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Efficiency. Innovation. Results. Accountability. These, advocates claim, are the fruits of performance management. In recent decades government organizations have eagerly embraced the performance mo……続きを見る

In a very short time, individuals and companies have harnessed cyberspace to create new industries, a vibrant social space, and a new economic sphere that are intertwined with our everyday lives. At……続きを見る

Mission Creep: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy? examines the question of whether the US Department of Defense (DOD) has assumed too large a role in influencing and implementing US foreign po……続きを見る

Taken for granted as the natural order of things, peace at sea is in fact an immense and recent achievementーbut also an enormous strategic challenge if it is to be maintained in the future. In Mari……続きを見る

This book investigates efforts to promote the political and economic unification of Latin America. Every generation in the region has known some effort toward these goals. There were four major stag……続きを見る

Religiöse Inbrunst und Streben nach Reichtum - das scheint überhaupt nicht zusammenzupassen. Schließlich hat ein guter Christ doch arm zu sein, oder? Falsch, sagt Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck. Der eh……続きを見る

Wachsende Flüchtlingsströme, beängstigendes Erstarken rechter Parteien, fragile Finanz- und Wirtschaftssituation: Der Zusammenhalt Europas ist massiv gefährdet. Wo stehen wir? Welche Fehler werden g……続きを見る

Freiheit – ein hoher Wert, den es auch heute immer wieder aufs Neue zu verteidigen gilt. Im Rahmen der Münsteraner Diskussionsreihe DomGedanken, auf der dieser Band basiert, debattieren Experten aus……続きを見る

This book investigates if and how agricultural market structures and farm constraints affect the development of dynamic food and cash crop sectors and whether these sectors can contribute to economi……続きを見る

El objetivo de Estereotipos de género en el trabajo es aportar respuestas a la pregunta de por qué no hay igualdad de género en el ámbito laboral, teniendo también en cuenta que la educación secunda……続きを見る

This book examines the legal principle of judicial independence in comparative perspective with the goal of advancing a better understanding of the idea of an independent judiciary more generally. F……続きを見る

The most significant building project of its time, Eastern State Penitentiary was designed to reshape the minds of its inmates, rather than break their spirits. It was believed that by keeping priso……続きを見る

A former slave, self-taught writer, editor, and public servant, Frederick Douglass was also among the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement. Recognized as one of the first great African-Amer……続きを見る

In this classic collection, you will find three revolutionary works by Black abolitionists. David Walker’s Appeal, originally published in 1829, was a clarion call to all those enslaved and opposed ……続きを見る

Polvere Rossa è l’epopea dei poveri, dei deboli e degli esclusi che lottano ogni giorno per la sopravvivenza e cercano salvezza e cure a Chaaria. È anche la storia di chi ha deciso di mettersi in gi……続きを見る

L’Italia è un Paese cattolico? Nel momento in cui il ruolo dei cattolici in politica torna a far notizia, la domanda sembra di stretta attualità. Ma, al di là della politica, e dei suoi valori («neg……続きを見る

In Italia le prime banche del seme risalgono agli anni Settanta. Il divieto assoluto arrivò con la legge n. 40 del 2004, ma dopo un decennio tale divieto è stato rimosso da una sentenza della Corte ……続きを見る

La fame e la sete di giustizia sono esigenze umane richiamate nelle Beatitudini, forse connaturate nell’essenza delle persone ma che spesso rimangono insoddisfatte. Se gli uomini si sono dati codici……続きを見る

Torna l’Italia (cattolica) vista da due giornalisti acuti e ironici: Aldo Maria Valli e Francesco Anfossi. A distanza di un anno, tutto è cambiato: l’avvento di papa Francesco sta trasformando la Ch……続きを見る

In un epoca caratterizzata dalla velocità come tratto distintivo dell’informazione on-line, la Post Verità, ovvero il superamento del concetto di verità come elemento che sancisce la percezione di a……続きを見る

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Thema: Globalisierung, pol. Ökonomie, Note: 1,0, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Auswir……続きを見る

A leading M.I.T. social scientist and consultant examines five professions - engineering, architecture, management, psychotherapy, and town planning - to show how professionals really go about solvi……続きを見る

Drawing on research into the book-production records of twelve publishers-including George Bell & Son, Richard Bentley, William Blackwood, Chatto & Windus, Oliver & Boyd, Macmillan, and the book pri……続きを見る

This innovative and forward looking work examines the Genoa summit agenda with a view to strengthening international conflict prevention institutions and identifying and analyzing economic early war……続きを見る

Jonathan D Oldfield provides a detailed assessment of the changing relationship between Russian society and the wider environment since the fall of the Soviet Union. Through this, he highlights the ……続きを見る

Many law enforcement agencies are now analyzing where a crime is committed, to develop predictions on the offender, their location and other factors that could help with the investigation. Known as ……続きを見る

Exploring the performance by immigrants of domestic and care work in European households, this book places the employer centre-stage, examining the role of the employer and his or her agents in secu……続きを見る

Modern Social Work Practice is an interactive book designed to provide readers with an opportunity to engage with key aspects of current social work practice. It also provides an excellent digest of……続きを見る

This insightful volume is essential for a clearer understanding of dispute resolution. After examining the historical and intellectual foundations of dispute processing, Carrie Menkel-Meadow turns h……続きを見る

This volume begins where the first Döring book of 1995 finished by considering what effects the rules had on legislative output during the same period. It addresses four distinct yet complementary ……続きを見る