peter lang peter lang okt 2011 (277 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -We get our fixed ¿ or malleable ¿ notions of sexuality and gender from a variety of sources: family expectations, a hypersexualizing media gaze, and through the dictates of those great monoliths, Faith and Obedience within a/the Church. However, gender is also being formed in the well-worn halls and the ordered environment of classrooms: schools are the great throughways where gender gets most articulated ¿ bartered for and with ¿ during adolescence. This book documents a year-long autoethnographic study in an all-boys Catholic secondary school. It elucidates how schooling helps form both assumptions and practices about what it means to become a man, and examines how these discourses are reshaped by young men in their daily lives. In the process the book explicates how students come to make sense of and exercise their own identities amidst the discourses of the school around, through, and by religion and gender and, necessarily, sexuality.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The work presented here is a large-scale evaluation of a theory-driven school reform project in New Zealand, which focuses on improving the educational achievement of M¿ori students in public secondary schools. The project¿s conceptual underpinnings are based on Kaupapa M¿ori research, culturally responsive teaching, student voice, and relationship-based pedagogy. Data were produced by a research team who conducted a three-year external evaluation of the project in 22 of the 33 schools implementing its professional development initiative. The book shows the extent to which a well-conceptualized and culturally grounded program in culturally responsive pedagogy, supported by a well-conceptualized professional development program, can shift teacher practices and understandings. These shifts lead to a reduction in the achievement disparities of minoritized students, as well as support for the students as culturally located human beings. While the professional development project in this book addresses M¿ori students¿ educational achievement, the study¿s findings and messages are applicable far beyond New Zealand, because the educational experiences of M¿ori people are common to many Indigenous and other minoritized peoples in countries around the world.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This collection of essays brings Bakhtinian ideas into dialogue with educational practice across cultural and pedagogical boundaries. These encounters offer fresh perspectives on contemporary issues in education, and consider pedagogical responses that are framed within a dialogic imperative. The book also pioneers an important discussion about the place of the Bakhtin Circle in educational philosophy today. Drawing on the historical and contemporary scholarship that has already taken place in education to date, the book emphasizes the living nature of language as intentional acts that take place within learning relationships. Consideration is given to the wider contexts in which pedagogy takes place, and shifts the role of the teacher as expert transmitter of knowledge to dialogic partner in learning. Bakhtinian Pedagogy is particularly suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate teacher education courses that focus on pedagogical studies in early childhood, primary, secondary, and tertiary learning. It is also a suitable text for educational philosophy students at postgraduate level.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 286 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Sexuality education has been the cause of much dissension in the Western Muslim community. Delivering sexuality education that is both Islamically inclusive and reflective of the real world of Muslim youth remains a challenge for many school communities. Through the eyes of Muslim teachers, students, and members of wider Islamic communities, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of the problems, perspectives, and possibilities of sexuality education for Muslim youth living in the West. The book explores how these youth negotiate between Muslim and popular cultural constructions of sexuality, and how teachers attempt to develop sexuality education programmes that honour Islamic teachings and culture. Based on empirical research with Australian Muslim communities, this book presents a contemporary conversation which responds to the intense battle concerning sexuality education in Western Muslim communities and will be of great interest to educational researchers, cultural theorists, and policy-makers.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 240 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The transition to a sustainable society is a profound challenge to ethics and political thought, as well as to humankind. It is comparable to the great transitions of the past, such as the Enlightenment. Yet the distinguished tradition of groundbreaking ideas has not so far been widely invoked in public debates in this area. What can we learn from the history of ethics and political thought to enable us to cope with climate change Climate change and sustainability are not just technical problems or problems in applied ethics: they require a new political imagination. Melissa Lane identifies Key messages ¿ on the role of the individual, the household, the nature of citizenship, and the significance of the imagination ¿ which bring the wisdom of the past to bear on the challenges of the present. Using these resources, and building on these insights, she calls for the construction of a ¿new normal¿, remaking our imagination of our society and our selves. Drawing on Platös Republic as a model while also challenging aspects of Platonic politics, the book sets out the political and psychological challenges that we face in moving beyond the psycho-political settlement of modern commercial society. 256 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Cognitive capitalism ¿ sometimes referred to as ¿third capitalism,¿ after mercantilism and industrial capitalism ¿ is an increasingly significant theory, given its focus on the socio-economic changes caused by Internet and Web 2.0 technologies that have transformed the mode of production and the nature of labor. The theory of cognitive capitalism has its origins in French and Italian thinkers, particularly Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari¿sCapitalism and Schizophrenia, Michel Foucault¿s work on the birth of biopower and Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri¿s Empire and Multitude, as well as the Italian Autonomist Marxist movement that had its origins in the Italian operaismo (workerism) of the 1960s. In this collection, leading international scholars explore the significance of cognitive capitalism for education, especially focusing on the question of digital labor.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 386 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The objective of this reader is manifold: On the one hand, it intends to establish a new perspective at the policy level named ¿market constellations¿: institutionally embedded systems of macroeconomic governance which are able to explain differences in growth and employment developments. At the polity level, the question raised is whether or not market constellations can be governed and, thus, whether institutions can be created which will provide the incentives necessary for favourable market constellations. Finally, at the politics level, the immediate question is whether (distributional) vested interests can be bared in order to explain the motivations to create certain market constellations. A promising approach to tackle this task needs to take into account different cultural backgrounds and must provide political transmission mechanisms for turning vested interests into policy. 276 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -¿Solo es coloquial la lengua hablada ¿Es siempre conversacional lo coloquial ¿Hasta qué punto puede calificarse de vulgar o popular a lo coloquial ¿Debe utilizarse la modalidad coloquial únicamente en el ámbito privado y familiar Si Internet es un medio de comunicación de masas, ¿puede utilizarse en las interacciones virtuales el registro coloquial de la lengua ¿Cómo ha modificado el lenguaje periodístico la inmediatez de los intercambios comunicativos en los diarios digitales españoles ¿Se ha convertido el uso de lo coloquial en una estrategia para atraer a los lectores Estos son algunos de los interrogantes a los que trata de responder la presente monografía, en la que se analizan textos publicados en diez de los cibermedios españoles de mayor difusión. Además, en ella se resumen las principales etapas que han ido atravesando las ediciones electrónicas de los diarios publicados en España al «dar el salto a la Red», y algunos de los cambios que esto ha provocado en las rutinas de trabajo periodísticas. 306 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -L¿ouvrage a pour objectif de mettre en lumière la dimension normative de l¿action humaine, en partant d¿une analyse phénoménologique de la perception. La perception n¿est pas conçue seulement comme enregistrement naturel de formes et de données, mais comme une véritable incorporation des significations qui, grâce à la structure intentionnelle de la personne humaine, constituent la condition et le fondement de l¿action elle-même. L¿auteur approfondit d¿un point de vue épistémologique la question de la nature de l¿intentionnalité et de l¿origine des significations. Il analyse la relation entre nature et norme, et entre déterminisme et indéterminisme dans l¿expérience de l¿action humaine ; la dimension de la corporéité, et la relation entre mémoire et identité personnelle. En outre, il étudie la base rationnelle et normative des désirs et le lien avec l¿agir moral ; la dimension de signification de l¿agir institutionnel ; et enfin l¿expérience du besoin qui remplit de sens l¿univers des mêmes règles institutionnelles.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 136 pp. Französisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Violencia, género y migración en el Caribe hispano: Reescribiendo la nación examina la representación de la violencia y la nación en la obra de escritoras y artistas contemporáneas del Caribe hispano y su diáspora en los Estados Unidos. Usando la teoría transnacional y postcolonial, la autora argumenta que estas artistas representan la violencia como algo integral a los sistemas de opresión inscritos en la nación. Escritoras y artistas caribeñas no solamente muestran las consecuencias de esta violencia sobre el cuerpo y la psique de los oprimidos, sino que también iluminan el poder y la subversión en su representación. La violencia en todas sus manifestaciones (de género, racial, sexual, contra el propio cuerpo) es el resultado de la imposición de una identidad monolítica sobre subjetividades que están en constante movimiento. Esta forma de opresión es de gran alcance, con su manifestación más prevalente en la retórica de la nación, la cual, en Latinoamérica, ha sido elaborada por ciudadanos blancos, hombres y de clase social alta. Cualquiera que desafiara su definición hegemónica de nación, quedaba relegado a los márgenes. Desde el siglo XIX, con los movimientos de independencia y la aparición de las nuevas naciones latinoamericanas, la mujer ha sido usada como metáfora de la nación. En un mundo cada vez más global, las escritoras y artistas del Caribe hispano desafían esa noción al reescribir una nación con fronteras difuminadas por su constante migración y con la inclusión de miembros que han sido tradicionalmente oprimidos y posicionados fuera de la nación.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 220 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Este volumen recoge los resultados del proyecto Linguaturismo, un programa de investigación interuniversitario sobre la lengua de la comunicación turística español-italiano, que consiste en la creación y el análisis de un extenso corpus de textos representativos de esta especialidad. Incluye también algunas intervenciones de otros especialistas del sector, participantes en proyectos análogos. Junto a una serie de reflexiones teóricas, se estudian diferentes géneros textuales ¿ guías, itinerarios, reportajes, páginas web, etc. ¿ no solo en sus aspectos discursivos y léxicos, sino también en la perspectiva diacrónica. En su mayoría, los autores se centran en textos españoles o adoptan un enfoque contrastivo español-italiano. Además, se presentan trabajos dedicados a otras áreas lingüístico-culturales. Por su variedad y nivel de profundización, los capítulos aquí reunidos ofrecen un avance significativo para los estudios sobre la lengua del turismo, en el marco del discurso especializado.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 378 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Public Private Partnerships (PPP) haben in Deutschland zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. Sie verfolgen das Ziel einer langfristigen Zusammenarbeit der privaten Wirtschaft und der öffentlichen Hand. Das Besondere dabei ist der Lebenszyklusansatz, mit dem Planen, Bauen, Betreiben, Finanzieren und gegebenenfalls Verwerten optimiert werden sollen. Einen wichtigen Aspekt stellen die Risikoverteilung zwischen den Vertragspartnern sowie die Wahl der richtigen Finanzierungsform dar. Im Rahmen eines vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Forschungsprojektes hat das Institut für Immobilienökonomie und Projektmanagement (IIP) der Hochschule Biberach u. a. untersucht, ob und inwieweit sich auch angesichts der Finanzkrise die Konzeption der Projektfinanzierung auf die hiesigen mittelständisch strukturierten Bauunternehmen übertragen lässt. Die bei der empirischen Datenerhebung gemachten Erfahrungen gaben zudem Anlass, die Transparenz bei PPP-Projekten rechtlich zu bewerten. 130 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Diese Studie prüft die Existenz des linken Antisemitismus und erörtert mögliche Ursachen. Dazu wurden 218 Linke befragt und die Antworten statistisch ausgewertet. Die abgefragten antisemitischen Ressentiments verdichten sich bei 17 Prozent zu einem Antisemitismus. Dieser ist statistisch gesehen fester Bestandteil bestimmter Weltbilder; er hängt ab von Antizionismus, flacher und völkischer Kapitalismuskritik, Pazifismus und der Nutzung linker Medien.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 161 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -C¿est la première fois qüun livre est consacré à l¿histoire de l¿ensemble des entreprises de la chimie en France de 1860 à 1932. Il a été écrit par un jeune historien japonais, Jun Sakudo. Fondé sur des archives inédites et des sources imprimées, il situe les différentes firmes françaises par rapport à leurs homologues dans le monde : Allemagne, Suisse, Italie, Grande-Bretagne, États-Unis, Japon. Cet ouvrage traite aussi de leurs relations avec les banques et avec l¿État.Le livre apporte un renouvellement en profondeur des connaissances et des appréciations qui sont souvent portées sur l¿industrie chimique en France à cette époque. Il en ressort que les condamnations sans appel sont à réviser, que certaines initiatives étaient lucides, que des réussites ont pris place dans la durée étudiée. En effet de 1870 à 1913 la croissance française dans cette branche est de 5 % par an, avec un bon rang en grande chimie minérale (y compris l¿électrochimie) mais une moindre performance en chimie organique. Puis avec la guerre de 1914, l¿indifférence de l¿État vis-à-vis de ce secteur s¿efface et de nouvelles tendances apparaissent. C¿est ainsi qüaprès-guerre trois secteurs réussissent particulièrement : une chimie de nouveaux médicaments, une chimie de matières plastiques de synthèse et une chimie de spécialités à petits tonnages.Paru à Tokyo en 1995, ce livre est traduit pour la première fois dans une langue occidentale grâce à une souscription de 128 historiens japonais. Une préface et une bibliographie complémentaire réalisées par deux historiens français apportent les repères ultérieurs à la date de la publication japonaise.Présentant les innovations, les investissements et les stratégies des ingénieurs, des dirigeants et des financiers français et étrangers, sans les séparer de la formation des hommes, de la législation des brevets et de la politique des droits de douane, ce livre éclaire à la fois l¿histoire de la chimie et celle des modèles nationaux d¿industrialisation. Il intéressera les chimistes, économistes, gestionnaires et historiens d¿aujourd¿hui. 294 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The Griqua people are commonly misunderstood. Today, they do not figure in the South African imagination as other peoples do, nor have they for over a century. This book argues that their comparative invisibility is a result of their place in the national narrative.In this revisionist analysis of South African historiography, the author analyses over a century¿s worth of historical studies and identifies a number of narrative frameworks that have proven resilient to change over this time. The Griqua, in particular, have fared poorly compared to other peoples. They appear in, and disappear from, this body of work in a number of consistent ways, almost as though scholars have avoided re-imagining their history in ways relevant to the present. This book questions why that might be the case.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 154 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Japanese-style management is ¿the¿ post-war human resource management (HRM) success story. Even today it continues to offer an alternative pathway to creating competitive advantages. Japanese HRM, however, is not a static construct, and demands permanent attention. Charting the de facto human resource dynamics of the world¿s third largest economy, this volume collates concurrent thinking on Japanese management. Japanese firms have always exhibited a remarkable ability to adapt to changing externalities and emerge strengthened from challenges. The contributions in this book present fresh insights into the realities of Japanese change management that are likely to influence the redesign of globally operating Japanese firms. 194 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The last comprehensive study of the motives for studying German in Australia was conducted in the late 1980s. The main objective of this thesis is not only to fill the gap of recent data but at the same time to analyse the new data in the context of relevant theories of language learning motivation. The data analysis focuses on students¿ demographic backgrounds, their motivation to learn German, and on their expectations towards course content. Where possible, the new data is compared with former studies in order to investigate what changes have occurred over the last two decades. It will be shown that these changes are primarily a reflection of changes to higher education policies. Overall, the thesis establishes a theoretically informed and data-based platform for curriculum development which will assist German Studies programs in designing their courses for the future. 194 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This important, timely, and thought-provoking reader is a collection of original chapters by authors from five different countries, each of whom explores a facet of transformative leadership. Transformative leadership is fundamentally a critical approach to leadership that goes well beyond the tenets of most current leadership theories to focus on social transformation as the basis for both individual and collective achievement. The text clarifies and elaborates the concept, linking it to other theories including ways of thinking about curriculum and pedagogy to prepare leaders for a more transformative role. Transformative Leadership: A Reader provides examples of studies conducted using the lens of transformative leadership as well as of research re-analyzed through its perspective.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 402 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The author focuses on how development-oriented non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and microfinance institutions (MFIs) are suited to the dual development process of improving the wellbeing and empowerment of the poor and other marginalized peoples (especially women) in Africa and other developing countries, focusing on Uganda. NGOs and MFIs are seen as a third approach (i.e. an alternative to state or market strategies) to achieving sustainable development and poverty reduction. The author discusses the following central issues: rethinking development strategies in Africa as a result of the failure of the state or market to deliver economic growth and poverty reduction, and the rise of the NGO sector to fill the vacuum; clarification of the on-going confusion between MFI performance and impact assessment; the inadequacy of economic reforms in Uganda to benefit the rural agricultural producers; NGOs and MFIs in Uganda as part of the development strategy and their potential to spur development; the commercialization of MFIs and its implications; lessons from successful MFIs in Uganda and globally; and an analysis of how NGOs and MFIs working together with the public and private sectors (in a triple partnership) can achieve sustainable development and poverty reduction in Uganda and other African countries. 290 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book explores the supernatural literature of Walter Scott, James Hogg, Théophile Gautier, Charles Nodier and Gérard de Nerval from a European perspective that casts them as part of a network rather than as the discrete, isolated artistic outcomes of different national literatures, by focusing on the central role played by the literature of E.T.A. Hoffmann during the first half of the nineteenth century. The author claims that Hoffmann had a seminal role through the reactions that his literature aroused. These reactions took place both in the realm of theory, for Hoffmann¿s works provoked a great deal of discussion on the nature and purposes of supernatural literature, and also in the realm of their literary writings themselves, with much cross-fertilisation taking place, sometimes enabled through translation and sometimes from direct experience. The author focuses on shared themes like the idealized dead beloved, and dreams, reveries and altered states. 202 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Behind the conflicts and the crises, the agreements and the severing of ties, the oil sector is above all a global business, number one in terms of the scale of trading. The sector is not only essential to the world economy, but it is generally thought to be of strategic importance. The history of oil gives scholars the chance to track and analyse changes in the world in the twentieth century, especially through the transition from unequal trading towards more balanced solutions, in which oil-producing countries can really profit from their resources. Numerous solutions have been proposed to ensure that oil revenue is not lost, but also to ensure that profits are made and supplies are secure.In order to examine the diversity and complexity of the recent history of the oil industry, this book considers the twentieth century across different continents, using original examples and new research on regions such as Latin America and Africa. Different views are analysed and changes in the industry are put into context. Today¿s realities are brought into focus by putting the spotlight on long-term changes. The volume concludes that the oil sector has not yet fully established itself as a sector of strategic importance. 300 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Der Band II der «Beiträge zur Sprechwissenschaft» enthält den Neudruck des Standardwerkes «Die Behandlung gestörter S-Laute» (1955). Nach einer Einführung in die Systematik der Sigmatismen wird über unterschiedliche Behandlungsformen informiert. Schwerpunkt bildet die Analyse von 169 Therapieverläufen, durchgeführt am Institut für Sprechkunde. Im Ergebnis wird der Sigmatismus als Sprachstörung identifiziert, die weitgehend mit der Gesamtpersönlichkeit verbunden ist. Ihre Behandlung kann daher keine bloße Oberflächenkorrektur sein, sondern muss den Patienten in seiner psychophysischen Ganzheit einbeziehen. Dafür entwickelt Hans Krech seine kombiniert-psychologische Übungstherapie, die hier erstmals beschrieben wird. 164 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Not many cardinals get to be declared saints, and even rarer is one who is known for his controversial ideas and interpretation of doctrinal faith both within and outside the church. John Henry Newman (1801-1890), however, beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in September 2010, was no ordinary churchman. Raised an Anglican and a leading member of the Oxford Movement in his younger days, he converted to Catholicism and, through prolific writing and polemics, established an intellectual and spiritual influence far beyond the placid, pastoral domain of the papacy. This book seeks to settle the historical question of Newman as anti-liberal or liberal, and to shed theological light on his liberal spirit and anti-liberal discourse, in order to provide fresh insights into the issue of religious pluralism. In particular, the author examines Newman¿s perception of the danger of the liberal spirit of his time and his possession of another kind of liberal spirit that made him so original, bold and prophetic.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 204 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) organised an international symposium on the economic crisis and social integration, which took place in Seoul on May 27-28, 2009. At the symposium took part besides researchers from KIHASA representatives from Ireland, France, England, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands, the USA, Japan and China. This book assembles most of these contributions. This volume is absolutely up to date as the economic crisis is far from overcome and social reintegration remains one of the foremost challenges in today¿s world. 284 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The nineteenth century saw the reinvention of Dante as a Romantic and national poet, his recognition as the canonical ¿central man of all the world¿ and the Commediäs diffusion as a widely accessible text. Addressing these aspects of Dante¿s presence during a key period of his modern reception, this collection of essays draws upon a number of papers given at the international conference ¿Dante in the Nineteenth Century¿, held at the University of York in July 2008, and combines the work of established experts in the field with that of younger scholars who are breaking important new ground on the subject. It is distinctive in concentrating on the reception of Dante from Romanticism through the cult of Beatrice and mid-century criticism, translation and visual art, to the development of scholarship and popularization. The volume explores diverse nineteenth-century historical, intellectual, artistic and literary contexts in the cultures of Italy, France, the British Isles and the United States. 346 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The development of smaller and more powerful computers and the introduction of new communication channels by the interlinking of computers, by the Internet and the World Wide Web, have caused great changes for linguistics. They affect the methods in the various disciplines of pure linguistics as well as the tools and ways of applied linguistics such as translation and interpretation, language teaching, learning, and testing. This volume presents general reflections and overview articles on these new developments by noted experts followed by reports on the concrete uses of information technologies for linguistic purposes in different European countries and at the European Parliament. A discussion of another important linguistic issue is added: the various uses of the highly symbolic term national language. 238 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In this volume, twelve scholars from different disciplines reassess the tradition and reception of the eighteenth-century European Enlightenment. The contributions, written in English and French, pay special attention to less known or relatively neglected aspects of this intellectual movement, revealing features that cannot easily be reduced to the clichés and catchphrases often associated with the Enlightenment. The volume emphasises the historically and geographically versatile heritage of the Enlightenment, examining its intellectual repercussions, the various uses and abuses it has been subjected to, and its complex relationship with more recent movements. 238 pp. Englisch, Französisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book provides a metaethical analysis of the responsibility ethics of H. Richard Niebuhr and Emmanuel Levinas. It probes the plausibility of their ethical theories by revealing and clarifying some conceptual difficulties and logical inconsistencies found in their ethics in order to advance current scholarship in responsibility ethics. In addition to illumining various theological and philosophical backgrounds of their ethics, this study offers a critical reflection on some of the major metaethical topics relevant to each thinker. 238 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book shows that the 1848 revolutions played a key role in the development of the political thought of the Young Hegelians, Arnold Ruge, Bruno Bauer, Moses Hess and Karl Marx. They all developed revolutionary ideas in the 1840s and hoped for revolutionary events as those that occurred in 1848, but their theories failed to predict the outcome of the revolution. By an empirical analysis this work clearly demonstrates that the Young Hegelians under study changed their theoretical outlooks as a direct result of the 1848 revolutions. It is argued that the mechanism for this change is intellectual disillusionment, that these intellectuals became disillusioned with the theories they had developed in the 1840s because they experienced the 1848 revolutions as an intellectual failure. The book examines the question of how intellectuals deal with their failure to predict the world, and how theory and the change of theory are related to actual historical events. 276 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book studies the adoption and diffusion of gender quotas in Latin America and beyond. Gender quotas are institutional mechanisms intended to increase the proportion of women rapidly and effectively in key decision-making political posts. Since the 1980s, gender quotas have been implemented in various governmental bodies and, more commonly, in legislatures. Starting in Northern Europe, these policies have expanded to other European countries and later to thirteen Latin American countries. Yet, whereas gender quotas in most European countries - with the exception of Belgium and France - have been adopted voluntarily by some political parties, in Latin America national legislation mandates all parties to include in their lists a quota for women candidates to legislatures. Although recent scholarship on gender quotas has been devoted to the adoption of gender quotas in a variety of countries, little has been done on Central and South America, despite the fact that the legislative «quota wave» originated there. Diffusion of Gender Quotas in Latin America and Beyond remedies that situation and provides a rich comparative analysis of this policy proliferation in Latin America as well as outside this region by also examining the adoption of legislative quotas in Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia. 280 pp. Englisch.