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Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3631666829ISBN 13: 9783631666821
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In diesem Buch geht es um demokratische Mehrheitsabstimmungen, von denen der Marquis de Condorcet im 18. Jahrhundert bemerkte, dass sie zu nicht umsetzbaren ('paradoxen') Beschlüssen führen können, auch wenn die einzelnen Entscheidungsträger 'vernünftig' (rational) denken und handeln. Dieses Phänomen ist bis in die Gegenwart ein Forschungsgegenstand von Sozialwissenschaftlern und Mathematikern. Die gegenwärtige Forschung hat ein Instrumentarium zur Beurteilung der Anfälligkeit gegen das Paradoxon für verschiedene Prozeduren von Mehrheitsentscheidungen geliefert. Hier werden einige Prozeduren in mathematischen Modellen dargestellt. Das Buch beschreibt ausführlich einzelne Schritte der Konstruktion dieser Modelle und demonstriert die empirische Auswertung mit leicht anwendbaren Verfahren der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung. 136 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3631667043ISBN 13: 9783631667040
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit den Themen der Mediation und Konfliktlösung in kubanischen Kontexten und geht den Fragen nach, ob und wie Mediation auf Kuba praktiziert wird. Durch Einblicke in die praktische Anwendung des Mediationsverfahrens zeigen die Autorinnen, inwieweit das theoretische Konzept in die kubanische Lebensrealität eingebettet ist. Hierbei entstehen kulturspezifische Einsichten in die Durchführung von Mediation. Der Band bietet einen wichtigen Beitrag zur kulturspezifischen Exploration der Konfliktlösung über Dritte. 116 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3631670729ISBN 13: 9783631670729
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'Lernweg zum Schia-Islam' ist eine mehrbändige Studie, die versucht, in jedem Band einen Glaubenspunkt oder eine theologische Stellungnahme bezüglich theologischer und/oder menschlicher Themen zu behandeln und dadurch den Lesern einen kleinen Überblick über den Schia-Islam anzubieten. Diese Buchreihe führt Grundzüge der Überzeugungen des Schia-Islam an, der eine Glaubensanschauung und -praxis aus der Sicht der imamitischen Weltgemeinschaft repräsentiert. Das bedeutet, dass alles, was hier präsentiert wird, nach Meinung der Imamiten geglaubt wird und dass diese notwendigerweise an alles glauben, was in diesem Buch über Fundamente und Zweige des Glaubens dargestellt wird. Nach 'Himmlischer Lernweg' und 'Gerechtigkeit' behandelt dieser Band das dritte Glaubensfundament des schiitischen Glaubens, die 'Berufung'. Darunter fallen Themen wie Prophetentum, Auferweckung der Menschen, Heil, Erlösung und Rechtleitung. 146 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3631670761ISBN 13: 9783631670767
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The author extensively details, analyses and compares key concepts and strategies of fictional worlds theory: a theory which has, over recent years, developed rather rapidly and is connected with leading scholars in the area of literary studies, such as Lubomír Dolezel, Umberto Eco, Thomas Pavel, Ruth Ronen, and Marie-Laure Ryan. The book focuses on theoretical suggestions from which the fictional worlds theory borrows its main ideas, that is, logic, semantics, and linguistics. It also examines areas of literary theoretical investigation, in which the fictional world theory has proven itself to be a significant tool for conducting more detailed research, namely intertextuality, fictional and historical narration. 108 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3631670389ISBN 13: 9783631670385
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Die Autorin rekonstruiert anhand zahlreicher deutscher und französischer Quellen und der Methoden der Täterforschung den komplexen Unterdrückungsapparat während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Lyon und beleuchtet jenseits des Mythos einer allmächtigen Gestapo die Frage nach den Tätern. Lyon nimmt als «Hauptstadt des Widerstands» eine zentrale Rolle im französischen Kollektivgedächtnis ein. Erinnerung wie Forschung sind dabei eng mit der Person Klaus Barbies verbunden, der durch seine Tätigkeit als Gestapo-Chef von Lyon und seinen Prozess 1987 zum Hauptsymbol der NS-Verbrechen in Frankreich wurde. Dieser einseitige Fokus ließ die Rolle weiterer Sipo-SD-Mitglieder und erst recht der militärischen Besatzer völlig in den Hintergrund treten. Beispielhaft dafür steht Werner Knab, Oberhaupt der Lyoner Sipo-SD. 136 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 363166916XISBN 13: 9783631669167
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Da in Deutschland vom Grundsatz her eine gesetzliche Risikoverteilung vorhanden ist, stellt sich die Frage, welche Bedeutung MAC-Klauseln überhaupt für den deutschen Unternehmenskaufvertrag haben. Vor diesem Hintergrund erläutert dieses Buch systematisch die Bedeutung von letztendlich notwendigen Material Adverse Change-Klauseln (sog. MAC-Klauseln) für den deutschen Unternehmenskaufvertrag. Insbesondere arbeitet der Autor dabei die jeweiligen Stärken und Schwächen der gesetzlichen Risikoverteilung und der vertraglichen Risikoverteilung durch MAC-Klauseln heraus. 82 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433128799ISBN 13: 9781433128790
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Quality rating systems discourses and practices are increasingly dominating early childhood care and education around the globe. These rating systems are constructed with the assumption that universally appropriate environments can be constructed for all those who are younger. This deterministic, ratings, and measurement oriented perspective is consistent with neoliberal discourses that privilege competition, accountability, consumer materialism, and notions such as human capital; this contemporary neoliberal condition does not support concern for the common good, democracy, equity, justice, or diversity (unless the support can facilitate new forms of capitalist gains). Ultimately, this is not a positive situation for those who are younger. The chapters in this book have two goals: (1) to provide the reader with an opportunity to engage with some of the specific problems that result from putting forward 'quality' as a dominant construct, and (2) to generate conversations and locations from diverse knowledges and multiple ways of being that could lead to the rethinking of quality, understandings of quality as a narrowing construct/practice, and/or going beyond (and outside of) notions of quality. 190 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 143313330XISBN 13: 9781433133305
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book was featured as one of thirty-four Epic Feminist Books in Teen Vogue magazine. This book offers interpretive and contextual tools to read the AMC television series Mad Men, providing a much-needed historical explanation and exposition regarding the status of women in an era that has been painted as pre- or non-feminist. In chapters aimed at helping readers understand women's lives in the 1960s, Mad Men is used as a springboard to explore and discover alternative ways of seeing women. Offering more than a discussion of the show itself, the book offers historical insight for thinking about serious issues that «modern» working women continue to face today: balancing their work and personal lives, competing with other women, and controlling their own bodies and reproductive choices. Rather than critiquing the show for portraying women as victims, the book shows subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways that feminism functioned in an era when women were supposedly caught between the «waves» of the women's movement but when, the authors argue, they functioned nonetheless as empowered individuals. By doing so, it provides historical context and analysis that complicates traditional interpretations by (1) exploring historical constructions of women's work; (2) unpacking feminist and non-feminist discourses surrounding that work; (3) identifying modes of resistance; and (4) revisiting forgotten work coded as feminine. 210 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433129531ISBN 13: 9781433129537
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Beyond Borders compiles essays from various authors who explore the queerness of young adult literature that contains lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and questioning characters, some written by LGBTQ identified authors, while presenting lessons for secondary English classrooms. As queer theorists, the authors ask if young adult literature can imagine other spaces, representations, ways of being, identifications, and inclusion of LGBTQ characters and stories. This collection examines questions of theory as well as classroom literacy practices, while employing new theories in novel and creative intersections with literary texts. The book is perfect for teacher education courses focused on young adult literature, as well as secondary English education courses including methods of teaching English courses, teaching literature methods courses, queer theory in education courses, teaching of writing courses, and content area literacy courses. 242 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433115042ISBN 13: 9781433115042
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Critical Education and Sociomaterial Practice presents a situated approach to learning that suggests the need for more explicit attention to sociomaterial practice in critical education. Specifically, it explores social, place and narrative dimensions of practical experience as they unfold in schools, in place-based learning, and teacher education contexts. Such an orientation to practice both links social and material conditions (social relations, other species, physical context, objects) to human consciousness and learning, and considers the relationship between such learning and broader cultural change. The core of the book is an examination of critical situated learning undertaken through three separate empirical studies, each of which we use to elaborate a particular domain or dimension of practical experience. In turning to the sociomaterial contexts of learning, the book also underscores how social and environmental issues are necessarily linked, such as in the production of food deserts in cities or in the pollution of the drinking water in Indigenous communities through oil development. More social movements globally are connecting the dots between sexism, heteronormativity, racism, colonization, White privilege, globalization, poverty, and climate justice, including with issues of land, territory and sovereignty, water, food, energy, and treatment and extinction of other species. As a result, categorizing some concerns as 'social justice' or 'critical' issues and others as 'environmental,' becomes increasingly untenable. The book thus suggests that more integrative and productive forms of critical education are needed to respond to these complex and pressing socio-ecological conditions. 204 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433128705ISBN 13: 9781433128707
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Higher education and society are becoming increasingly intertwined. Both act as a transmitter of culture, yet many colleges and universities also ideally seek to create a more perfectible society and more enlightened, engaged citizens. When the connections between social structures and post-secondary education are closely entangled, the university's aims can take on a contentious struggle for identity in a vexing web of competing external interests - especially in light of scarce economic resources, corporate pressures, technological questions, and globalizing trends. Higher Education and Society weighs the urgent question of how society and higher education influence each other. How the latter responds to that unsettled issue may well determine whether colleges and universities chart a more self-reflective path or one of rising deference to societal contingencies. This book is essential for all those who study and work in today's colleges - and for all those who seek a better education for their children, the nation, and the world. It is especially recommended for courses in higher education and society, contemporary issues in higher education, the philosophy of higher education, academic issues in higher education, leadership in higher education, and globalization and higher education. The book is also useful for the preparation of faculty development programs in colleges and universities. 318 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433127245ISBN 13: 9781433127243
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In 1994, the world joined South Africa in celebration of the results of its first democratic election. The results, emblazoned on the world's memory with President Nelson Mandela waving to a multiracial crowd, signified the end of apartheid and an emerging new era of hope. However, Mandela's recent death has given birth to a more critical view of his «Rainbow Nation.» No matter how examined, education in South Africa remains steadfastly unequal, with many White children retaining the educational privileges inherent to apartheid. White children in South Africa overwhelmingly attend wealthy, fully resourced schools, while the vast majority of Black and Coloured children attend woefully underresourced schools. Based upon three sets of studies in schools in and around Cape Town, Whiteness Is the New South Africa highlights drastic racial disparities, suggesting that educational apartheid continues unabated, potentially fostering future generations of impoverished Black and Coloured communities. This book suggests that South Africa remains committed to stifling the intellectual, emotional, and economic development of Black and Coloured youth, while simultaneously investing in White children. 278 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433129582ISBN 13: 9781433129582
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Thematically organized around three of the most pressing ethical issues of the digital age (shifting of professional norms, moderating offensive content, and privacy), this volume offers a window into some of the hot-button ethical issues facing a society where digital has become the new normal. Straddling an applied ethical and theoretical approach, the research represented not only reflects on how our ethical frameworks have been changed and challenged by digital technology, but also provides insights for those confronted with specific ethical dilemmas related to digital technology. With contributions from established experts and up-and-coming scholars alike, this book cuts across disciplines and with appeal to communication scholars, philosophers, and anyone with an interest in ethics and technology. 252 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433129841ISBN 13: 9781433129841
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Why are some countries more newsworthy than others What are the similarities and differences in the scope of international news presented in different languages and cultures How does international news affect our perception of the world In this book, Elad Segev explores international news flow on the internet by addressing these key questions. Segev provides a comparative analysis of the international scope of online newspapers, news portals, and news aggregators in different languages and cultures, using innovative web mining techniques and network analysis. This book explores the theory of news flow around the world, and analyses many of its dimensions such as the global standing of the United States, the Middle Eastern conflicts as seen around the world, and, the effect of financial news. In doing so, the book unveils new patterns, meanings and implications of international news on our perception of the world. Following these insights, the author discusses the opportunities and challenges of studying international news flow online in the future, and how this field of research can be further developed theoretically and empirically. 204 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433129027ISBN 13: 9781433129025
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume presents state-of-the-art reporting on how to measure many of the key variables in health communication. While the focus is on quantitative measures, the editors argue that these measures are centrally important to the study of health communication. The chapters emphasize constructs, scales, and up-to-date reports and evidence about key social science constructs and ways of measuring them, whether your interest is in patient-provider dyadic communication, uncertainty management, self-efficacy, disclosure, social norms, social support, risk perception, health care team performance, message design and effects, health and numerical literacy, communication satisfaction, social influence and persuasion, stigma, health campaigns, reactance, or other topics. Students, researchers, and policymakers will find this book an accessible resource for planning and reviewing research studies and proposals. 318 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433129280ISBN 13: 9781433129285
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -As our current systems of decision-making are increasingly unable to meet the global challenges of climate change, resource depletion, poverty, healthcare, economic instability and global violence, the contributors in this book make a radical proposal for an innovative form of governance that is based on core human values such as love, compassion, care, justice and dignity. Arising from a concern that the «old paradigm» of alienation, consumerism, selfishness and exploitation is damaging for humankind and the family of Earth, the book postulates that a new way of being must be in place so that intrinsic values of caring for others should underpin the intent of our decisions at personal, regional, national, international and global levels. With illustrative references and examples in fields of politics, economy, health and peace, the content of this book argues forcefully that Love, with a capital L, matters in governance, where values can serve as the basis to transform human consciousness about international institutions, community relationships and individual actions. Why Love Matters provides an important introductory text to students of global governance, management studies, political economics, international relations and peace studies, and equally offers illuminating and instructive ideas to leaders, managers and practitioners who are interested in what values-based governance means and looks like and how to go about it in practice. 273 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 143312825XISBN 13: 9781433128257
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Communicating the Environment Beyond Photography is a modern look at how photographers visualize what is happening to people and places on a changing planet. Michelle I. Seelig draws attention to what compels photographers to focus on these important messages, what tools they are using to advocate for just causes, and how photographers engage directly with citizens in a meaningful conversation beyond the photograph. Photographers continue to document the land and nature as they always have; however, today they use all media to advocate wide-ranging environmental concerns. Photographers, filmmakers, and environmentalists engage the public with visual and technologically driven content that is both affordable and portable, allowing advocacy to transcend boundaries in the global community previously overlooked by traditional media. This innovative book showcases strategies practiced by photographers, environmentalists, and advocacy groups in the twenty-first century and will serve as inspiration for future advocates of environmental issues and other important and just causes. Accessible and user-friendly, Communicating the Environment Beyond Photography is a must-read for both future photographers and individuals interested in communicating and advocating for environmental and social change. 212 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433131668ISBN 13: 9781433131660
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Images of «good mothers» saturate the media, yet so too do images of mothers who do not fit this mold. Numerous scholars have addressed «bad mothers» in the media, arguing that these images are a necessary counterpoint that serves to buttress the «good mother» myth. While mediated images of women who fail to enact good motherhood may promote good mothering as an ideal, the essays in Mediated Moms: Contemporary Challenges to the Motherhood Myth, suggest that this is not all that is occurring in contemporary portrayals of maternity. The authors in this volume explore how images of mothers have expanded beyond the good/bad dichotomy, simultaneously and sometimes paradoxically serving to reinforce, fracture, and/or transcend the ideology of good motherhood. 296 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3631662955ISBN 13: 9783631662953
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Anhand des Beispiels der byzantinischen Feld- und Ackermaße und des ihnen übergeordneten Systems der Landvergabe und -besteuerung verfolgt das Buch das Fortleben byzantinischer administrativer Elemente und Praktiken im Osmanischen Reich. Verlauf, Charakter und Motivation dieses kulturellen Transferprozesses werden hierbei nachgezeichnet. Hintergrund ist die oftmals von politisierten Geschichtsbildern und Identitätsdiskursen durchsetzte Debatte um die Natur und Rolle des byzantinischen Erbes im Staatsaufbau des frühen Osmanischen Reiches. 176 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3631665687ISBN 13: 9783631665688
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book sheds light on the demands of Art. 107(1) TFEU regarding public funding of public service broadcasting (PSB). Broadcasting is of particular importance in the modern structure of democracy. PSB provides broadcasting services that are of higher quality and of more cultural value to the community than services provided by commercial broadcasters. To ensure the operation of PSB, Member States of the European Union have introduced various measures to support broadcasters. These support measures have to comply with European State aid law, which seeks to prevent overcompensation. In its Altmark Trans-ruling, the ECJ laid down specific criteria under which compensation for services of general economic interest (SGEI) should not be considered State aid in the sense of Art. 107(1) TFEU. The author focuses on the Altmark-criteria. Apart from Art. 107(1) TFEU, he also looks at the effect of the Amsterdam Protocol, which is occasionally argued to have a significant impact on the application of the State aid rules to PSB. 152 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433129450ISBN 13: 9781433129452
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What were once distinct professions for serving others and building knowledge are now communities of workers struggling against a tide of increasingly unregulated capitalism that is being fed by human greed. Teachers have become education workers, joining a working class that is rapidly falling behind and that is increasingly being silenced by the power elite who control nearly all the wealth that once supported a thriving middle class. Working for Social Justice Inside and Outside the Classroom delivers critical counter-narratives aimed at resisting the insatiable greed of a few and supporting a common good for most. The book is dedicated to hopeful communities working against perpetual war, the destruction of our natural environment, increasing poverty, and social inequalities as they fight to preserve democratic ideals in a just and sustainable world. Written by some of the most influential thinkers of our time, this collection is a tapestry of social justice issues woven in and out of formal and informal education. 270 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433130521ISBN 13: 9781433130526
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Organizations, which are central in contemporary industrialized and post-industrial societies, including government departments and agencies, corporations, and non-government organizations, claim to want and practice two-way communication, dialogue, and engagement with citizens, customers, employees, and other stakeholders and publics. But do they in reality Voice - speaking up - is recognized as fundamental for democracy, representation, and social equity. But what if governments, corporations, institutions, and NGOs are not listening This book reports the findings of a two-year, three-continent study that show that public and private sector organizations devote substantial and sometimes massive resources to construct an 'architecture of speaking' through advertising, PR, and other public communication practices, but listen poorly, sporadically, and sometimes not at all. Beyond identifying a 'crisis of listening' in modern societies, this landmark study proposes and describes how organizations need to create an architecture of listening to regain trust and re-engage people whose voices are unheard or ignored. It presents a compelling case to show that urgent attention to organizational listening is essential for maintaining healthy democracy, organization legitimacy, business sustainability, and social equity. This research is essential reading for all scholars, students, and practitioners involved in politics; government, corporate, marketing, and organizational communication; public relations; and all those interested in democratic participation, media, and society. 386 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433117606ISBN 13: 9781433117602
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Since its inception, action research has been the subject of confusion and controversy. Can something be research if it doesn't «prove» anything Can something be action research if it's a project run by an expert who does not consider participants co-researchers Questions multiply when the general term is limited to critical action research. What makes critical action research different from action research generally Can the action research project of a classroom teacher intended to raise standardized test scores properly be considered critical Is there a role for advocacy in any enterprise calling itself research If critical action research is distinct from traditional empirical research, then what formats make sense for sharing results This highly diverse collection of previously unpublished and published works offers a sampling of opinions on key theoretical and methodological questions, complemented by a wide range of critical action research reports illustrating what various theories look like in practice. The book provides a sketch of the topography of critical action research terrain and illuminates some diverse paths through it. 344 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1433131250ISBN 13: 9781433131257
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Curriculum Studies Guid Elektronisches Buch treat the (Post)reconceptualization of curriculum studies. The huge corpus of literature reviewed in this volume reflect current issues and discussions dealing with education. This volume is about the intersections among curriculum studies, history, politics, multiculturalism, gender studies and literary studies. These theoretical frameworks will provide students in the field of education with the tools that they need to theorize around the concept of curriculum. This is an interdisciplinary book and might be of interest to students outside the field of education as well who are studying history, politics, multiculturalism, gender and literary studies. It could be used in such courses as curriculum studies; social foundations of education; philosophy of education; critical and contemporary issues in education; the history of American curriculum; the history of American education; and narrative inquiry in education. Outside the field of education, this book might be of interest to students in courses on women's and gender studies, courses in political science, multicultural courses, and courses in literary criticism. 468 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3631651880ISBN 13: 9783631651889
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Die subjektorientierte Studie befasst sich mit der psychischen Form rassistischer Macht und mit Potenzialen der Transformation. Die Autorin befragte Personen mit Rassismuserfahrungen mittels problemzentrierter biographischer Interviews. Die Analyse verdeutlicht, wie tief alltägliche Rassismuserfahrungen in Selbst- und Weltverhältnisse eingreifen und in welch komplexer Weise Prozesse der Subjektbildung wirksam werden. Sie beleuchtet die Verantwortung des sozialen Umfelds bei Bildungsprozessen, das entweder Dominanzverhältnisse aufrecht erhalten und Diskriminierung fortsetzen oder aber kritische Handlungsfähigkeit und Widerständigkeit stärken kann. Daraus ergeben sich wichtige Impulse für Soziale Arbeit, Pädagogik und Psychologie. 236 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 363166818XISBN 13: 9783631668184
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Musikalisches Material - Themen, Motive, deren Komponenten - erscheint in der Musik des 19. Jahrhunderts im Verlauf von Kompositionen in neuen Zusammensetzungen. Für deren verschiedene Strukturen wird der Begriff 'Synthese' mit differenzierenden adjektivischen Bestimmungen eingeführt. Synthesen können unterschiedliche Funktionen im Verlauf der Stücke übernehmen. Der Autor geht den motivischen wie formalen Strukturen sowie deren Funktionen analytisch nach und untersucht den motivisch-thematischen Prozess, der diese Synthesen hervorbringt und bestimmt. Dadurch ergibt sich ein differenziertes Bild der materialen wie formalen Gegebenheiten - durchaus auch außerhalb geläufiger Schemata. 184 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 2875743090ISBN 13: 9782875743091
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -How can change in cultural Policy be explained Through a comparative and historical analysis, this research sheds new light on the emergence, institutionalization and transformation of the cultural policies of two major Latin American countries: Mexico and Argentina. Elodie Bordat-Chauvin's investigation is based on the material gathered in ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2008 and 2010. It gathers observations, unique archive material and more than ninety semi-directive interviews with the majority of Secretaries of Culture in office between 1983 and 2010, several intellectuals, interest groups leaders, cultural managers and members of unions who all played a role in these countries' cultural policies in the last thirty years. This work challenges the common assertions that Mexican cultural policy is characterized by inertia and Argentinean cultural policy by instability. It analyses factors of changes - such as the neo-liberal turn, transnationalization, decentralization and politico-institutional changes - and their consequences - including reductions in cultural budgets, transformations in cultural industries and modifications in the balance of power between national, subnational, public and private actors. 268 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3034316771ISBN 13: 9783034316774
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Kaum ein anderes architektonisches Ensemble wirkt in seiner Gesamterscheinung russischer als der Gebäudekomplex des Moskauer Kreml. Interessanterweise wurden seine prominentesten Bauten nicht von einheimischen, sondern von italienischen Architekten errichtet, die der Einladung russischer Grossfürsten folgten und in den Jahren zwischen 1470 und 1520 in Moskau tätig waren. Anhand ausführlicher Analysen dieser und weiterer bedeutenden Sakralbauten Russlands wird der Frage nachgegangen, in welchem Umfang das kulturelle Selbstverständnis der Russen den Anschluss an die von Italien ausgehende und sich in ganz Europa ausbreitende Renaissancebewegung erlaubte. Ein Kapitel über eine seltene Ikonenreihe, die bestimmten Kanons westeuropäischer Ikonographie unterliegt, gewährt einen Einblick in die zweite wichtige Gattung russischer Kunst dieser Zeit - die Ikonenmalerei. Als Sekundärquelle werden einige, der westlichen Forschung bis jetzt kaum zugängliche Berichte russischer Reisenden des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts über Florenz und Rom herangezogen, neu übersetzt und ausgewertet. 298 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3631663358ISBN 13: 9783631663356
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume looks at different ways in which research and educational practice in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) can be linked. The chapters, contributed by academics and teachers of English, explore teacher training, material writing and sharing, course design and Open Educational Resources (OER). 192 pp. Englisch.
Published by Peter Lang Nov 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 3631656963ISBN 13: 9783631656969
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This collection of essays is a tribute to Andrzej Kopcewicz, the first professor ordinarius of American literature in the history of English studies in Poland. It coincides with the centenary of Imagism and what would have been Professor Kopcewicz's 80th birthday. The title alludes to his first book which was devoted to the image and the objective correlative in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry. Image in Modern(ist) Verse opens with a revised and abridged version of that publication. Kopcewicz's study can be still read as a useful historical, theoretical, and practical introduction to modern poetry. The bulk of the volume is made up of contributions by contemporary academics - Paulina Ambrozy, Joseph Kuhn, Pawel Stachura, Jørgen Veisland, and Milosz Wojtyna - who discuss various facets, strands and sub-strands of Imagism, as well as its ongoing legacy. 178 pp. Englisch.