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Hartwig Pautz zeichnet in seiner Studie die Leitkulturdebatte um Einwanderung, Integration und deutsche Identität nach, die im Herbst 2000 die Bundesrepublik beschäftigte. Ausgelöst durch die Absicht der rot-grünen Bundesregierung, eine Einwanderungs- und Integrationsgesetzgebung zu erarbeiten, forderten Politiker der CDU eine "freiheitliche deutsche Leitkultur", die als Integrationsmaßstab für alle Immigranten zu gelten habe. Im Verlaufe der ...

This book analyzes the distinctive features of Japan's development aid, especially technical co-operation, in comparison with other donors' aid. It provides a wealth of material, and discusses important questions, such as whether Japan is behind other leading donor countries in rethinking its aid policy, whether Japan's aid programmes are too donor-led, and insufficiently consultative, whether Japan's aid over-emphasises technical co-operation...

Provides a fresh investigation of the fundamental issues involved in our dependence on natural resources. This book reviews the debate about scarcity and economic growth and a review of various assessments of natural resource availability and consumption. It includes issues confronting the developing world as well as industrialized societies.

Comprehensive in its approach to the broad spectrum of topics related to lipid functionality science, the Handbook of Functional Lipids addresses the role of biotechnology and market potential for functional lipids as well as the physical and chemical roles of lipids in functional foods. Four sections provide extensive coverage of the isolation, production, and concentration of functional lipids, as well as lipids for food product, nutritional...

MI5a (TM)s dramatic interception of secret signals to Moscow from a hidden base in Wimbledon uncovered the true extent of Soviet espionage in Britain. Intelligence expert Nigel West reveals how MASK, the codename for one of the most secretive sources ever run by British intelligence, enabled Stanley Baldwin and his cabinet to monitor the activities of the Communist Party of Great Britain and track wireless traffic between the Soviet Union and ...

Tragedies like the Columbia disaster are distressing reminders that things can go wrong in large, highly regarded organizations. Although we embrace new technologies eagerly, we are reluctant to accept the risks of innovation. Moreover, some technologies and organizations may be too complex to control effectively. What makes some organizations more prone to accidents? Do the very measures taken to increase safety contribute to accidents? Can s...

Fills a need for a text in undergraduate companion animal courses, veterinary technician courses, and dog care/training courses, more in-depth than most dog books available, an indispensable resource for professional breeders, trainers, exhibitors, and veterinary clinicians.

This is a translation of a series of five edited interviews with Jean-Maurice de Montremy, each touching upon one of the central themes of Le Goff's work. In it he reveals to us an unknown, innovative Middle Ages, frightened by various apocalyptic ideas and yet largely inspired by hope. With immense skill, Jacques Le Goff shows that humanism existed before the Renaissance, re-iterating his well-known argument that the Middle Ages were essentia...

This collection of eighteen key essays from jurists, political theorists and public law political scientists, aims to explore the role law plays in the political system.

Exploring philosophical approaches to friendship from Aristotle to Derrida, Sandra Lynch considers ideals of intimacy as well as the claims that such ideals are unrealistic and even dangerous. Cicero's skepticism about friendship in the public realm is compared to the Aristotelian view of friendship as a genuine political bond. Lynch also discusses Derrida's exploration of Aristotle's alleged and provocative announcement "O my friends, there i...

This volume presents global perspectives on Asian American literature by accomplished scholars from Germany, Japan, Singapore, Spain, and the US. It covers a diverse range of interdisciplinary topics in contemporary Asian American Studies across a wide spectrum of ethnic groups: Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Vietnamese. Section I probes themes such as the vital role that war plays i...

Through a series of detailed readings, Chamberlain proposes alternative strategies for interpreting Spenser's works, including a politicized "new aestheticism, " ecocriticism, and pastoral theory. Chamberlain suggests that Spenser's texts demand a reading that is at once political and sensitive to aesthetic surprise.

Michael Gielen wird 1927 in Dresden als Sohn des späteren Burgtheaterdirektors Josef Gielen und der Schauspielerin Rose Steuermann geboren und verbringt seine ersten Jahre in Berlin. Die Machtübernahme durch die Nazis zwingt die Familie in die Emigration, zuerst nach Wien, später nach Argentinien. Als Korrepetitor am Teatro Colón begegnet er den großen Dirigenten dieser Zeit: Erich Kleiber, Otto Klemperer, Fritz Busch und Wilhelm Furtwängler, ...

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Zweck des Sammelbandes ist es, eine Debatte über das Verhältnis zwischen Grammatikalisierungsprozessen und Wortartensystemen zu eröffnen. Im Zentrum steht die Frage, wie sich diachrone Grammatikalisierungsprozesse und synchrone Grammatikalitätshierarchien zur lexikalisch-grammatischen Kategorialisierung des Wortbestandes in natürlichen Sprachen (= Wortartensystemen) verhalten. Während das Wortartensystem üblicherweise bloß als externes Bezugss...

Rentsch möchte die Frage nach Gott rational-reflexiv und theoretisch-argumentativ zurückgewinnen und den Weg zu einem geklärten, erneuerten Gottesverständnis aufzeigen. Er analysiert verbreitete Missverständnisse der Rede und Praxis mit Bezug auf Gott und entwickelt eine negative philosophische Theologie für die Gegenwart. Anhand der Frage, "Welchen Sinn hat es, von Gott zu reden?" erarbeitet er ein kritisches Transzendenzverständnis nach Aufk...

Klugheit ist die Kompetenz, sich selbst im Handeln und Leben zu orientieren. Einstmals als Kardinaltugend hoch angesehen, geriet die Klugheit in der neuzeitlichen Ethik in eine merkwürdige Opposition zu moralischem Denken und Handeln. Luckner analysiert die Klugheitskonzepte unter anderem von Kant, Aristoteles, Machiavelli und Montaigne mit dem Ziel, das Thema "Klugheit als Tugend" für die Ethik wieder zu gewinnen. Interessanterweise erweist ...

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Graeme Thomson is a freelance writer who contributes regularly to several publications, including MOJO, the Herald, the Observer Sports Monthly, Four Four Two and Maxim. His work also features in the books The MOJO Collection and Ten: The Best of The OSM's Tens.

¿"This is the latest version of the 1956 book which began the modern study of universals, and provides the foundation for many inquiries that followed. The hypotheses are cast at a moderate level of abstraction, and so are likely to survive as a basis for inquiry for many decades to come." Prof. Dr. William Labov