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Die Kirche steht an der Schwelle zum dritten Jahrtausend. Als Erinnerung an den Tod und die Auferstehung Jesu hat der Papst dieses Jahrzehnt zu einem Jahrzehnt der Vorbereitung erklärt. Ein weiterer Anstoß der Vorbereitung ist in dem kürzlich veröffentlichten Apostolischen Brief von Papst Johannes Paul II. "Tertio Millennio" skizziert worden. Alle diese Dokumente des Magisteriums der Katholischen Kirche drehen sich u...
Mit der Privatisierung der Telekommunikation nach Art. 87f GG stellt sich der Staat der Aufgabe, die Leistungsverwaltung Fernmeldewesen in einen privatwirtschaftlich verfaßten Wettbewerb zu überführen. Die staatliche Bestimmung der Wettbewerbsbedingungen überantworten die §§ 66 ff. TKG der Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation und Post. Der Autor untersucht, inwiefern diese Behörde unabhängig gestellt ist. Dazu geht er den organisationsrec...
This book offers a unique insight into the character of Austrian economies and collects the recent work of the world's leading authorities in this area. The book will be welcomed by those interested in the legacy of Austrian economics.
Jane Stevenson is the author of two collections of novellas, Several Deceptions and Good Women, and four novels, London Bridges, Astraea, The Pretender and The Empress of the Last Days. She is a professor in the history department at Aberdeen University and holds the Regius Chair of Humanity.
The founding of the African Society in 1901 marked the emergence of scholarly British interests in Africa. This book traces the subsequent evolution of a British Africanist community, particularly, but not only, in the universities of both the UK and Africa. The story of this intellectual engagement over the century is then told by leading Africanists from the standpoints of history, political science, social anthropology, physical geography, ...
This book presents various national perspectives on the process of regionalization in order to get a more concrete understanding of its dynamics. It is dedicated to country studies from the South and explores to what extent the new regionalism can provide solutions to the challenges of globalization faced by the South. This is the third volume in The New Regionalism Series .
A semi-autobiographical first novel about rites of passage in London's Asian community. It follows the lives of a group of boys as they make their way through the minefield of English society. The author won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for his first collection of poems, "Slave Song".
This is a study of the lower orders within Welsh rural communities and pays attention to those people who worked and lived off the land of 18th century Wales, often amidst grinding poverty and insecurity.
For him, he invents a fantastic tapestry of stories, a family saga, a fabulous world of myths and legends.His mother dead and his father condemned by the authorities as a traitor, Simon is sent to an institution where the inmates are sentenced to silence.
This book describes the theory and practical applications of many analytical techniques based upon the light absorbing properties of molecules. Such techniques form the basis of routine tests in chemical, biological, and medical science laboratories. Practical advice is given, from experts in the different topics, together with lists of useful literature.
This volume is a tribute to Sir Keith Thomas, one of Britain's greatest living historians, by distinguished scholars who have been his students. They describe the changing meanings of civility and civil manners since the sixteenth century, showing how the terms were used with respect to different people--women, the English and Welsh, imperialists, businessmen--and their effects in fields as varied as sexual relations, religion, urban politics,...