BOOKS with Alphabet G (Ga, Gb,Gc, Gd, Ge…... )

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Overview: In Germany, Grand Coalitions of the two major parties - the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) - generally have a bad reputation. Hence, the CDU/CSU-SPD government under Angela Merkel (2005-2009) was neither the parties‘ nor the citizens‘ preferred choice, its performance was seen quite critical from the outset, and it was finished without further ado after the 2009 federal election. Has the Grand Coalition 2005-2009 been a single episode or rather a turning point for German politics? This book provides a retrospective of the first Merkel government, an anal

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Overview: This critical introduction to gay and lesbian identity within the media explores the concept of ‘new storytelling‘. The case studies look at film, television and online media, focusing on the narrative potential of individual storytellers who, as producers, writers and performers, challenge identity concerns and offer new expressions of liberty.978-1-137-00924-1978-1-349-66841-0

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Overview: Werkanalyse und Interpretation.Ausführliches Kapitel zur ForschungsgeschichteDichter ohne Spuren? Über Gottfried von Straßburg ist kaum Biografisches überliefert, nur dürftige Fakten zu seinem Werk sind gesichert. Gottfried Weber und Werner Hoffmann referieren aufgrund der kontroversen Deutung die unterschiedlichen Forschungspositionen und kennzeichnen die strittigen Probleme.978-3-476-15015-8978-3-476-04141-8Series ISSN 0558-3667 Series E-ISSN 2512-5222

Overview: This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications GEOMETRIC METHODS IN INVERSE PROBLEMS AND PDE CONTROL contains a selection of articles presented at 2001 IMA Summer Program with the same title. We would like to thank Christopher B. Croke (University of Penn sylva­ nia), Irena Lasiecka (University of Virginia), Gunther Uhlmann (University of Washington), and Michael S. Vogelius (Rutgers University) for their ex­ cellent work as organizers of the two-week summer workshop and for editing the volume. We also take this opportunity to thank the National Science Founda­ tion for their su

Overview: Provides an in-depth analysis of anti-sex selection policies.Includes 117 key informant interviews, participant observations and demographic data analysis.Results point to policy inefficiency and the This book provides an in-depth analysis of the influence of public policy on sex selection. Three Asian countries were chosen for the comparative policy analysis, namely South Korea, India and Vietnam that share in common a historical legacy of son preference, high levels of sex imbalances and active policy response to curbing the growing demographic masculinization of their nations. The

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Overview: Uses gender to explore SDGs through a range of subjects including veganism, health.Offers keen insights on the relevance of the SDGs in Western contexts.Examines how Covid-19 has negatively impacted oAgainst the backdrop of Covid-19, this edited volume will utilize a gendered lens to explore the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a clear focus on challenging the omission of sexuality in relation to the SDGs as well as analyzing the ways in which the SDGs are also equally relevant for Western countries. While acknowledging the importance of these goals, contrib

Overview: This book examines global change from a dialectical perspective. Looking at global change in terms of unipolarisation in international security, globalisation in the world economy, and democratisation in global governance, the volume provides a refreshingly Japanese angle on addressing complex interplays between the social forces underlying these themes. The book is indispensable reading for undergraduate and graduate students or IR theory, international security, international political economy, and global governance, as well as American and Japanese foreign policy.978-1-349-40429-2

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Overview: Adds specificity and critique to theorizations of educational governance.Offers an analytical approach to the study of data and indicators in educational governance.Brings together literature from var.This book addresses governing by numbers and human capital policy in higher education by asking how higher education is quantified, how the quantitative information is used in educational governance, and how the information is perceived by students, teachers, managers, and policymakers, and affects decision-making. It also thematically discusses how human capital theory affects the quan

Overview: .Agressie en geweld binnen en buiten het gezin stellen menig opvoeder, leerkracht en hulpverlener voor een dilemma. Met regelmaat wordt gepleit voor een ‘hardere‘ aanpak, maar escalatie ligt op de loer. Een effectief alternatief is te vinden in de basisprincipes van geweldloos verzet..Dit boek opent met een bespreking van Gandhi‘s methode van geweldloos verzet en toepassing daarvan in de context van het gezin. Inzicht in escalatieprocessen tussen opvoeders en kinderen kan helpen bij het voorkomen daarvan. Het boek bevat een praktische handleiding met veel voorbeelden en heldere instr

Overview: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2021, held in La Spezia, Italy, in December 2021.. The 21 full papers and 10 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers cover a broad spectrum of topics: Serious Games Applications; Serious Game to Improve Literacy; Technology used for Serious Games; Serious Game Usage; Serious Games Design.Chapters “Cards and Roles: Co-designing Privacy Serious Games with an Online Role-Playing Boardgame" and “An Authoring Tool to Engage Youn

Overview: This volume brings together the disciplines of plant and animalgenome research, and serves as an opportunity for scientists from bothfields to compare results, problems and prospects.978-1-4613-6902-8978-1-4615-4235-3Series ISSN 1568-1009

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Overview: This book provides a narrative and analysis of the first four years of the Gorbachev phenomenon. All areas of great significance are covered. Special attention is paid to the economy, nationality affairs and foreign affairs. Gorbachev‘s standing abroad is much higher than at home. Seen by many abroad as a charismatic figure, he has still to convince the average worker and farmer that perestroika is good for them. The first four years present a fascinating tableau of Soviet change and resistance to change. This book provides the reader with the insights to understand the processes now

Overview: Introduces many big engineering projects in Asia.Geosynthetics applied in civil engineering and environmental engineering.New development of geosynthetics.Geosynthetics in Civil and Environmental Engineering presents contributions from the 4th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics held in Shanghai, China. The book covers a broad range of topics, such as: fundamental principles and properties of geosynthetics, testing and standards, reinforcement, soil improvement and ground improvement, filter and drainage, landfill engineering, geosystem, transport, geosynthetics-pile support s

Overview: Familiarizes readers with novel methods, tools, and approaches applicable to geospatial studies on cancer.Features chapters authored by internationally recognized experts and researchers in the field .Cancer occurs in specific places and spaces, each of which have identifiable geographic coordinates, characterized by unique natural, built and social characteristics, all of which contribute significantly to cancer across the spectrum from etiology through diagnosis, treatment and outcomes. In the first volume of this series, published in 2010, a single chapter was focused on these geo