ZEN - Social & Cultural Studies 2

In the decade following the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement, economic and political relations between Canada and Mexico have expanded significantly. Today, Canada and Mexico are e……続きを見る

How much do you really know about former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin? The revelations in Matthew ZenceyÆs account of her tenure will surprise you. Although Palin is widely seen as a conservative so……続きを見る

A lively, intimate memoir that vividly recalls the idealism of the Kennedy administration. As deputy attorney general under Bobby Kennedy and then attorney general and under secretary of state for L……続きを見る

The Urban Racial State introduces a new multi-disciplinary analytical approach to urban racial politics that provides a bridging concept for urban theory, racism theory, and state theory. This persp……続きを見る

This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the complexity of Turkey’s Kurdish question. The Kurdish question is a long-standing, protracted issue, whic……続きを見る

Jetzt geht die Bildungsdebatte richtig los: Drei Schülerinnen haben sehr konkrete Ideen für einen Unterricht, der alle begeistert. In der Bildungsdebatte sind alle zu Wort gekommen – nur die Schüler……続きを見る

The essays in this collection explore the activities of two populations of displaced peoples that are seldom discussed together: Indigenous peoples and refugees or diasporic peoples around the world……続きを見る

The historical development of capital has produced a progressive increase in the demand for raw material and has consequently resulted in the concentration of capital in, and the geographical expans……続きを見る

The Death Penalty, Third Edition, brings together all the legal issues related to the death penalty and provides case briefs for the most important United States Supreme Court death penalty cases. N……続きを見る

For postcolonial Africa, modernization was seen as a necessary outcome of the struggle for independence and as crucial to the success of its newly established states. Since then, the rhetoric of mod……続きを見る

Offering a concrete framework and practical methods for working from an existential perspective, the bestselling Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy is now in its third edition. Central to the……続きを見る

A great American writer’s confrontation with a great European critic – a personal and intellectual awakening. A hundred years ago, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus was among the most penetrating and……続きを見る

“Although the benefits of this study to scholars are obvious, this thought-provoking mixture of scholarly and colloquial will enlighten inquisitive general readers, too.” ー Library Journal (starre……続きを見る

For over half a century, European Union has been a promising endeavor of cooperative institutionalism. It has shown that even nation states with a long history of conflict are capable of collaborati……続きを見る

Quase setenta anos após a realização da Conferência de Bretton Woods, as instituições ali criadas continuam sendo uma referência incontornável de qualquer debate sobre o funcionamento ou a reforma d……続きを見る

"A passionate and thought-provoking book, particularly in our present economic climate" - Therapy Today, May 2009 "A vibrant, passionate, and hugely readable text which goes to the heart of the ther……続きを見る

Movies are filled with scenes of people of all ages, sexes, races, and social classes reading and writing in widely varied contexts and purposes. Yet these scenes go largely unnoticed, despite the f……続きを見る

Air pollution has become part of the daily existence of many people who work, live and use the streets in Asian cities. Each day millions of city dwellers breathe air polluted with concentrations of……続きを見る

Welfare Racism analyzes the impact of racism on US welfare policy. Through historical and present-day analysis, the authors show how race-based attitudes, policy making, and administrative policies ……続きを見る

In this book Grace Jantzen constructs a Quaker spirituality of beauty as a theological-philosophical response to a world preoccupied with death and violence. Having mapped the foundations of western……続きを見る

This book concerns the aesthetic, political, and socio-political aspects of tourism in southern Mexico, particularly in the state of Oaxaca. Tourists seeking "authenticity" buy crafts and festival t……続きを見る

This book provides an in-depth introduction to existential psychotherapy. Presenting a philosophical alternative to other forms of psychological treatment, it emphasises the problems of living and t……続きを見る

Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling presents a hermeneutic orientation and framework to address contextual issues in ethical decision-making in counseling and psychotherapy. Au……続きを見る

Die deutschen Banken haben derzeit am meisten mit sich selbst zu tun. Mit der Einführung von Basel III und der Bankenunion stehen die nächsten Herausforderungen vor der Tür. 続きを見る

Essay aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Klassiker und Theorierichtungen, Note: 1,7, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Industrienationen suchen nach Strategien, ……続きを見る

Die Betrügereien der Großbanken bei der Meldung ihrer Zinssätze im Interbankenhandel geschahen aus Geldgier und mit dem Zweck, die eigene Situation bei der Liquidität zu verschleiern. Der Skandal ze……続きを見る

This book examines the international development policies of five East Central European new EU member states, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. These countries turned from ……続きを見る

Die Anhebung der bisher verlangten Kernkapitalquote von 7,5 auf neun Prozent verursacht bei den deutschen Banken einen weiteren Rekapitalisierungsbedarf von fünf Milliarden Euro. Im Vergleich mit de……続きを見る

Die Situation des deutschen Bankensektors ist schwieriger als zugegeben wird. Derzeit sind die Institute dabei, die von der europäischen Bankenaufsicht EBA vorgegebene Kernkapitalquote von neun Proz……続きを見る

Der von der Finanz- und Eurokrise geschwächte Westen hat der dynamischen Wirtschaftsentwicklung in den Schwellenländern derzeit nicht viel entgegenzusetzen. Nun mehren sich die Zeichen, dass sich de……続きを見る