peter lang peter lang nov 2016 (251 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book examines the financial performance of Turkish firms that were privatized by way of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings). The author uses event study methodology to empirically evaluate the financial efficiency of privatized firms. She also compares the equity returns of state firms to the returns of private sector firms that were listed in the same period or in the same sector. The pre-and-post privatization performance is tested using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test involving accounting data and financial ratios of the privatized firms. Empirical findings of post privatization analysis indicate improvements in firm performance in regard to real sales, leverage and capital expenditures. 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The book analyzes the methods used in the construction of the grounded type of sociological theory. It provides an overview of examples of qualitative research which are used for delineating the principal characteristics of methods employed in the construction of the grounded type of theory. Subject to explication are the characteristics of concepts, categories, and properties of categories employed in this type of theory, as well as the main steps involved in the construction of a grounded type of theory. These steps are explicated by applying the modern logical and methodological treatment of induction, deduction, and abduction. 110 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Since 1991, Kyrgyzstan¿s leaders have pursued a post-Soviet national identity. Their concepts failed to consolidate the country¿s multi-ethnic society, and continuously antagonize civic values and ethnic myth. The author applies international relations theory to frame Kyrgyzstan¿s identity crisis: The ruling elite has to manage tensions between their strong dependency on Russia as main donor and security provider and domestic challenges in their pursuit of a national identity. A legitimate national identity must represent both the foreign policy interests of the country and the demands of the Kyrgyz majority and ethnic minorities for representation. The Kyrgyz case unveils the complex dialectics of domestic pressure and external interests that have defined post-Soviet nation building in Russiäs near abroad. 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Much has been written about the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, but one story remains untold: that of the grassroots activism that maintained local communities in the face of violence. This book speaks through the voices of the activists themselves, drawn from both sides of a divided society. It records their memories of community organising and work on social issues, as well as their insights into surviving the politics of the period and contributing to peacebuilding. Providing a vivid account of how politics touched people¿s lives, the book celebrates the energy, imagination and determination of community activism. It also examines the challenges faced by policymakers struggling to make sense of conflicting community narratives and official government positions.There are vital lessons here for organisers, activists and policymakers working in any contested society, particularly those operating at the interface between social need and peacebuilding. Informed by an oral history approach, this book argues that conflict transformation is possible and that community activism has a major contribution to make in creating alternatives to violence.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 342 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book discusses how judges qualify their activities as objective. The data for this project was retrieved from a large sample of cases using Langacker¿s methodology. The sample included over a thousand decisions from Brazil, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Romania and the UK. The decisions considered allegations of judicial bias, unfairness, and injustice. Pre-judices are shared cognitive methods that legal practitioners perceive as necessary. The results of the study directly confirm Pierre Legrand¿s claims of pre-judices in legal discourse, and as corollary, Jules L. Coleman and Brian Leiter¿s idea of modest objectivity in law. 136 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Education is a major political issue and a major focus of country attention. The fact that the development and knowledge brought forth by an information society is constantly being questioned and has made development and innovation in education inevitable. Education is also seen as a crucial factor in ensuring economic productivity and social development. This book examines the educational policies and results in Turkey. It states that basic problems of the Turkish education system are inequality, quality and a lack of planning. Centralized structure affects autonomy negatively in schools. The problem with education policies of the Ministry of National Education is also the lack of vision. This volume develops needed paradigms to balance the opinions of the decision makers, administrators and teachers with the preferences of the student body in Turkey. 204 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Das Buch analysiert die Kriegs- und Reiseberichte des Reisejournalisten und -filmemachers Colin Roß (1885¿1945). Roß galt in der Weimarer Republik als einer der populärsten Vertreter der geopolitisch interessierten Reiseberichterstattung. Als höchst relevant erweist sich dabei der Umgang von Roß und seinem Publikum mit dem reiseliterarisch geprägten Topos des Abenteuers sowie der Gattung des Kriegsberichts. Durch die jeweilige Adaptierung seiner Kriegserfahrung und des Abenteuer-Elements konnte Roß seine Werke für ideologisch und kulturell unterschiedlich orientierte Publika aufbereiten. Die Autorin vergleicht die deutschen und österreichischen Produktions- und Rezeptionsbedingungen und gibt Aufschluss darüber, wie sich diese Kultfigur einen festen Platz in der Öffentlichkeit sichern konnte. 104 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book focuses on the relationships between the creative city principles and the planning approach introduced by the European Landscape Convention in order to identify best practices for the development of innovative cultural policies and new urban regeneration tools. The research is characterized by a cross-cutting approach to cultural heritage. It proposes a new model for the design of advanced cultural districts consisting of a benchmark methodology and a 'toolbox' of spatial, economic and social indicators that can be used to build the necessary knowledge. Finally, having Sardinia Region (IT) as reference, the book offers a picture of programs and plans to which the methodology and the toolbox can be applied, outlining their potential impacts within cultural and spatial planning. 204 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In dieser Studie stellt der Autor Fausts Werdegang vom Gelehrten zum Ökonomen, Landesplaner und Unternehmer dar und zeigt durch die innovative «geographische Deutung» des fünften Akts, inwiefern durch Fausts Neulandgewinnung eine blühende Kulturlandschaft hat entstehen können. Bislang bestand in der Faust-Forschung weitgehend Konsens darüber, dass Faust am Ende des Dramas ein Egomane und ein Illusionist ist und dass dessen Neulandprojekt scheitern wird. Der Autor zeigt hier, dass ganz im Gegenteil Fausts wirtschaftliches Wirken und damit sein ganzes Leben (trotz so mancher Schattenseiten) von Erfolg gekrönt ist. Durch diese neue Sichtweise weist das Buch den Weg zu einem positiven Faust-Bild. 132 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Nos enfrentamos a la complicada tarea de analizar algunas de las más relevantes leyes canónicas de los Sínodos diocesanos de Lima de 1582, 1584 y 1585. El fin no es otro que comprobar si, y hasta dónde, éstas han sido instrumentos útiles al servicio de la Justicia social, especialmente, a favor de la comunidad indígena. La óptica desde la cual ejecutaremos dicho análisis serán los principios de Justicia social formulados por John Rawls, en su célebre obra A Theory of Justice. La duda a solventar, ¿en qué medida tales normas han cooperado al desarrollo de la justicia en la sociedad indiana de Lima, en la segunda mitad del siglo XVI 328 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Las diferentes contribuciones que componen el presente volumen suponen un homenaje al profesor Luis Á. Acosta Gómez, un reconocimiento a su brillante carrera profesional y a la relevancia de sus aportaciones a la germanística española e internacional. Siguiendo las líneas fundamentales de su dilatada trayectoria investigadora, las contribuciones, que se centran en una amplia diversidad de ámbitos temáticos que vinculan lo literario, lo cultural y lo lingüístico, se ocupan, desde diferentes perspectivas, de la teoría y la recepción literarias, de las relaciones culturales y literarias hispano-alemanas, del drama documental, de la novela histórica y la historia novelada y, por último, de la lingüística textual. Representados están múltiples autores y épocas de la literatura en lengua alemana, así como una valoración específicamente lingüística del texto. Son unos estudios que recogen, como muestra de agradecimiento, las enseñanzas tan gratamente recibidas del profesor Acosta.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 354 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -En este libro se habla del transcurrir de la vida de un ser de orígenes burgueses (la familia Antonio Maura), hijo de un jurista, intelectual y diplomático de la República (José María de Semprún Gurrea) que tienen que exiliarse de su país y después de haber pasado por Francia, Suiza, Holanda regresa a Francia donde es detenido por la Gestapo e internado en el campo de concentración de Buchenwald. Después de su liberación ingresa en el Partido Comunista, llegando a ser, con el paso del tiempo, Ministro de Cultura del Partido Socialista de España (PSOE). Logró ser un escritor reputado e intelectual reconocido, sobre todo por tratar en sus libros los temas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los Campos de Concentración y la trayectoria del Partido Comunista en general y en particular del de España (PCE). 556 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Esta obra colectiva consta de una presentación, un texto inédito de E. Coseriu «Semántica y metodología» y un conjunto de 16 capítulos divididos en 3 secciones: general, latina y románica. Las de la primera sección tienen un alcance teórico más general y las otras dos contienen estudios latinos y románicos más específicos. No obstante, la división no pasa de ser indicativa; en este sentido un criterio importante para la clasificación ha sido la especialidad de los autores. Lo que no es óbice para que varios latinistas, en particular, hayan orientado sus trabajos hacia los resultados románicos de las expresiones que tratan. Cuando los latinistas se acercan a las lenguas románicas tienen la sensación de que el latín se vuelve vivo y, a la inversa, cuando los romanistas se aproximan al latín encuentran en él unas referencias ineludibles en la perspectiva histórica. El latín será una lengua muerta; pero siempre, aún sin pensar en grandes renacimientos, seguirá redivivo. Y latín redivivo es no solo un sinfín de frases lapidarias románicas, sino tantas y tantas unidades de cualquier nivel expresivo, que la lengua del Lacio se nos antoja una fuente histórica inagotable de lo románico.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 440 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Entfremdung erscheint im Gesamtwerk der DDR-Autorin Christa Wolf als ein wichtiges und ständig wiederkehrendes Thema. Die Christa Wolf-Forschung hat jedoch die zentrale Bedeutung der Entfremdung für Leben und Werk der Autorin bislang wenig beachtet. Diese Studie geht der Frage nach, wie sich die Autorin mit ihrer eigenen Entfremdungserfahrung auseinandergesetzt hat und ob in ihrer zweiten Mythos-Bearbeitung «Medea. Stimmen», die nach der Wiedervereinigung publiziert wurde, Entfremdungserscheinungen festzustellen sind. Mit Hilfe der hier angewandten Entfremdungstheorie des amerikanischen Soziologen Melvin Seeman: «powerlessness», «meaninglessness», «normlessness», «isolation» und «self-estrangement», zeigt Y¿ld¿z Ayd¿n, dass nicht nur Medea, sondern fast alle literarischen Figuren im Roman in unterschiedlicher Abstufung eine bestimmte Entfremdung erfahren, über die sie zum Teil selbst reflektieren. 190 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Die Donauraumstrategie der Europäischen Union ist Grundlage für vielfältige Initiativen. Im Rahmen des Hochschulprojekts «Interkulturalität und Mehrsprachigkeit in den Schulen im Donauraum» sollten die Studierenden der beteiligten Hochschulen den Donauraum und dessen Wichtigkeit für die Europäische Union verstehen lernen. Dieser Band präsentiert Ergebnisse der Seminare «Medien und Minderheiten im Donauraum» und «Schulen und Minderheiten im Donauraum» sowie von Begegnungen mit Hochschulvertretern in Ostrava und Ludwigsburg. Die Beiträge gliedern sich zur wissenschaftlichen Aufarbeitung des Austauschs in die Themenbereiche Mehrsprachigkeit und Interkulturalität im Allgemeinen, Deutsch als Fremd- und Minderheitensprache im Donauraum und Minderheiten im Donauraum.Peter Lang Group AG Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaft, Place de la gare 12, 1003 LAUSANNE 170 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Cet ouvrage montre que le métier de directeur d¿établissement scolaire ou socio-sanitaire, souvent présenté comme une fonction, est aussi un travail, susceptible d¿une observation et d¿une mesure. Il se compose d¿une « foule de petites choses à faire » presque invisibles et d¿un organigramme complexe de dossiers ouverts, d¿actions à mener et à justifier. Le métier consiste aussi à accepter des décalages entre ce travail réel, souvent prosaïque, et l¿imaginaire du rôle. Enfin, il implique des expériences professionnelles marquées par des épreuves subjectivement et objectivement vécues, reliées aux évolutions politiques et économiques autant qüaux difficultés à répondre aux besoins et aux ambivalences des interlocuteurs : collaborateurs, usagers, familles, supérieurs hiérarchiques.Fondé sur une importante enqu ête menée en Suisse Romande, ce portrait collectif des directeurs au travail interpellera l¿ensemble des acteurs du domaine étudié. Bien au-delà, il offre matière à réfléchir à tout professionnel occupant une fonction de direction, de formation et de prise décision.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 332 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Qüil s¿agisse des mobilités étudiantes, des migrations de population, des exportations de modèles d¿enseignement et de manuels, de formation à distance des professeurs, etc. la didactique des langues contribue aux processus des échanges internationaux. L¿école, dans toutes ses dimensions curriculaires, y joue un rôle déterminant. Les relations complexes entre langues secondes et langues nationales y sont souvent des moteurs de changement et de contradiction. Cet ouvrage entend contribuer à une meilleure compréhension des phénomènes liés à la synchronie du double processus de mondialisation et de contextualisation des méthodologies, et du rôle de la didactique des langues dans diverses cultures et contextes éducatifs. Il s¿agit ainsi de comprendre les contradictions et les continuités observables au niveau des politiques linguistiques et éducatives ainsi que les décalages avec les approches scientifiques et méthodologiques qui sont préconisées. La question d¿une culture didactique de type « universel », telle que peut la proposer de manière théorique le CECRL, se repose donc ici. 252 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -While the importance of the role of storytelling can hardly be overestimated, the impact of digitalization on this role is more ambivalent. In this second book-length publication of the programme Media and Education in the Digital Age ¿ MEDA, the authors take a critical stance towards the alleged emancipative affordances of digital storytelling in education. The collection is inspired by the effort of making professional educators aware of the risks of the digital turn in educational storytelling but also of the opportunities and the conditions for critical engagements. Based on their research and field experience, fifteen scholars discuss in nine chapters these risks and opportunities, providing ideas, evidence, references and inspiration to educators and researchers. 192 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Schistosomiasis is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases worldwide and continues to be a public health concern in many countries. China made huge progress in the control of Schistosomiasis japonica, aiming at the elimination of the disease from many previously endemic areas. This book presents a scientific investigation into the practical implementation of the Chinese national control strategy at the grass root level. It focusses on availability and composition of human resources for control and on performance of sero-diagnostic tests needed for case detection and surveillance. The main message of this book is that effective control and elimination of Schistosomiasis are feasible, but high levels of support for control need to be sustained to prevent resurgence of this disease. 200 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book focuses on Free Church pastors in Germany and their perceptions of spirit possession and mental illness. To explore Free Church pastors¿ understanding of spirit possession and mental illness is critical in light of the overlap of symptoms. Misdiagnosis may result in a client receiving treatment that may not be appropriate. Interviews with Free Church pastors were conducted. The results were analysed and four themes were identified. Based on these interviews conclusions could be drawn which ultimately made it clear that the German free church pastors¿ theological training needs to be supplemented in the area of psychology and that the pastors are unable to cope in the area of «spirit possession or mental illness». 148 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Alexander Lyon presents 31 case studies in organizational communication that explore issues of courageous communication. Through case studies on many well-known organizations such as Google, the Miami Dolphins, NASA, Comcast, the Boy Scouts of America, Netflix, Taco Bell, Massachusetts General Hospital, Merck Pharmaceuticals, and others, the book articulates a communication-based model of courage around four themes: Courageous communication is collaborative, upward, transparent, and engaging. The book presents both effective and cautionary portraits of organizations as they responded to complex issues. It situates the case studies in existing literature and provides practical guidance for enacting courageous communication in professional settings. 360 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Bridging two «camps» in the field of international public opinion ¿ nation branding and public diplomacy ¿ this book presents a first-of-its-kind cohesive framework with which readers can better research, teach, practice, and understand the field. At its core is the introduction of the Model of Country Concept, which illustrates the array of factors, including hard- and soft-power initiatives, that shape how global citizens form their opinions about other countries.Each chapter applies the Model of Country Concept across a wide geographic, methodological, and disciplinary range of qualitative and quantitative research studies. They include traditional and social media content, international educational exchange programs, tourism, government-sponsored programs, and entertainment. By way of definitions, prior research findings, professional best practices, and published theories and models, the book offers a framework for future positioning of both practice around and research about nation branding and public diplomacy.Written for practitioners, researchers, teachers, and students of public diplomacy, international relations, media/journalism, and strategic communication, among others, the book offers a comprehensive yet approachable solution for framing a conversation about the heterodox nature of nation branding and public diplomacy, and advances the field through original research. 292 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The merchants of the medieval Hanse monopolised trade in the Baltic and North Sea areas. The authors describe the structure of their trade system in terms of network organisation and attempts to explain, on the grounds of institutional economics, the coordination of the merchants¿ commercial exchange by reputation, trust and culture. The institutional economics approach also allows for a comprehensive analysis of coordination problems arising between merchants, towns and the ¿Kontore¿. Due to the simplicity and flexibility of network trade the Hansards could bridge the huge gap in economic development between the West and the East. In the changing economic conditions around 1500, however, exactly these characteristics proved to be a serious limit to further retain their trade monopoly. 196 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book deals with the feasibility analysis of market-oriented Higher Education Institutions based on the data of international field survey. The topics under examinations require the use of qualitative methods: guideline-oriented open expert interviews in different countries for data collection, content analysis of the survey data, and proposal of a Balanced Scorecard application in the Higher Education Institution management. Based on the elements of New Public Management methodology the author elaborates a detailed development plan usable as a model to restructure a Higher Education Institution to cope with the challenges of the Future. 196 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The book contains comparative analyses of the development of litanic verse in European poetry, from medieval to modern times. Litanic verse is based on different syntactic devices, such as enumeration, parallelism, anaphora and epiphora. However, it is not to be seen merely as a convention of versification as the popularity of different variants of the verse in Europe reflects the religious, intellectual, social and political history of various European regions. The essays in the second volume focus on litanic verse in the Germanic languages. They discuss predominantly the literatures of Protestant countries (Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, Norway), but also Austrian poetry. 270 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Although he committed suicide at the age of twenty-five, Mário de Sá-Carneiro left behind a rich corpus of texts that is inventive, playful, even daring. The first collection in English to be dedicated to his work, this volume brings together scholars from Portugal, Brazil, and the USA to reassess Sá-Carneirös contribution to Portuguese and European Modernism(s). In the book, established researchers and younger scholars delve into the complexities and paradoxes of his work, exploring not only the acclaimed novella Luciös Confession, but also his poetry, short fiction, and correspondence. Each essay engages in the necessary task of placing Sá-Carneirös work in a wider literary and artistic context, bringing back to his texts the creative energy of early twentieth-century Europe. Plural in their methods, the essays propose multiple lenses through which to tackle key aspects of Sá-Carneirös ¿uvre: his aesthetic and artistic influences and preoccupations; his negotiations/performances of identity; and the ways in which his work emerges in dialogue with other Modernist authors and how they in turn engage with his work. Though he is sometimes overshadowed by his more famous friend and artistic comrade, Fernando Pessoa, this collection shows just how much one misses, if one overlooks Sá-Carneiro and other writers of the Orpheu generation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book is related to the development of intraregional commercial exchanges in the region of the Indian Ocean. This issue is addressed from an economic as well as from a legal point of view. The contributions, in English and French, aim to present an overview of the economic, customs-related, technical, legal and cultural restraints that hinder the creation of a free trading area. Cet ouvrage est consacré au développement des échanges commerciaux intrarégionaux dans la région de l¿Océan Indien. Cette question est examinée sous un angle politique, économique et juridique. Les différentes contributions, en anglais et en français, visent à établir un état des lieux des freins économiques, douaniers, techniques, juridiques et culturels à la création d¿un espace de libre échange. 446 pp. Englisch, Französisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia, formerly Timothy Ware, is unquestionably the best-known Orthodox theologian in the Western world today. The papers collected in this volume are designed to demonstrate the spread of his own interests and concerns and therefore range from the Desert Fathers to modern church dialogue, from patristics to church music, from the Philokalia to human «priesthood». In the course of a long career he has touched the lives of many people and there is a section of tributes concerned with his role as spiritual father, teacher, writer, pastor, theologian, and monk. In the epilogue the Metropolitan himself reflects on his many years as a pilgrim to Mount Athos. Most of the papers included in this volume were delivered at a conference convened by the Friends of Mount Athos at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, in 2015 in honour of Metropolitan Kallistos¿s eightieth birthday.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 278 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The comparative gesture performs both the act and the question of transition between the terms compared. Understood as an intercultural practice, comparative literature may thus also be understood as both a transitive and a transnational process, creating its own object and form of knowledge as it identifies and analyses lines of relation and exchange between literary cultures. When navigating between languages, the discipline becomes critically engaged with the possibility and methods of such navigation. Interdisciplinary and intermedial versions of comparative studies likewise centre around transitions that may themselves remain under-analysed.This collection of essays, with contributions ranging from medieval literature to digital humanities, seeks to illuminate and interrogate the very diversity of comparative situations, with their attendant versions of comparative discourse. The volume as a whole thereby reflects, however fragmentedly, a field of study that is itself faced with the reality of transition. As both a thematic and formal concern in comparative work, transition emerges, within any historical period or other configuration in which it is charted and analysed, as key to the renewed relevance of comparative literary scholarship and study today.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 288 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -English-medium instruction (EMI) is a complex educational innovation and a prerequisite for active participation in the process of internationalizing academia. Given its impact on today¿s universities, it is crucial that EMI should be effectively and responsibly implemented.This book draws on a range of theoretical and empirical insights to explore the implications of EMI for stakeholders and describe the measures that should be taken to capitalize on its strengths and respond to its challenges. Using questionnaires, interviews and classroom observation, the authors investigate two academic communities ¿ one that has undertaken instruction in English and one that has not ¿ to weave together teacher and student attitudes, experiences, expectations and needs, along with comparative findings from classroom practice in Croatian and English.By analysing EMI in a local academic context against the backdrop of the global higher education landscape, this book offers a glocal perspective and opens up new avenues for reflection and action that will be relevant toeducational institutions undergoing change. 152 pp. Englisch.