ZEN - Social & Cultural Studies 13

Grappling with ethical issues is a daily challenge for those working in organizations that deliver public services. Such services are delivered through an often bewildering range of agencies and ami……続きを見る

O Professor é o último bestseller de um dos maiores escritores de suspense da atualidade, John Katzenbach, autor que conta, no seu currículo, com quase 1 milhão de livros……続きを見る

Employing a unique research methodology that enables people to report on their normal activities as they occur, the authors examine how people actually use and experience television -- and how telev……続きを見る

This book presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems and solutions in coastal cities � including an independent investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New York and Jak……続きを見る

This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canad……続きを見る

The postcolonial African culture, as it is discoursed in the academia, is largely influenced by Africa’s response to colonialism. To the degree that it is a response, it is to considerably reactive,……続きを見る

This cutting-edge piece of scholarship studies the invisibility of the black migrants in popular consciousness and intellectual discourse in the United States through the interrogation of actual mem……続きを見る

Janet Ajzenstat is one of Canada's most respected thinkers on the moral and philosophical foundations of responsible government and Confederation. Discovering Confederation is a study of political s……続きを見る

The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 fo……続きを見る

The Dictionary of Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling is a comprehensive lexicon of existential terms, their meaning and application. With over 350 entries (cross-referenced throughout), the b……続きを見る

In this Council Special Report, Senior Fellow Micah Zenko and Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow Sarah Kreps argue that it is essential to begin working now to expand and establish rules and norms gove……続きを見る

The sufferings of “ordinary” people under harsh economic conditions can eventually lead to the fall of governments. Given this fact, it becomes important to know how “ordinary” people liveーwhat pri……続きを見る

Historical ethnomusicology is increasingly acknowledged as a significant emerging subfield of ethnomusicology due to the fact that historical research requires a different set of theories and method……続きを見る

Fingerprint identification is the most efficient, rapid, and cost-effective forensic identification modality. Postmortem Fingerprinting and Unidentified Human Remains is a consolidated and thorough ……続きを見る

Nearly 29 years have passed since the EC and Thrkey forged the Association Agreement on 12.3.63. After abrief period on hold, Thrkish-EC relations regained dynamism when Thrkey applied for full memb……続きを見る

Mit den beiden Begriffen der "Emotion" und "Persönlichkeit" im Zentrum eröffnet der Band einen vielschichtigen Zugang zu den einfachsten Formen psychischen Erlebens, aber auch Einblicke in die kompl……続きを見る

Example in this ebook   A brief review of the history of Kentuckians may assist the reader to understand why they, a kind, hospitable people to the stranger, have so long borne the reputation……続きを見る

The clothes we wear tell stories about usーand are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ……続きを見る

International bestselling authors of YOU: The Owner's Manual and YOU: On a Diet give you all the tools and know-how to stay young and defy the ageing process. Drawing lively parallels between your b……続きを見る

Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests,……続きを見る

"This fascinating, massive, wide-ranging collection that editors Christopher K. Coffman and Daniel Lukes have gathered together into William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion will soon be recognized……続きを見る

Every year, hundreds of gay men and lesbians join ex-gay ministries in an attempt to convert to non-homosexual Christian lives. In this fascinating study of the transnational ex-gay movement, Tanya ……続きを見る

Over the last twenty years the proportion of development cooperation resources earmarked for agricultural development has dwindled to between six and seven per cent of total bi- and multilateral Off……続きを見る

Zionism in an Arab Country explores the relations between the Zionist establishment in Israel, and the Jewish community in Iraq. This relationship is centred on two organizations: a Zionist movement……続きを見る

Seit 1990 hat sich die Kinderhospizarbeit zu einem wichtigen Pfeiler im Unterstützungssystem für lebensverkürzend erkrankte Kinder/Jugendliche und ihre Familien entwickelt. Nach englischem Vorbild b……続きを見る

Die Landesbanken ächzen unter unbewältigten Altlasten, strengen Auflagen aus Brüssel und - wie im Fall der LBBW - unter Rückschlägen im neu entdeckten Firmenkundengeschäft. Ihre Lektion scheinen sie……続きを見る

Chinas Bankenmarkt strotzt vor Kraft. Risiken liegen in der hohen Zahl fauler Kredite begründet. Die Banken reagieren auf die Gefahren mit verdeckten Verbriefungen - und mit viel Vertrauen in die ei……続きを見る

Die Bankenregulierung wird mit Basel III einen großen Schritt vorankommen. Besonderes Kopfzerbrechen bereitet den Instituten die ohne Risikogewichtung geltende Schuldenobergrenze. Positive Erfahrung……続きを見る

Politiker sind darüber empört, dass ausgerechnet der mit viel Steuergeld gerettete Landesbankensektor in Steueroasen mitmischt. Doch auch zu Hause verstehen es Banken, ihre Kunden vor Steuerzahlunge……続きを見る

Das Gezerre um Testkriterien und das Hickhack um den Veröffentlichungstermin der Ergebnisse haben die erhoffte beruhigende Wirkung des Stresstests II deutlich gemindert. Zudem interpretieren Analyst……続きを見る