm 114), 1709-1766; 6. William Dupre;, Fabricateur: Piers Plowman in the Age of Forgery; Conclusion: Leland's madness and the tale of Piers Plowman; Bibliography
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    ISBN: 9781781002896
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 375 S.) , graph. Darst.
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
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    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Regional development and proximity relations
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Geographische Entfernung ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionalpolitik ; Regionalplanung ; Regionalökonomik ; Räumliche Interaktion ; Innovation ; Informationstechnik ; Wissenstransfer ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Regional economics ; Regional planning ; Space in economics ; Electronic books ; Regional planning ; Space in economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionalentwicklung ; Nachbarschaftsraum
    Abstract: 'Proximity is a concept increasingly used in the international literature on clusters, knowledge transfers and innovation, as well as in the policies that support these processes. In Regional Development and Proximity Relations, André Torre and Frédéric Wallet have collected contributions from some of the world's leading regional scientists to highlight these topics. They have done a good job.' (Hans Westlund, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). -- 'Over the past decades, proximity has become a leading paradigm in economic geography and beyond. This landmark book marks the latest developments in proximity research, bringing together the leading scholars in the field.' (Koen Frenken, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands). -- The notion of proximity is increasing in popularity in economic and geographic literature, and is now commonly used by scholars in regional science and spatial economics. Few academic works, however, have explored the link between regional development and proximity relations. This comprehensive book redresses the balance with its assessment of the role of, and obstacles caused by, proximity relations in regional development processes. The expert contributors illustrate that the value of integrating proximity into the regional development analysis framework is due its plasticity and ability to draw connections between spatial, economic and social dimensions. Possible changes for regional and territorial policies are also an outcome of this integration. These areas are addressed via four main paradigms: Proximity and regional development, Spatial innovation processes, Networks and proximity relations, Place-based strategies and proximity relations. Students, academics, researchers and regional development practitioners with an interest in regional proximity will find this highly original book to be an illuminating read.
    Description / Table of Contents: Pt. I. Proximity and regional development : main debates and conceptual perspectives -- pt. II. The role of proximity in spatial innovation processes -- pt. III. Networks and proximity relations -- pt. IV. Place-based strategies and proximity relations -- pt. V. Conclusions
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107477841
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages)
    Series Statement: Cambridge Latin American studies 100
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.3/62097209031
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    Keywords: Geschichte 1600-1700 ; Geschichte 1500-1600 ; Geschichte 1600-1700 ; Geschichte ; Sklaverei ; Slavery / Mexico / History / 16th century ; Slavery / Mexico / History / 17th century ; South Asians / Mexico / History ; Southeast Asians / Mexico / History ; Slaves / Mexico / History ; Slaves / Legal status, laws, etc / Mexico / History ; Südostasiaten ; Südasiaten ; Sklaverei ; Mexiko ; Mexico / Ethnic relations ; Mexico / History / 16th century ; Mexico / History / 17th century ; Mexiko ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Mexiko ; Südasiaten ; Südostasiaten ; Sklaverei ; Geschichte 1600-1700
    Abstract: During the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, countless slaves from culturally diverse communities in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia journeyed to Mexico on the ships of the Manila Galleon. Upon arrival in Mexico, they were grouped together and categorized as chinos. In time, chinos came to be treated under the law as Indians (the term for all native people of Spain's colonies) and became indigenous vassals of the Spanish crown after 1672. The implications of this legal change were enormous: as Indians, rather than chinos, they could no longer be held as slaves. By tracking these individuals' complex journey from the bondage of the Manila slave market to the freedom of Mexico City streets, Tatiana Seijas challenges commonly held assumptions about the uniformity of the slave experience in the Americas and shows that the history of coerced labor is necessarily connected to colonial expansion and forced global migration
    Description / Table of Contents: Catarina de San Juan : China slave and popular saint -- The diversity and reach of the Manila slave market -- The rise and fall of the transpacific slave trade -- Chinos in Mexico City : slave labor and liberty -- Joining the republic of Indians : free Filipinos and freed chinos -- The Church on chino slaves versus Indian chinos -- The end of chino slavery -- Final conclusion -- Appendices 1 and 2
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    ISBN: 9780199371143 , 9780199371150 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Pages: 209 p.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Ann Arbor, Michigan ProQuest Online-Ressource ISBN 9780199371150
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 306.874/2
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Slandered as irresponsible, deadbeat dads, nonresident fathers are a greatly misunderstood population. These fathers are overlooked in discussions of poverty and economic vulnerability-often being viewed as the cause of social problems, rather than as having been abandoned by society. In Failing our Fathers, Ron Mincy and his colleagues present a more comprehensive picture of how these men face significant obstacles and explore unintended effects of policies designed to secure financial support for their children, the effectiveness of the few policies that have been designed to offer relief. A...
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0199908060 , 0199908079 , 9780199908066 , 9780199908073
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (210 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als McCracken, Angela B . Beauty trade
    DDC: 306.4/613
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    Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture ; Frau ; Gesellschaft ; Beauty, Personal Social aspects ; Beauty, Personal Economic aspects ; Cosmetics industry Social aspects ; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) ; Teenage girls ; Women Identity ; Selbstbild ; Schönheitsideal ; Jugend ; Körperbild ; Mode ; Globalisierung ; Electronic books ; Jugend ; Mode ; Selbstbild ; Schönheitsideal ; Körperbild ; Globalisierung
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Seeing the Global Economy of Beauty Through Gender Lenses -- 2. Here Comes the Quinceanera: Isn't She Beautiful? -- 3. Princess Dresses, Sexy Dances, and Eye Shadow: The Construction of a Global Political Economy of Beauty Through a Makeover -- 4. Beauty and the Quince: A Reproductive Economy View -- 5. Beauty Has a Price: The Global Productive Economy of Beauty -- 6. Different Brands of Beauty: Subcultures and the Global Virtual Economy
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780199929542
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (209 pages)
    Series Statement: Perspectives on Deafness
    DDC: 305.9082
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    Abstract: Approaches to Social Research: The Case of Deaf Studies explores the relationship between key methodological debates in social research and the special context of studies concerning d/Deaf people(s). Throughout the volume, the authors also show how the field provides challenges to established ways of thinking and working.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199668335
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (369 p)
    Series Statement: Emotions In History
    Series Statement: Emotions in History Ser
    Parallel Title: Print version The History of Emotions: An Introduction
    DDC: 152.409
    Keywords: Emotions - History ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The history of emotions is one of the fastest growing fields in current historical debate, and this is the first book-length introduction to the field, synthesizing the current research, and offering direction for future study. The History of Emotions is organized around the debate between social constructivist and universalist theories of emotion that has shaped most emotions research in a variety of disciplines for more than a hundred years: socialconstructivists believe that emotions are largely learned and subject to historical change, while universalists insist on the timelessness and pan
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; The History of Emotions: An Introduction; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; History and Emotions; 1 What Is Emotion?; 2 Who Has Emotion?; 3 Where Is Emotion?; 4 Do Emotions Have a History?; 5 What Sources Might We Use in Writing the History of Emotions?; 1: The History of the History of Emotions; 1 Lucien Febvre and the History of Emotions; 2 The History of Emotions Prior to Febvre; 3 The History of Emotions in the Time of Febvre and After; 4 The History of Emotions and 9/11; 5 Barbara H. Rosenwein and Emotional Communities; 2: Social Constructivism
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 The Varieties of Emotions2 Emotions in Travel Writings and Early Anthropology; 3 Emotions in the Anthropological Classics; 4 Early Anthropology of Emotions in the 1970s; The Emotions of Inuits; Emotions `Hypercognized´ and `Hypocognized´; 5 The Linguistic Turn and Social Constructivism; Headhunting for Pleasure; Poetry, Not Tears, as the Medium of Authentic Feelings; The Height of Social Constructivism; 6 Social Constructivism alongside Rosaldo, Abu-Lughod, and Lutz; 7 The Social Constructivist Anthropology of Emotions: Some Preliminary Conclusions; Excursus I: Sociology
    Description / Table of Contents: 'On PSA Our Smiles are Not Just Painted On': Arlie Hochschild'Florists Turn Feelings into Flowers': Eva Illouz; 8 The 1990s I: The Anthropology of Emotions after Social Constructivism; Excursus II: The Linguistics of Emotion; Anna Wierzbicka and a Culturally-Universal Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM); Zoltán Kövecses and Metaphors; 9 The 1990s II: The Supersession of the Social Constructivism-Universalism Duality?; 10 Recent Universalist Anthropology of Emotions; 3: Universalism; 1 Paul Ekman and Basic Emotions; 2 Road Map for ChapterThree
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 Charles Darwin´s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872), or, How One Book Became a Battlefield between ...4 The Beginnings of Psychological Research into Emotions, or, How Feelings, Passions, and Changes of Mood Migrated from The...; 5 Emotion Laboratories and Laboratory Emotions, or, the Birth of Psychological Conceptions of Emotion from the Experimental...; 6 How Ideas of Social Order Also Ordered the Interior of the Brain; 7 Research into the Emotional Response of the Brain; The Cannon-Bard Theory; The Papez Circuit; The Limbic System
    Description / Table of Contents: 8 Freud´s Missing Theory of Feeling9 The Boom in the Psychology of Emotion from the 1960s Onwards; 10 A Synthetic Cognitive-Physiological Theory of Emotion: The Schachter-Singer Model; 11 Evaluating Emotions: Cognitive Psychology and Appraisal Models; 12 The Neurosciences, fMRI Scanning, and Other Imaging Procedures; 13 Joseph LeDoux and the Two Roads to Fear; 14 Antonio R. Damasio and the Somatic Marker Hypothesis; 15 Giacomo Rizzolatti, Vittorio Gallese, Marco Iacoboni, Mirror Neurons, and Social Emotions
    Description / Table of Contents: 16 On the Shoulders of Dwarves, or, The Neurosciences as a `Trojan Horse´ for the Human and Social Sciences
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107058309
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (324 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
    Parallel Title: Print version The Experiences of Face Veil Wearers in Europe and the Law
    DDC: 342.408/52975674
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    Abstract: This book studies the experiences of face veil wearers in Europe and examines the ramifications of the empirical findings for legislative agendas
    Abstract: Studies the experiences of face veil wearers in Europe and examines the ramifications of the empirical findings for legislative agendas
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction to the volume ; Part IWearing the face veil in Europe; 2 Face veiling in the Netherlands: public debates and women's narratives ; 3 Niqabis in Denmark: when politicians ask for a qualitative and quantitative profile of a very small and elusive subculture ; 4 The Belgian 'burqa ban' confronted with insider realities ; 5 France vs. England ; Part IIDebating the face veil; 6 Insider perspectives and the human rights debate on face veil bans
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Symptomatic symbolism: banning the face veil 'as a symbol' 8 Bas les masques! Unveiling Muslim women on behalf of the protection of public order: reflections on the legal controversies around a novel definition of 'public order' used to ban full-face covering in France ; 9 Islamic veil bans: the gender equality justification and empirical evidence ; 10 Women's oppression and face-veil bans: a feminist assessment ; 11 The return of a persecuting society? Criminalizing facial veils in Europe ; 12 Asserting state sovereignty: the face-veil ban in Belgium
    Description / Table of Contents: 13 The performativity of face-veil controversies in Europe 14 Proscribing unveiling - law: a chimera and an instrument in the political agenda ; Index
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 1461950767 , 1139628852 , 9781461950769 , 9781139628853
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Perry, Matthew J., 1973- Gender, manumission, and the Roman freedwoman
    DDC: 306.3/62082
    Keywords: Women slaves History ; Slaves Emancipation ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Slaves ; Emancipation ; Social conditions ; Women slaves ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; History ; Rome Social conditions ; Rome History ; Rome (Empire) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Gender, sexuality, and the standing of female slaves -- Gender, labor, and the manumission of female slaves -- The patron-freedwoman relationship in Roman law -- The patron-freedwoman relationship in funerary inscriptions -- The slavish free woman and the citizen community.
    Abstract: Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman examines the distinct problem posed by the manumission of female slaves in ancient Rome. The sexual identities of a female slave and a female citizen were fundamentally incompatible, as the former was principally defined by her sexual availability and the latter by her sexual integrity. Accordingly, those evaluating the manumission process needed to reconcile a woman's experiences as a slave with the expectations and moral rigor required of the female citizen. The figure of the freedwoman - fictionalized and real - provides an extraordinary lens into the matter of how Romans understood, debated, and experienced the sheer magnitude of the transition from slave to citizen, the various social factors that impinged upon this process, and the community stakes in the institution of manumission
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781139207706
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 297 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Duranti, Alessandro The anthropology of intentions
    Parallel Title: ruck-Ausgabe: Duranti, Alessandro: The anthropology of intentions
    DDC: 306.44089
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    Keywords: Intention ; Language and culture ; Anthropological linguistics ; Anthropological linguistics ; Language and culture ; Intention ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Absicht ; Ethnolinguistik
    Abstract: How and to what extent do people take into account the intentions of others? Alessandro Duranti sets out to answer this question, showing that the role of intentions in human interaction is variable across cultures and contexts. Through careful analysis of data collected over three decades in US and Pacific societies, Duranti demonstrates that, in some communities, social actors avoid intentional discourse, focusing on the consequences of actions rather than on their alleged original goals. In other cases, he argues, people do speculate about their own intentions or guess the intentions of others, including in some societies where it was previously assumed they avoid doing so. To account for such variation, Duranti proposes an 'intentional continuum', a concept that draws from phenomenology and the detailed analysis of face-to-face interaction. A combination of new essays and classic re-evaluations, the book draws together findings from anthropology, linguistics and philosophy to offer a penetrating account of the role of intentions in defining human action
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781139333610
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (ix, 211 pages)
    Series Statement: Advances in personal relationships
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.7
    Keywords: Man-woman relationships ; Interpersonal relations ; Interpersonal communication ; Social networks ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Einfluss ; Interpersonale Kommunikation ; Zweierbeziehung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Zweierbeziehung ; Einfluss ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Interpersonale Kommunikation
    Abstract: How do we choose a partner to initiate a relationship with, and what makes us stay in a given relationship over time? These questions are most often pursued by scholars with an emphasis on the internal thoughts, feelings, and motivations of individual decision-makers. Conversely, this volume highlights the importance of considering external influences on individual decision-making in close relationships. Featuring contributions from internationally renowned scholars, the volume is divided into two interrelated sections. The first section considers global and societal influences on romantic relationships and the second focuses on social network and communicative influences on romantic relationships. Taken together, this collection helps us to better understand how external factors influence the internal machinations of those involved in intimate relationships
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) , Introduction: external influences beyond the dyad , Global and Societal Influences on Romantic Relationships , The influence of globalization and technological development on intimate relationships , Social capitalization in personal relationships , Family relationships embedded in United States military culture , Prejudice and stigma in intimate relationships: implications for relationship and personal health outcomes , Social Network and Communicative Influences on Romantic Relationships , The influence of subjective norms on close relationships , Network perceptions of daters' romances , The new story of Romeo and Juliet , Third-party forgiveness: social influences on intimate dyads , Relationship advice
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107022706
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (420 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Identity Process Theory : Identity, Social Action and Social Change
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    Abstract: World-renowned social psychologists present some of the key developments in identity process theory, examining identity, social action and social change
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction; 1 Social psychological debates about identity; Identity Process Theory; Debates in the social psychology of identity; Psychological social psychology; Sociological social psychology; Epistemological debates in identity research; Methodological diversity in identity research; Identity, social action and social change; Overview of the book; 2 Identity Process Theory: clarifications and elaborations; IPT and the information age; The anathema of orthodoxy
    Description / Table of Contents: Identity - personal, social, or just identity?The question of the cultural-specificity and lifespan variation in identity principles; What identity principles?; The problem with threats; Elaboration and clarification concluded; Part II Methodological issues in Identity Process Theory research; 3 Qualitative approaches to research using Identity Process Theory; Context, epistemology and theory in qualitative psychological research; Value and challenges of using qualitative approaches within Identity Process Theory research; Telling what we cannot consciously know?
    Description / Table of Contents: Examples of the "(added) value" of qualitative analysesUsing qualitative research to develop Identity Process Theory; Discerning additional identity principles; Emotion in Identity Process Theory; Conclusion; 4 Quantitative approaches to researching identity processes and motivational principles; Operationalizing identity contents and structures; Eliciting identity contents; Approaches to measuring structure; Examining identity processes in action; Investigating change processes; Investigating coping strategies; Evidence for threat; Testing the effects of motivational principles on identity
    Description / Table of Contents: Measuring motivational principlesManipulating motivational principles; Identity Process Theory and social representation processes; Conclusions; Part III Integrating theoretical frameworks; 5 On the meaning, validity and importance of the distinction between personal and social identity: a social identity perspectiv; Personal versus social identity: two perspectives; Social identity makes group behavior possible; Identity, social action and social change; Identity links social structure to social action; Power is a dynamic product of social identity processes
    Description / Table of Contents: Category definitions shape those who can be mobilized and the limits of collective solidarityCategory content shapes how group members can be mobilized; The representation of social categories is an arena for struggles to shape the future; The psychological group enables shared knowledge; Social representations are a source of stability in self-categorization and social relations; Social power and mobilization give meaning to particular identity combinations; Some final remarks: psychology is not enough; 6 Identity and social representations; Why the focus on social representations?
    Description / Table of Contents: The relationship between social representations and the individual
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    ISBN: 1139957775 , 1139565419 , 9781139957779 , 9781139565417
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Power, politics, and paranoia
    DDC: 303.3
    Keywords: Social psychology ; Trust Social aspects ; Conspiracy theories Social aspects ; Transparency in government ; Business ethics ; Power (Social sciences) Moral and ethical aspects ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Business ethics ; Power (Social sciences) ; Moral and ethical aspects ; Social psychology ; Transparency in government ; Trust ; Social aspects ; Macht ; Sozialpsychologie ; Vertrauen ; Wirtschaftsethik ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Powerful societal leaders - such as politicians and Chief Executives - are frequently met with substantial distrust by the public. But why are people so suspicious of their leaders? One possibility is that 'power corrupts', and therefore people are right in their reservations. Indeed, there are numerous examples of unethical leadership, even at the highest level, as the Watergate and Enron scandals clearly illustrate. Another possibility is that people are unjustifiably paranoid, as underscored by some of the rather far-fetched conspiracy theories that are endorsed by a surprisingly large portion of citizens. Are societal power holders more likely than the average citizen to display unethical behaviour? How do people generally think and feel about politicians? How do paranoia and conspiracy beliefs about societal power holders originate? In this book, prominent scholars address these intriguing questions and illuminate the many facets of the relations between power, politics and paranoia"--
    Abstract: 1. Power, politics, and paranoia: an introduction / Jan-Willem van Prooijen and Paul A.M. van Lange -- Part I. Power -- 2. The effects of power on immorality / Joris Lammers and Ilja van Beest -- 3. Do we give power to the right people? When and how norm violators rise to the top / Eftychia Stamkou and Gerben van Kleef -- 4. The leaders' rosy halo: why do we give powerholders the benefit of the doubt? / Pamela K. Smith and Jennifer R. Overbeck -- 5. 'Power corrupts' revisited: the role of construal of power as opportunity or responsibility / Kai Sassenberg, Naomi Ellemers, Daan Scheepers and Annika Scholl -- Part II. Politics -- 6. Never trust a politician? Collective distrust, relational accountability, and voter response / Susan T. Fiske and Federica Durante -- 7. Political distrust: the seed and fruit of popular empowerment / Fouad Bou Zeineddine and Felicia Pratto -- 8. All power to our great leader: political leadership under uncertainty / John J. Haller and Michael A. Hogg -- 9. Those who supported and voted for Berlusconi. A social-psychological profile of the willing followers of a controversial political leader / Antonio Chirumbolo and Luigi Leone -- 10. A growing confidence gap in politics? Data versus discourse / Rudy B. Andeweg -- Part III. Paranoia -- 11. Misconnecting the dots: origins and dynamics of outgroup paranoia / Roderick M. Kramer and Jennifer Schaffer -- 12. Political paranoia and conspiracy theories / Viren Swami and Adrian Furnham -- 13. The social dimension of belief in conspiracy theories / Jan-Willem van Prooijen and Paul A.M. van Lange -- 14. Examining the monological nature of conspiracy theories / Robbie M. Sutton and Karen M. Douglas -- 15. The role of paranoia in a dual-process motivational model of conspiracy belief / Marc Wilson and Chelsea Rose -- 16. Searching for the root of all evil: an existential-sociological perspective on political enemyship and scapegoating / Daniel Sullivan, Mark J. Landau, Zachary K. Rothschild and Lucas A. Keefer.
    Note: Includes index
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781139035583
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (270 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 302.5
    Keywords: Communities ; Social comparison ; Social groups ; Communities ; Social comparison ; Social groups ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Sozialer Vergleichsprozess ; Gruppe
    Abstract: The extent to which we see ourselves as similar or different from others in our lives plays a key role in getting along and participating in social life. This volume identifies research relevant to such communal functions of social comparisons and summarizes and organizes this research within a single, coherent conceptual framework. The volume provides an important addition to current thinking about social comparison, which has often neglected communal and affiliative functions. Whereas human desire to compare with others has traditionally been viewed as motivated by self-centered needs such as self-evaluation, self-enhancement, and self-improvement, this book presents an eclectic cross-section of research that illuminates connective, cooperative, and participatory functions of social comparisons. In this vein, the book aims both to expose research on currently neglected functions of social comparisons and to motivate a broader theoretical integration of social comparison processes
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    ISBN: 9780857930958
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 571 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on gender and economic life
    DDC: 330.082
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    Keywords: Gender Economics ; Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Frauenbildung ; Fraueneinkommen ; Frauenpolitik ; Gleichberechtigung ; Gleichstellungspolitik ; Geschlecht ; Sozialer Indikator ; Arbeitsmarktsegmentation ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Gesundheit ; Kreditpolitik ; Women Economic conditions ; Sexual division of labor ; Sex role Economic aspects ; Feminist economics ; Electronic books ; Frau ; Feminismus ; Geschlechterrolle
    Abstract: 'The excellent list of themes and chapters in this volume reflects the maturity reached by feminist economics in its different dimensions. Based on the notion of social provisioning for all as the basic objective of economics, they represent a challenge to conventional economic thought and they show the importance of understanding theory, institutions, empirical work, and policy from a gender perspective. The global perspective provided through themes and authors is a very useful contribution to the literature.' (Lourdes Benería, Cornell University, US). -- 'Standard economics has a narrow and distorted vision of what "the economy" is, and how it works. Gender scholars are on the forefront of developing better, more encompassing models of human provisioning for well-being. This volume presents a wonderful sampling of these new theoretical and empirical developments.' (Paula England, New York University, US). -- 'This is an impressive collection that delves deeply and broadly into the myriad ways that gender shapes and alters economic lives and illuminates complex facets of the economic and social provisioning process across the globe. The chapters, by an exciting variety of researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners from numerous fields, present a consistent and persuasive vision of economic well-being as critical to the flourishing of all people.' (Myra H. Strober, Stanford University, US). -- In the aftermath of global economic downturn, it has never been more important to understand how gender relates to economic life and well-being. This interdisciplinary collection of original research details key areas of intersection, provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of research and proposes avenues for further investigation. The Handbook illuminates complex facets of the economic and social provisioning process across the globe. The contributors - academics, policy analysts and practitioners from wide-ranging areas of expertise - discuss the methodological approaches to, and analytical tools for, conducting research on the gender dimension of economic life. They also provide analyses of major issues facing both developed and developing countries. Topics explored include civil society, discrimination, informal work, working time, central bank policy, health, education, food security, poverty, migration, environmental activism and the financial crisis.
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    ISBN: 9781782547310
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 333 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: European research in entrepreneurship
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Conceptual richness and methodological diversity in entrepreneurship research
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    Abstract: This important book identifies the current developments within entrepreneurship that are characterized by conceptual richness and methodological diversity. It presents the latest developments of topics such as the entrepreneurial mindset, culture and values as well as advances in entrepreneurship education and development. The contributors open the field for methodological renewal by introducing the current state of and opportunities for explorative research in entrepreneurship. -- Researchers, practitioners and policymakers will find the research in this book both innovative and refreshing, which will be particularly useful for those looking to renew their practices. It will also provide academics with some new ideas to adopt in their teaching and research in order to help their students to acquire entrepreneurial competences.
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    ISBN: 9781782545163
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 255 pages) , diagrams, maps
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
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    Keywords: Regional planning ; Regional economics ; Competition ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Spezialisierung
    Abstract: 'In a world which increasingly requires place-based approaches to economic development, Regional Competitiveness and Smart Specialization in Europe offers a new methodology and a framework in order to promote the smart specialization of territories. Rich in examples and evidence, the book is an essential tool for the design of sound development strategies and a must read for policy-makers and development practitioners.' (Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UK). -- Regions economically differ from each other - they compete in different products and geographical spaces, exhibit different strengths and weaknesses, and provide different possibilities for growth and development. What fosters growth in one region may hamper it in another. This highly original book presents an accessible methodology for identifying competitors and their particular circumstances in Europe, discusses regional competitiveness from a conceptual perspective and explores both past and future regional development policies in Europe. The authors illustrate that for the concept of regional competition to be valued correctly it should not solely be identified by the structural asset characteristics of cities and regions. They therefore present a unique applied analytic framework that takes into account economically valued network relations between places of (mobile) production factors and traded goods. Underpinned with thorough analysis and theory, the framework uses actual networks of competing and economically valued relations between regions to help develop smart specialization strategies that are central in the place-based policy initiatives of the new European cohesion policy.
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    ISBN: 9781781953457
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 186 pages) , illustrations, diagrams
    Series Statement: New thinking in political economy
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    Series Statement: New thinking in political economy series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dixon, Pauline International aid and private schools for the poor
    DDC: 371.8269420954
    Keywords: Privatschule ; Bildungsfinanzierung ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Indien ; Afrika ; Educational equalization ; Poor children Education ; Poor children Education ; Children with social disabilities Education ; Children with social disabilities Education ; Private schools ; Private schools ; Economic assistance ; Economic assistance ; Private schools Finance ; Education Finance ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 'Pauline Dixon has intellectual rigour and an openness to new ideas, together with compassion and practicality. A great and unusual combination which I admire enormously'. (Dame Sally Morgan, Adviser to the Board, Absolute Return for Kids and former chief advisor to Tony Blair, UK). -- 'This fine book has a powerful message for policymakers and donors: the quality of schools matters even in poor countries; hence, the poor are abandoning failed state schools and enrolling their kids in low cost private schools. Instead of trying to close them down, the state and donors would do well to invest in children (through vouchers and cash transfers) and give parents a choice rather than create more atrocious, monopolistic state schools where teachers are absent and unaccountable.' (Gurcharan Das, commentator and author, India Unbound and former CEO of Proctor and Gamble, Asia). -- 'This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the plight of poor children, particularly for those readers concerned with learning about culturally sensitive and proven ways to reach out and help less fortunate children in developing countries. I was fascinated and outraged by the compelling stories and actual data that Dixon shares in this gem of an exposé. Most readers will similarly be shaken and incensed by the failure of billions of dollars spent on state schooling in Africa and India. Dixon makes a compelling case for the value and contributions of low cost private schools in slums and low income areas in developing countries. After reading this book, I am now a believer!' (Steven I. Pfeiffer, Professor, Florida State University, US). -- This fascinating volume challenges the widely held belief that the state should supply, finance and regulate schooling in developing countries. Using India as an example, Dr. Pauline Dixon examines the ways in which private, for-profit schools might serve as a successful alternative to state-run systems of education in impoverished communities around the world.
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    ISBN: 9780857933690
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 738 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on energy and climate change
    DDC: 333.79
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    Keywords: Energiemarkt ; Energiepolitik ; Klimapolitik ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Klimawandel ; Environmental economics ; Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Energy industries Economic aspects ; Energy industries Environmental aspects ; Climatic changes ; Energy consumption Environmental aspects ; Electronic books ; Energiewirtschaft ; Klimaänderung
    Abstract: 'Some of us have spent our professional lives on energy and climate change but any new researcher or policy maker must find it daunting to even approach the subject. If so, this encyclopedic Handbook provides a wonderful and necessary introduction. It is creative and up to date, yet also takes the reader by the hand and introduces one topic after another while providing much of the historical context that is so necessary to a deeper understanding.' (Thomas Sterner, Environmental Defense Fund). -- This timely Handbook reviews many key issues in the economics of energy and climate change, raising new questions and offering solutions that might help to minimize the threat of energy-induced climate change. Constructed around the objectives of displaying some of the best of current thinking in the economics of energy and climate change, this groundbreaking volume brings together many of the worlds leading and most innovative minds in the field to cover issues related to: fossil fuel and electricity markets environment-related energy policy international climate agreements carbon mitigation policies low-carbon behaviour, growth and governance. Serving as an indispensable guide to one of the fastest-growing fields of economics, this invaluable resource will strongly appeal to students, academics and policy makers interested in energy, environmental and climate change issues.
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    ISBN: 9780857939111
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 440 pages) , diagrams
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    Keywords: Climatic changes Government policy ; Climatic changes Risk assessment ; Climatic changes Risk management ; Human security ; Electronic books ; Klimaänderung
    Abstract: The Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security is a landmark publication which links the complexities of climate change to the wellbeing and resilience of human populations. It is written in an engaging and accessible way but also conveys the state of the art on both climate change research and work into human security, utilizing both disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. Organized around thematic sections, each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert in the field, and discusses the key concepts and evidence base for our current policy choices, and the dilemmas of international policy in the field. The Handbook is unique in addressing sophisticated ethical and moral questions as well as new information and data from different geographical regions. It is a timely volume that makes the case for acting wisely now to avert impending crises and global environmental problems. The Handbook is international in scope and provides an assessment that will be of value to academics, students and policy professionals alike. NGOs and policy institutes which need a grasp of the specificity and range of the issues and problems will also find this book insightful.
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  • 73
    ISBN: 9781781003954
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 273 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Monetary economies of production
    DDC: 332.46
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    Keywords: Parguez, Alain ; Postkeynesianische Geldtheorie ; Geldpolitik ; Schuldenkrise ; Finanzkrise ; Financial crises ; Money ; Banks and banking ; Economics ; Production (Economic theory) ; Finance, Public ; Monetary policy ; Electronic books ; Festschrift
    Abstract: pt. I. Money and theory of the monetary circuit -- pt. II. Money, banks and financial crisis -- pt. III. Money, public finances and role of the state.
    Abstract: The central focus of this book is the relationship between money, the sphere of production, and the State. It explores how best to adapt the fundamental ideas of the circulationist perspective to achieve a better understanding of the financialisation of the production processes within contemporary capitalist economies. Importantly, the expert contributors illustrate that the true challenge ahead is to address how these new emerging forms can be eventually tamed, a challenge that the recent financial crisis has forcefully proven essential. This book will prove an illuminating read for scholars and researchers in the heterodox economics domain
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  • 74
    ISBN: 9781783471232
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 302 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mark Blaug
    DDC: 330.092
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    Keywords: Blaug, Mark ; Blaug, Mark Congresses ; Blaug, Mark ; Ökonomen ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Bildungsökonomik ; Quantitätstheorie ; Kulturökonomik ; Economics Congresses ; Economics Congresses Philosophy ; Economics ; Economics Philosophy ; Electronic books ; Festschrift ; Blaug, Mark 1927-2011 ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften
    Abstract: 'This is a wonderful book to read that analyzes an idiosyncratic and polymath economist that hardly left his audiences or his readers indifferent. Those who knew Mark Blaug will recognize the man, the intellectual, the economist, and the historian of ideas in the chapters included in the volume. Those that never had the privilege to meet him will have the opportunity to understand why he became such a significant figure in economics over much of the second half of the twentieth century.' (Pedro Teixeira, University of Porto, Portugal). -- 'Mark Blaug was a nonpareil - a fine economist, an extraordinary scholar, an indefatigable editor, a generous colleague, a fierce debater. His passing was a sad loss for economics and for the history of economics. This volume, a kind of Mark Blaug in Retrospect, is a fitting memorial that, at once, captures his many parts and the wide range and depth of his thought.' (Kevin D. Hoover, Duke University, US and Editor of the History of Political Economy). -- 'Mark Blaug was a short man with a great soul: he was a thinking person's economist with an uncanny ability to capture the big picture(s) in a few precise words. His zest for living expressed itself, in part, in his love of argument and the lifelong intellectual (and sometimes personal) mentoring of his interlocutors. The chapters in this volume, written by many of his former students and intellectual peers, lovingly and critically recall the man's life and his ideas. Jointly they introduce his wide-ranging views and interests to new generations of readers. They have the capacity to startle those of us who think we know.' (Eric Schliesser, Ghent University, Belgium). -- 'Mark Blaug had an exceptional knowledge of the history of economics and a critical interest in the assumptions and judgements (often implicit) that underlie the work of economists past and present. The contributors to this volume illustrate the influence of Mark and his ideas, demonstrating their continuing relevance to all who recognise the powerful influence on the substantive content of economics of the methods by which it is developed and appraised.' (Brian Loasby, Stirling University, UK).
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  • 75
    ISBN: 9781783476213
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 469 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Aoki, Masahiko, 1938 - 2015 Comparative institutional analysis
    Keywords: Systemvergleich ; Corporate Governance ; Spieltheorie ; Institutionenökonomik ; Entwicklung ; Ostasien ; Economics ; Corporate governance ; Corporations ; Electronic books ; Makroökonomie ; Wirtschaftsmathematik
    Abstract: This volume collects 22 articles by Masahiko Aoki, selected from writings published over the course of his 45-year academic career. These fascinating essays cover a range of issues, including mechanism design, comparative governance, corporate governance, institutions and institutional change, but are tied together by a focus on East Asia and a comparative institutional framework. -- Specific topics include the early stages of mechanism design theory, comparative analysis of vertical, horizontal and modular industrial coordination and its applications, cooperative game-theoretic approaches to the diversity of corporate government structure, the endogenous nature of institutions, and comparative and historical analysis of institutions in Japan, China and Korea. -- Students, professors and scholars with an interest in comparative institutional studies and East Asian studies will find this book a useful and illuminating resource.
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  • 76
    ISBN: 9781782547860
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 201 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als International trade in recyclable and hazardous waste in Asia
    DDC: 363.7282095
    Keywords: Außenhandel ; Abfallhandel ; Abfallpolitik ; Sonderabfall ; Kreislaufwirtschaft ; Asien ; Salvage (Waste, etc.) ; Recycling industry ; Recycling (Waste, etc.) ; Hazardous wastes Management ; Hazardous wastes Transportation ; Law and legislation ; Environmental law, International ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Little is known about the volume of international recycling in Asia, the problems caused and the struggle to properly manage the trade. This pathbreaking book addresses this gap in the literature, and provides a comprehensive overview of the international trade flow of recyclable waste in Asia and related issues. The expert contributors discuss the various types of recyclable waste that Asian countries import, and illustrate that there are consequently higher numbers of cheaper informal recyclers with lower pollution control costs than formal recyclers with more expensive but environmentally sound technologies. They explore how governments across China, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan are therefore struggling to minimize the negative impact from informal recycling via trade regulation of recyclable and hazardous waste and comprehensive cooperation mechanisms to promote efficient use of resources. Preventive measures against illegal and/or improper transboundary movement of hazardous waste in Asia are also analysed. This unique and fascinating book aims to facilitate a common understanding of the issues caused by international recycling in Asia to encourage effective international and regional cooperation in order to establish a sound recycling system. As such, it will prove an invaluable resource to academics, researchers and students with an interest in Asian studies, economics, environmental studies, international economics and industrial economics.
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  • 77
    ISBN: 9781782548171
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 247 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als A new model for balanced growth and convergence
    DDC: 338.94
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftliche Anpassung ; Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz ; Kapitalverkehrskontrolle ; Bankenregulierung ; Kapitalmobilität ; Finanzsystem ; Schuldenkrise ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Finanzkrise ; Osteuropa ; Südosteuropa ; Baltische Staaten ; Russland ; Türkei ; Sustainable development ; Sustainable development ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Europe, Southern Economic conditions 21st century ; Europe, Central Economic conditions 21st century ; Europe, Eastern Economic conditions 21st century ; Osteuropa ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Konvergenz ; Europäische Union
    Abstract: This topical book addresses the need for emerging economies in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe to find a new, sustainable growth model that fosters continued convergence with the EU without leading to the build-up of new vulnerabilities. -- The expert contributions frame the discussion on balanced growth in Europe, deal with the legacy of the old growth model (such as managing disrupted capital flows and deleveraging), and provide insights from the growth strategies of Russia and Turkey as well as the adjustment process of successful small CESEE countries. They focus on providing a multi-disciplinary assessment, combining the views of policy-makers and academics with those of central and commercial bankers. -- This book will prove a thought-provoking read for academics, researchers and students in the fields of economics - particularly international economics - and finance, money and banking. Policy-makers and economists interested in European integration and emerging European economies will also find this book to be an invaluable resource.
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781781001745
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 237 S.)
    Edition: Second edition
    Series Statement: Elgaronline
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Visser, H., 1943 - Islamic finance
    DDC: 332.1091767
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    Keywords: Islamisches Finanzsystem ; Finance Religious aspects ; Islam ; Banks and banking Religious aspects ; Islam ; Finance ; Banks and banking ; Electronic books ; Islamische Staaten ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Kreditwesen ; Islam ; Finanzdienstleistung ; Kreditwesen
    Abstract: This thoroughly updated and revised second edition analyses the ideas behind Islamic finance, the forms Islamic finance has taken in practice and the tension between the two that may occasionally arise. Along with an expanded section on the history of the ban on interest, this second edition contains a much more extensive discussion of investment and savings accounts, sukuk and tawarruq. -- Hans Visser aims to answer key topics on Islamic finance, ranging from the principles behind the phenomenon to the interaction of the market place with religious restrictions. How can governments finance their deficits and central banks conduct monetary policy without the interest-rate instrument? What price do the clients of the Islamic financial system pay for the increase in complexity and loss in flexibility compared with conventional finance? How do banking supervisors take account of the associated risks? In answering these questions, Visser’s systematic treatment of the belief system and a discussion on the acceptability of disputed instruments of Islamic finance distinguish the book from others in its field. -- Islamic Finance is essential reading for students of economics, finance and Islamic studies. Moreover, a detailed examination of both financial products and fiscal and monetary policies ensures that it will also appeal to banking staff, financial journalists and politicians alike.
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781781002681
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 181 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Stephen, Frank H., 1946 - Lawyers, markets and regulation
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    Keywords: Rechtsberufe ; Regulierung ; Großbritannien ; EU-Staaten ; Practice of law Deregulation ; Practice of law Economic aspects ; Legal ethics ; Lawyers Marketing ; Practice of law ; Lawyers Discipline ; Electronic books ; Europäische Union ; Großbritannien ; Rechtsanwalt ; Regulierung ; Deregulierung
    Abstract: 'The question of how we can best regulate the all-important markets for legal services is rarely investigated with the benefit of good empirical evidence about what's wrong and what works. The challenge of doing empirical work in this area is steep, given a lack of data and the complexity of comparing across very different jurisdictions and legal environments. In this much-needed contribution, Frank Stephen usefully brings together a set of empirical studies and an overview of the recent regulatory reforms that have been pursued in the UK and other European jurisdictions in the past two decades. The result will help policymakers make further progress in the increasingly urgent effort to establish efficient and accessible markets for legal services worldwide.' (Gillian K. Hadfield, USC Gould School of Law, US). -- 'Frank Stephen draws on thirty years' experience of working on the regulation of the legal professions, and on several empirical studies, to provide a fascinating account of the evolving attempts to introduce competition into the supply of legal services and how such attempts have sometimes been thwarted. It also makes a major contribution to the theoretical debate on the justifications, modes and likely impacts of regulation.' (Anthony Ogus, University of Manchester, UK and University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands). -- 'Professor Stephen's book provides a wonderfully concise, accessible and insightful review of both the theory and the empirical evidence (much of it his) on regulatory restrictions on the provision of legal services and challenges traditional arguments for the self-regulation of the legal profession. His economic/consumer welfare perspective provides a stimulating reference point in ongoing debates on the appropriate regulation of the market for legal services and the case for self-regulation, which (unlike the UK) is still very strongly espoused in North America, but under increasing scrutiny. Professor Stephen's book will intensify this scrutiny.' (Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto, Canada).
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 80
    ISBN: 9781781002391
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 317 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tisdell, Clement A., 1939 - 2022 Competition, diversity and economic performance
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Wettbewerb ; Diversifikation ; Marktmechanismus ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Theorie ; Economics ; Competition ; Electronic books ; Marktwirtschaft ; Effizienz ; Unternehmenstheorie ; Vielfalt ; Wettbewerb ; Kooperatives Verhalten ; Innovation ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: The role of competition and diversity in economic performance : an overview -- Concepts of economic competition and performance in context -- Diversity of consumers, product innovation and economic performance -- Schumpeter and the dynamics of capitalism : the driving force of business innovation -- Reasons for business diversity and their economic importance -- Diversity and the evolution of competitive economic systems -- Competition, diversity, evolution and sustainability : are there lessons from ecology? -- Market niches, competition and economic performance : more clues from ecology? -- Market impediments, restrained reactions and market dynamics -- Variations in the fitness of firms, dynamic economic performance, and vulnerability -- More on differences in the fitness of firms, market selection and product variety -- Using market mechanisms (for example, contracting out) for the efficient public provision of commodities -- Using markets and market-like mechanisms for allocating public funds for research : are they efficient? -- Using markets and market-like mechanisms to manage a multidivisional business efficiently -- Business partnerships, cooperation and the enhancement of economic performance.
    Abstract: This thought-provoking book explores the influences of market competition and diverse behaviours of economic agents on economic performance, particularly dynamic economic performance
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781782547006
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 239 pages) , diagrams
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    Keywords: Keynesian economics Study and teaching (Higher) ; Electronic books ; Neokeynesianismus
    Abstract: 1. Teaching post-Keynesian economics in a mainstream department / Marc Lavoie -- 2. The economist who mistook his model for a market / Roy J. Rotheim -- 3. The future is open : on open-system theorising in economics / Victoria Chick -- 4. Teaching open-system economics / Sheila Dow -- 5. Pluralism in economics education / Andy Denis -- 6. Truth and beauty in macroeconomics / Allin Cottrell -- 7. Rhetoric in the spirit of Keynes : metaphors to persuade economists, students and the public about fiscal policy / Bruce Littleboy -- 8. Teaching macroeconomics : seeking inspiration from Paul Davidson / Finn Olesen -- 9. What about the mainstream critique of American principles of economics textbooks? / Poul Thøis Madsen -- 10. Teaching Keynes's theory to neoclassically formed minds / Angel Asensio -- 11. Neoclassical and Keynesian macro models : thinking about the 'special case' / Marco Missaglia -- 12. Economists on the 2008 financial crisis : genuine reflection, or, Constructing narratives to reaffirm the profession's authority? / Michael J. Salvagno.
    Abstract: This book contends that post Keynesian economics has its own methodological and didactic basis, and its realistic analysis is much-needed in the current economic and financial crisis. At a time when the original message of Keynes' General Theory is no longer present in the most university syllabuses, this book celebrates the uniqueness of teaching post Keynesian economics, providing comparisons with traditional economic rationale and illustrating the advantages of post Keynesian pedagogy. Against a backdrop in which neo-classical textbooks prevail, the expert contributors demonstrate that Keynes and The General Theory possess indispensable insight that would furnish students with a clearer understanding of the world economy in which they live. They explore the teaching of post Keynesian economics from a number of different perspectives, covering topics such as open system theorizing, pluralism in teaching, rhetoric in the spirit of Keynes, uncertainty, expectations and money. A critique of mainstream and traditional economic textbooks is also provided. This highly unique and fascinating book will provide an invaluable reference tool for teachers and researchers in post Keynesian economics, as well as their students
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781781951712
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 170 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: New thinking in political economy
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Winiecki, Jan, 1938 - 2016 Economic futures of the West
    DDC: 330.91821
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    Keywords: Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Westliche Staaten ; BRICS-Staaten ; Competition, International ; Electronic books ; Western countries Economic conditions ; Weltwirtschaft ; Schwellenländer ; Westliche Welt
    Abstract: This thought-provoking book considers the global challenges and challengers to the economic supremacy of the West. Jan Winiecki explores the various problems that the West must deal with in order to remain an efficient competitor in the world economy. These, he argues, are primarily consequences of the ever-expanding welfare state; consequences that are not only economic but also socio-psychological and, therefore, political. The author also considers the evolution of Western Europe and the USA from a new perspective, noting the Europeanization of US economic policies and regulation and the Americanization of polices and regulation in some European countries. The book concludes that the main challengers to the West Brazil, Russia, India and China (the so-called BRIC group of countries) are unlikely to gain economic supremacy over the West any time soon, given that they have to contend with their own difficulties.Economic Futures of the West will prove a stimulating and challenging read for academics, researchers and students in the fields of economics, heterodox economics and development.
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  • 83
    ISBN: 9781781951637
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 262 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hisrich, Robert D., 1944 - Governpreneurship
    DDC: 320.6
    Keywords: Öffentlicher Sektor ; Entrepreneurship ; Nonprofit-Management ; Welt ; Political planning ; Political entrepreneurship ; Electronic books ; Fallstudie
    Abstract: Challenging the traditional view that entrepreneurship is exclusively a private-sector concern, Governpreneurship presents a compelling argument for increased focus on entrepreneurship in public sector organizations. The only book to date to focus specifically on government entrepreneurship, this innovative volume combines Robert D. Hisrich’s vast theoretical knowledge with the practical experience of Amr Al-Dabbagh, who applied entrepreneurship in the Saudi public sector with excellent results. Featuring forewords by former US President Bill Clinton and former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, as well as four case studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of government entrepreneurship in action, this fascinating book breaks new ground in a rapidly growing field.
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  • 84
    ISBN: 9781782540649
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 282 pages) , diagrams, maps
    Series Statement: The Loyola de Palacio series on European energy policy
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Glachant, Jean-Michel Building competitive gas markets in the EU
    DDC: 338.476657094
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    Keywords: Erdgasmarkt ; Regulierung ; Marktintegration ; Netzregulierung ; Gaswirtschaft ; Erdgaspolitik ; Gasversorgung ; Energiekonsum ; Energierecht ; EU-Staaten ; Gas industry Government policy ; Gas industry Economic aspects ; Gas Law and legislation ; Gas industry ; Natural gas Marketing ; Electronic books ; Europäische Union ; Gaswirtschaft ; Regulierung
    Abstract: This highly unique book focuses on market design issues common to most EU gas markets, particularly in the context of closer integration. It explores in detail the characteristics and requirements of national gas markets in Europe, which are constructed as virtual hubs based on entry/exit schemes as a requirement of European law. The expert contributors analyse gas supply and demand patterns in the EU, showing that both have changed following the introduction of liquefied natural gas on the supply side and the growth of gas-fired power plants on the demand side. The repeated interactions between the transmission operators' activity and the gas commodity markets are addressed, as is the design of commercial networks in EU markets. The contributors also question whether the relationship between commercial and physical networks, in terms of the 'new' flexibility requirements of users, actually works. By way of conclusion, two proposals for the EU gas target model are presented, both of which tackle the fundamental issues raised in this book, as well as the organization of short-term transactions and the mechanisms for investment in vital new long-life infrastructure needed to integrate EU markets. This volume will be of great interest to practitioners, as well as academics, researchers and students in the fields of energy economics and industrial economics. Both European and non-European energy companies and regulatory authorities looking for an independent and analytical overview of European gas markets will also find this book to be a highly valuable resource.
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781781002308
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 462 pages) , diagrams
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    Keywords: Transportation engineering ; Transportation engineering Decision making ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Project management ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This comprehensive and accessible Handbook presents state-of-the-art research on the decision-making processes in the deliverance of mega-projects – large infrastructure projects for the transportation of people and/or goods. --The expert contributors explore how decisions are made at different stages in mega-projects and the multi-actor relationships between public and private partners. They evaluate the perspectives and pitfalls in determining the costs and benefits of a mega-project ex ante, and examine the wider impacts of mega-projects, including issues such as regional growth, energy transition and climate change. Although the focus is on the advanced economies of North America, Europe, and Australia, much of the material is useful for other parts of the world where large transport infrastructure projects are currently underway or will be developed in the coming years. -- Providing crucial background information for those who want to understand decision-making processes on large transport infrastructure projects, this fascinating Handbook will prove an important source of information for academics, researchers and students in the fields of transport, infrastructure, project management, management science, economic analysis (cost–benefit analysis), public policy, environmental policy and ethics. Practitioners, politicians and policymakers involved in large transport infrastructure projects will also find this book to be an invaluable reference tool.
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781781004838
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 252 pages) , diagrams
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    Keywords: Transportation and state ; Transportation ; Transportation Law and legislation ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Transport ; Regulierung
    Abstract: This book concerns the regulation of transport within a European context, covering air, inland waterways, rail, road passenger and freight, urban public transport, and short sea shipping. All these sectors have experienced substantial changes over the past two decades, in terms of ownership, competition and liberalization, and the book explores the main transformations and their impacts. The authors address these issues, with a specific focus on the effects of the organization and regulation of transport systems on their performance. They also provide timely policy recommendations, including possible European future policy initiatives. This comprehensive book will appeal to academics and practitioners in Europe in the fields of regulation, legal studies, transport economics and planning, and also political science. Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in Europe with core-modules linked to issues on regulation, transport, economics, European politics, European affairs and network industries will also find that this is an essential resource.
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  • 87
    ISBN: 9781781953976
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (v, 215 pages) , 1 diagram, 1 map
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Huggins, Laura E., 1976 - Environmental entrepreneurship
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Umweltschutz ; Naturschutz ; Unternehmer ; Subsahara-Afrika ; Afrika ; Südamerika ; Social entrepreneurship ; Economic development ; Sustainable development ; Markets ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In this innovative book, Laura E. Huggins finds path breaking entrepreneurial solutions to difficult environmental challenges in some of the world's poorest areas. The approaches entrepreneurs are taking to these challenges involve establishing property rights and encouraging market exchange. From beehives to barbed wire, these tools are creating positive incentives and promoting both economic development and environmental improvements. The case studies are from the developing world and reveal where the biggest victories for less poverty and more conservation can be won. The pursuit begins by learning from local people solving local problems. Environmental Entrepreneurship encourages a broad audience to consider secure property rights and free markets as key ingredients to moving out of poverty and improving environmental quality at the same time. It will appeal to academics and students of environmental studies, environmental economics, environmental policy, as well as international development and business. Entrepreneurs and environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and The World Resources Institute will also find a wealth of invaluable information in this book.
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  • 88
    ISBN: 9781781953693
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 304 pages) , diagrams, maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Values, payments and institutions for ecosystem management
    DDC: 333.9517
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    Keywords: Ökosystem ; Umweltpolitik ; Entwicklungsländer ; Ecosystem management Economic aspects ; Ecosystem services ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 'By providing the real-world examples and lessons, the book will guide policy-makers and experts in their efforts in exploring and applying these pathways and tools in the larger context of development policies of nations and the pursuit of a sustainable century.' (From the foreword by Achim Steiner United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme). -- Using a selection of authoritative and original contributions, this timely book explores the uncertainty surrounding the impact of decisions undertaken to manage ecosystem services worldwide. Invariably, the policies designed and implemented to manage forests, wetlands, and marine and coastal environments often involve conflicts of interest between various stakeholders. This has added an additional layer of complexity in the context of developing countries where institutions and governance are weak or absent. Economic valuation and the subsequent design of innovative response tools such as payment for ecosystem services (PES) have the potential to offer far greater transparency. In the case of LDCs, the identification of suitable institutions for executing these tools is also of vital importance. With a strong policy focus, the contributors synthesise the scientific approaches to PES, valuation, trade-offs, equity and the institutional requirements to operationalize a credible concept of economic value. The book also addresses the behavioral foundations of creating the incentive design and response policies for ecosystem management. This book will prove helpful to ecosystems management researchers and postgraduate students of conservation and development. Conservation managers, decision makers and development practitioners will also find this resource both interesting and beneficial to their work.
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  • 89
    ISBN: 9781849806039
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 597 pages) , diagrams
    Edition: Second edition
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Elgar companion to public choice
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    Keywords: Neue politische Ökonomie ; Gruppenentscheidung ; Staatstheorie ; Electronic books ; Social choice ; Kollektiventscheidung ; Public-Choice-Theorie
    Abstract: This is a comprehensive set of essays on myriad facets of public choice by many of the leading contributors in the field. The coverage is excellent and the essays are terrific. I highly recommend this book for researchers and students. (Todd Sandler, University of Texas at Dallas, US). -- The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition brings together leading scholars in the field of political economy to introduce readers to the latest research in public choice. -- The Companion lays out a comprehensive history of the field and, in five additional parts, it explores public choice contributions to the study of the origins of the state, the organization of political activity, the analysis of decision-making in non-market institutions, the examination of tribal governance, and to modeling and predicting the behavior of international organizations and transnational terrorism. -- With broad and up-to-date coverage, this second edition will appeal to politicians and policymakers, academics and researchers in public and social choice and political science as well as graduate students in economics, political science and public administration.
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  • 90
    ISBN: 9781781009437
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 304 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Globalisation, the global financial crisis and the state
    DDC: 337
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Finanzkrise ; Staatstheorie ; Wirtschaftsliberalismus ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Governance-Ansatz ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Geldpolitik ; Interdisziplinäre Forschung ; Globalization ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Economic policy ; Electronic books ; Globalisierung ; Finanzkrise ; Staat
    Abstract: The recent global financial crisis has challenged conventional wisdom, and our conception of globalisation has been called into question. This challenging and timely book revisits the relationship between globalisation, the crisis and the state from an interdisciplinary perspective, with law, economics and political science underpinning the analysis. The expert contributors consider the Washington Consensus and its aftermath across Australia, China, the EU, New Zealand and South Africa in light of the financial crisis, encompassing public policy issues including banking reform, privatisation and state owned enterprise. The clash between market and state capitalism and the response of market capitalism to the crisis are also explored. This book draws together truly multidisciplinary discussions of the main issues for contemporary society in the face of globalisation, and defines how these issues relate to each other. As such, it will prove a stimulating read for academics, researchers, postgraduate students and policymakers with an interest in law, economics and politics
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  • 91
    ISBN: 9780857935809
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 406 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Advances in regulatory economics
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
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    Keywords: Postal service Management ; Postal service International cooperation ; Electronic commerce ; Postal service ; Mail receiving and forwarding services ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Privatization of postal operators : old arguments and new realities / Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer -- The UK Postal Services Act 2011 / Richard Eccles -- A gravity model of international postal exchanges / Jose Anson and Matthias Helble -- Price comparisons in the parcel industry : a new approach based on the hedonic price theory / Claire Borsenberger, Sébastien Bréville and Aurélie Dehais -- A new governance model for U.S. postal services / James I. Campbell, Jr. --Estimates of U.S. postal price elasticities of demand derived from a random-coefficients discrete-choice normal model / Margaret M. Cigno, Elena S. Patel and Edward S. Pearsall --Segmentation and nonlinear pricing in the postal sector / Claire Borsenberger ... [et al.] -- The proposed reform of EU rules on public procurement : a postal sector perspective / Alessandra Fratini -- Optimization of the United States postal retail network by applying GIS and econometric tools / J.P. Klingenberg, Lyudmila Y. Bzhilyanskaya and Michael J. Ravnitzky -- Estimating long-run incremental cost in the postal sector : a UK perspective / Leonardo Mantino ... [et al.] -- Vulnerable users in times of declining demand : the case of basic bank services in Norway and Sweden / Henrik B. Okholm and Anna Möller -- Dynamic letter volume models : how does an economic downturn affect substitution propensities? / Vance L. Martin ... [et al.] -- Electronic substitution and USO scope definition / Marcello Cuomo ... [et al.] -- Letter traffic demand in the UK : some new evidence and review of econometric analysis over the past decade / Marzena Jarosik ... [et al.] -- Status of the postal service twenty years after the Green Paper : a Franco-European perspective / Joëlle Toledano -- Electronic substitution and postal price elasticities : a customer market approach / Leticia Veruete-Mckay ... [et al.] -- Measuring consumer preferences for postal services / C. Rohr ... [et al.] -- Efficiency analysis postal operators : comparison between United States and Europe / Maria Rita Pierleoni and Stefano Gori -- Termination charges in the international parcel market / Andreas Haller, Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner -- Competition and the social cost of regulation in the postal sector / Martin Maegli and Christian Jaag -- Measuring the environmental benefit of reducing the United States Postal Service's operations / Norma B. Nieto and Adam C. Houck -- Economic regulation and the UK postal sector, 2000-2011 / Tim Walsh -- What's past is prologue : understanding developments in North American postal markets / Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin and Mary K. Perkins -- Human capital and diversification choices for postal operators / Dominique Bailly and Margaux Meidinger --Welfare and pricing with single-piece and bulk mail access competition in the postal sector / Philippe De Donder ... [et al.] -- The postal economy in the UK and Rutgers CRRI conferences since 1990 : a review of developments and economic themes / Frank Rodriguez -- Social media challenges the entire postal industry / Kari Elkelä and Heikki Nikali.
    Abstract: In our increasingly technology-focused world, demand for traditional postal services is steadily shrinking. This timely volume examines the many challenges that the worldwide postal sector is facing as a result of growing electronic competition, and offers expert recommendations for reshaping postal structures to strengthen their competitiveness in an electronic age
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  • 92
    ISBN: 9780857931023
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 614 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Handbooks of research methods and applications
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Series Statement: Handbooks of research methods and applications series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research methods and applications in empirical macroeconomics
    DDC: 339
    RVK:
    Keywords: Makroökonometrie ; Dynamisches Gleichgewicht ; Empirische Methode ; Theorie ; Macroeconomics Methodology ; Electronic books ; Kapitalmarktforschung ; Makroökonomie
    Abstract: pt. I. Properties of macroeconomic data -- pt. II. Models for macroeconomic data analysis -- pt. III. Estimation and evaluation frameworks in macroeconomics -- pt. IV. Applications I : dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models -- pt. V. Applications II : vector autoregressive models -- pt. VI. Applications III : calibration and simulations.
    Abstract: This comprehensive Handbook presents the current state of art in the theory and methodology of macroeconomic data analysis. It is intended as a reference for graduate students and researchers interested in exploring new methodologies, but can also be employed as a graduate text. The Handbook concentrates on the most important issues, models and techniques for research in macroeconomics, and highlights the core methodologies and their empirical application in an accessible manner. Each chapter is largely self-contained, whilst the comprehensive introduction provides an overview of the key statistical concepts and methods. All of the chapters include the essential references for each topic and provide a sound guide for further reading. Topics covered include unit roots, non-linearities and structural breaks, time aggregation, forecasting, the Kalman filter, generalised method of moments, maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation, vector autoregressive, dynamic stochastic general equilibrium and dynamic panel models. Presenting the most important models and techniques for empirical research, this Handbook will appeal to students, researchers and academics working in empirical macroeconomics and econometrics
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  • 93
    ISBN: 9781782545583
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (352 p)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jo, Dong seong, 1949 - International review of national competitiveness
    DDC: 338.6
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    Keywords: Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Messung ; Statistische Methode ; Welt ; Social indicators ; International trade Statistics ; Economic indicators ; Competition, International Statistics ; Electronic books ; Competition Statistics ; Internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ; Ranking ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: This book provides rankings of national competitiveness alongside a series of sophisticated and specific guidelines for enhancing national competitiveness. Existing national competitiveness studies are often flawed since they are not based on rigorous models and appropriate methodologies. In this study, theoretical and methodological problems in existing studies are tackled and a series of tools for assessing national competitiveness is presented. The foundation underpinning the analysis is the MASI (Measure--Analyze--Simulate--Implement) approach, which is used to systematically address policy implications for enhancing national competitiveness. The data and analytical tools can also be utilized for other areas of study, including industry and firms, and intra-group rankings allow cross-country comparison among countries with similar characteristics. Specific guidelines for enhancing national competitiveness are also prescribed. This wide-ranging, comprehensive book will prove an essential reference tool for academics and researchers in the fields of international business and international economics. Both business and public-sector practitioners will also find this book to be a source of invaluable information on competition in investment locations and for setting benchmarks against leading country competitors.
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  • 94
    ISBN: 9780857939647
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 262 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Vũ-Minh-Khương The dynamics of economic growth
    DDC: 331.0
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswachstum ; Vergleich ; Asien ; Economic development ; Electronic books ; Asia Economic conditions 1945- ; Asia Economic policy ; Asien ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: 'Asia, like other continents outside Western Europe and North America, was poor and considered a least-hope region for breaking the poverty trap in post WWII. However, Asia has surprisingly become the most dynamically growing region in the world in the recent decades with extraordinary speed and scale. This book is an insightful study of the root causes and strategic policy framework of Asia's development success. It provides convincing analyses to show that other lower-income countries can learn useful lessons from Asia to achieve their aspiration for prosperity. The book is a must-read for all policy makers and students in the developing world and international development institutions.' (Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University, China and formerly Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank). -- 'There are many studies that attempt to explain the rapid rise of the economies of East and South Asia. Only a few of these studies base their analysis on a systematic quantitative comparison of the sources of growth in East and South Asia and none do so with more rigor than this work by Professor Vu Minh Khuong. The study is a major contribution to our understanding of these important economies' performance.' (Dwight Perkins, Harvard Kennedy School, US). -- 'The astonishing rise of Asia over the past decades is transforming the world economy and changing the balances in global politics. In this book, Professor Vu Minh Khuong provides an in-depth study of the drivers of growth in sixteen Asian economies based on solid empirical analyses. While successful growth relies heavily on investment, technology catch-up and openness to trade, Professor Vu emphasizes the decisive importance of enlightened leadership that creates a favourable environment for countries to prosper.' (Marcel Timmer, University of Groningen, The Netherlands).
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  • 95
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781781006719
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 358 pages) , diagrams, 1 map
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of rural development
    DDC: 307.1412
    Keywords: Ländliche Entwicklung ; Afrika ; China ; Lateinamerika ; Rural development ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 'This comprehensive book deals with key issues of rural development. The authors address emergent issues of policy, structure and agency in complex and contrasting settings. Many of the chapters are written by scholars who are well-known in their areas of expertise, and younger scholars contribute in new areas of rural development concerns. The research and analysis presented makes clear that rural is more than agriculture, although in some regions it is still a driver. By looking at the twin issues of conservation and development in the context of complex social relations, this Handbook is a must for both scholars and practitioners of development. By including key articles that address emerging rural development issues in Latin America, Africa and Asia, the volume integrates global structures and local responses in a coherent and engaging manner.' (Cornelia Flora, Iowa State University, US). -- Although most countries in the world are rapidly urbanizing, the majority of the global population - particularly the poor - continue to live in rural areas. This Handbook rejects the popular notion that urbanization should be universally encouraged and presents clear evidence of the vital importance of rural people and places, particularly in terms of environmental conservation. Expert contributors from around the world explore how global trends, state policies and grassroots movements affect contemporary rural areas in both developed and developing countries. Rural development policies have historically focused primarily on increasing agricultural productivity, but this volume demonstrates the need for a much broader approach as rural producers become increasingly integrated into the global economy. Following a comprehensive discussion of rural development theory and policy, the contributors tackle a number of diverse topics, including resource dependence, migration, entrepreneurship and microfinance, tourism and gender issues. The book concludes with detailed explorations of rural development in different areas of the world, including Africa, China and Latin America. Professors and students of development studies, agricultural economics, environmental studies and sociology will find this Handbook an indispensable resource, as will practitioners and policymakers working in rural areas around the world.
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  • 96
    ISBN: 9781781001820
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 298 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Keywords: Educational leadership ; School management and organization ; Universities and colleges Administration ; Educational leadership ; Universities and colleges Administration ; University cooperation ; Electronic books ; Hochschule ; Zukunft ; Führungsstil
    Abstract: 1. The university : a critical comparison of three ideal types / Gordon Graham -- 2. The 'form' of 'reform' : the postwar university in Britain, 1945-1992 / Keith Tribe -- 3. Balancing the core activities of universities : for a university that teaches / Gert Biesta -- 4. Space in an inferno? The organization of modern universities and the role of academics / Roger Sugden -- 5. Sense and sensibility in academia / Thomas Docherty -- 6. From state to market via corruption : universities in an era of privatization / Philip Cooke and Fumi Kitagawa -- 7. Marketization and alienation in academic activity / Sonja Grönblom and Johan Willner -- 8. Motivational resilience in the university system / Silvia Sacchetti -- 9. Peer review : the academic guild's last stand or key to knowledge as a public good? / Steve Fuller -- 10. Cooperation and leadership in academia : the roles of non-academics / John Rogers and Eileen Schofield -- 11. The global reach of universities : leading and engaging academic and support staff in the internationalization of higher education / Elspeth Jones -- 12. Funding higher education in the great recession : an international perspective / David Bell -- 13. Developing the 'third place' : the collaborative roles of universities in territorial knowledge creation / Roger Normann and Hans Chr Garmann Johnsen -- 14. The development of action research processes and their impacts on socio-economic development in the Basque Country / Mari Jose Aranguren, James Karlsen, Miren Larrea and James R. Wilson -- 15. Where were you? / David G. Blanchflower -- 16. On leadership / Thomas Docherty.
    Abstract: Leadership and Cooperation in Academia focuses on the place and the role of universities in different societies, including their influence on the socio-economic development of those societies. Across the world academic institutions are being questioned by their stakeholders and pressured to change. Answering these questions requires that academics and professional managers in universities think about their work, its value and organisation. The book highlights the need for space and stimulus to reflect on the responsibilities, roles and expectations that they identify for themselves, and that others place upon them then, they might be better able to understand and to act. Similarly, policymakers and higher education commentators need the space and stimulus to reflect on the role of universities. This book will provide this space and an invaluable contribution to the stimulus. This innovative volume will be enriching to academics and professional managers who are interested in leading, managing and contributing in an academic environment. Policymakers and higher education commentators concerned with the development and impacts of universities will also find plenty of insightful information in this timely study
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  • 97
    ISBN: 9781849809894
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 306 pages) , diagrams, maps
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Gunter, Frank, 1950 - The political economy of Iraq
    DDC: 330.9567
    RVK:
    Keywords: Wirtschaftslage ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftliche Sicherheit ; Irak ; Electronic books ; Iraq Economic conditions 1991- ; Iraq Economic policy 21st century
    Abstract: 1. Iraq's lost decades -- 2. Population and key macroeconomic variables -- 3. Health, poverty, education, and gender issues -- 4. Corruption -- 5. Political stability and economic development -- 6. Oil and gas -- 7. Agriculture and the public distribution system -- 8. Financial intermediation -- 9. State-owned enterprises -- 10. Entrepreneurship in post-conflict Iraq -- 11. Infrastructure and essential services -- 12. International trade and finance -- 13. Fiscal, monetary, and exchange rate policy -- 14. Iraq in 2025.
    Abstract: This groundbreaking volume offers a comprehensive look at the current state of Iraq's political economy in the aftermath of the US-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Frank R. Gunter describes the unique difficulties facing the modern Iraqi economy and provides detailed recommendations for fostering future economic growth and stability. The book begins with an overview of Iraq's current political, economic, and social status, including discussions of real growth, unemployment, inflation, health, poverty, education, and gender issues. This is followed by a comprehensive look at what the author identifies as the three dominant characteristics of the political economy of Iraq: corruption, political instability, and petroleum. Using these foundational ideas as a springboard, the book then provides a detailed breakdown of the Iraqi economy by sector, as well as discussions of Iraq's fiscal, monetary, and exchange rate policies. The final chapter identifies the major trends that will determine the course of future economic development in Iraq and provides insightful recommendations for encouraging positive economic growth. Offering the most comprehensive and timely discussion of Iraq's economy to date, this critical volume will appeal to students and professors of international studies, political economy, and Middle East studies as well as anyone considering doing business in this rapidly changing economy
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  • 98
    ISBN: 9781782540861
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 200 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Bergeijk, Peter A. G. van, 1959 - Earth economics
    DDC: 339
    RVK:
    Keywords: Makroökonomik ; Welt ; Globalization Economic aspects ; International economic relations ; International finance ; Electronic books ; Makroökonomie
    Abstract: pt. I. Short-term fluctuations and demand management -- pt. II. Long run -- pt. III. Earth governance and global public goods.
    Abstract: Taking stock of emerging planet data and analysing policies during the global crisis, Earth Economics provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to basic macroeconomic concepts, methods and principles, and their application to real world data. Written principally for students seeking an introduction to macroeconomics, this book offers a completely new angle to policy, with a focus on the truly global level. Underpinned by empirical orientation of state-of-the-art data, it introduces earth economics as the study of the economy of our planet from the perspective of an autarkic system (a closed economy), focussing on policymaking that improves global rather than national welfare. Key features include: A discourse on issues fundamental to the understanding of macroeconomics. An introduction to economists tools and concepts. Non-economists will learn how to survive in a discussion with economists: where to ask questions, where to listen, where to skip and where to ignore. Presentation of extensive and wide-ranging data in a consistent and comprehensive framework. In-depth treatment of key concepts including: aggregates, autarky, closed economies, current accounts, earth economics, data, macroeconomics, microeconomics, development and global public goods. Provision of a thorough, working understanding of the subject matter via exercises set throughout the book, including: questions on the text, calculations, formulating arguments and preparation, analysis and interpretation of data and figures. See the companion website www.eartheconomics.info for updates and additional information
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780191665097
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 258 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.2309045
    Keywords: Children -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.. ; Children''s rights -- Great Britain ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Addresses the widespread feeling that there has been a fundamental change in the social life of children in recent decades, particularly in the loss of childhood freedom.
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Image of Lost Freedom -- 2. The Shadow of War -- 3. Bowlbyism and the Post-War Settlement -- 4. Television and a Virtual Landscape for the Child -- 5. Out and About: Traffic, Play, and Safety -- 6. Sexual Danger and the Age of the Paedophile -- 7. Radicalization and Crisis of the Post-War Landscape Settlement -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0199982716 , 9780199982714
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (285 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Franklin, M.I Digital Dilemmas : Power, Resistance, and the Internet
    DDC: 302.23/1
    Keywords: Internet Political aspects ; Internet governance ; Online social networks Political aspects ; Communication in politics Technological innovations ; Political participation Technological innovations ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology ; Political participation ; Technological innovations ; Online social networks ; Political aspects ; Communication in politics ; Technological innovations ; Internet governance ; Internet ; Political aspects ; Sociology & Social History ; Social Sciences ; Social Change ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Digital Dilemmas; 2. Paradigm Resets: Real-Life and Virtual Reconnections; 3. Who Rules in the "Internet Galaxy"? Battle of the Browsers and Beyond; 4. Can the Subaltern Speak in Cyberspace? Homelessness and the Internet; 5. Who Should Control the Internet? Emerging Publics and Human Rights; 6. Paradigm Reboot: Decolonizing Internet Futures; Notes; Literature List; Index.
    Abstract: Digital Dilemmas looks at the dynamics of power and resistance surrounding the internet. It focuses on how publics, nation-states, and multilateral institutions are being continually reinvented in local and global decision-making domains that are accessed and controlled by a relative few. Importantly it unpacks the ways in which computer-mediated power relations play out as ""on the ground"" and ""cyberspatial"" practices and discourses that collude and collide with one another at the personal, community, and transnational level. Case studies include homelessness and the internet, rights-based
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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