ZEN - Social & Cultural Studies 5

This book provides a comprehensive account of national parliaments' adaptation to European integration. Advancing an explanation based on political parties' constitutional preferences, the volume in……続きを見る

China’s rise is changing the dynamics of the international system. Middle Powers and the Rise of China is the first work to examine how the group of states referred to as “middle powers” are respond……続きを見る

well-reviewed survey book now updated with current information and reviews adopted as college text at Vanderbilt in Nashville, and U of Missouri St. Louis one of the few non-academic books that take……続きを見る

This book discussing in detail the Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) of the global economy using the comprehensive Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) technique. The content is presented in two par……続きを見る

Ressam, yazar ve sanat tarihçisi Gürol Sözen, yıllardan beri sanatçı ve araştırmacı yüreğiyle izini sürüp kapsamlı boyutta kitaplaştırdığı, müze eserleriyle binlerce yılı karşılaştırarak sergilediği……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Frauenstudien / Gender-Forschung, Note: 1,0, , Veranstaltung: Einführung Gender Studies, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Begriff gender wird mittlerwei……続きを見る

Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne … Ursprünglich sollte es nur darum gehen, dem Jungen einen Lieblings-Fußballverein zu suchen. Jason, geboren 2005, ist Asperger-Autist und seit seinem sechsten Lebensjah……続きを見る

When confronted with a persistent foreign policy problem that threatens U.S. interests, and that cannot be adequately addressed through economic or political pressure, American policymakers and opin……続きを見る

The post-Mao period has witnessed rapid social and economic transformation in all walks of Chinese life – much of it fuelled by, or reflected in, changes to the country’s education system. This book……続きを見る

Hispanic Marketing: The Power of the New Latino Consumer focuses on using cultural insights to connect with Latino consumers. Now in its third edition, the book provides marketers with the skills ne……続きを見る

Mirada sociológica sobre los problemas educativos, de manera que sea útil en el trabajo docente. La sociedad del conocimiento, las relaciones entre educación y empleo, la participación de padres y m……続きを見る

El estado de Morelos en general, y su región de Los Altos no es la excepción, vive desde hace varias décadas una serie de transformaciones aceleradas en cuanto a la configuración de su territorio de……続きを見る

An Unproclaimed Empire: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is an interdisciplinary study of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) that is historical in subject but social scientific in approach. It is also t……続きを見る

Apocalypse-cinema is not only the end of time that has so often been staged as spectacle in films like 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, and The Terminator. By looking at blockbusters that play with gen……続きを見る

The world of international politics has recently been rocked by a seemingly endless series of scandals involving auditory surveillance: the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping is merely the most sensation……続きを見る

“Yes, Kant did indeed speak of extraterrestrials.” This phrase could provide the opening for this brief treatise of philosofiction (as one speaks of science fiction). What is revealed in the aliens ……続きを見る

Laura Gonzenbachs Werk "Sicilianische Märchen" ist eine Sammlung von traditionellen mündlichen Erzählungen, die sie während ihrer Zeit in Sizilien gesammelt hat. Die Geschichten entführen den Leser ……続きを見る

Fully revised for a second edition, this essential guide provides a concise and accessible overview of the public policy process: agenda-setting, policy formulation, decision-making, implementation,……続きを見る

The Gang Life: Laugh Now, Cry Later examines the criminal gangster mindset and offers gang prevention strategies, using real-world examples to demonstrate a holistic approach toward combatting this ……続きを見る

The Charrette Handbook is a step-by-step guide to successful charrettes -- those extended exercises that help citizens envision new possibilities for their communities. Based on a program developed ……続きを見る

From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms of Detroit, London, ……続きを見る

With China's dynamic economic growth, its relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) states have expanded rapidly in recent years, culminating in the conclusion of the landmar……続きを見る

Act I of the Operation Goat Snatch series, by Issac Stolzenbach, is a Kentucky hillbilly’s creative nonfiction romp through the sticks of redneck country in Central Florida. In this series, the auth……続きを見る

The original edition of Truth and Indignation offered the first close and critical assessment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as it was unfolding. Niezen used testimonies, texts, and ……続きを見る

Das Wintersemester 1987/88 war ein besonderes. Für den Bremer Behindertenpädagogen und Psychologie-Professor Wolfgang Jantzen wie für die Studierenden und den Lehrkörper der Sektion Psychologie an d……続きを見る

Over the last decades, the most striking changes made by the World Bank and other development institutions are their commitments to improve the quality of governance and most importantly fighting co……続きを見る

The Heart of the Relationship delineates five essential truths that underlie all couplehood: the inescapable fact of struggling and suffering, the fundamental cause of struggle and suffering, and th……続きを見る

This collection seeks to broaden the discussion of the child image by close analysis of the child and childhood as depicted in non-Western cinemas. Each essay offers a counter-narrative to Western n……続きを見る

Pensar las urbes es hacer ciudadanía, responsabilizarse del entorno. Anticiparse a los retos futuros y afrontar los actuales proporciona a la sociedad civil y a los gobiernos prácticas con mayores p……続きを見る

The book revisits a study conducted in 1994 on subjects defined as historically disadvantaged by the apartheid regime. However, despite the ravages of that regime, these individuals had succeeded an……続きを見る