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Overview: Includes critical insights on recent reforms and policy innovations in local governance in Europe.Provides an updated view of these reforms and policy innovations in local governance in Europe in Sout.This book discusses innovative responses and reforms developed in critical areas of urban governance in European countries. It examines the impact of European Union’s policies on the urban agenda and on local governance, and the impact of the transition to democracy in Central and in Southern Europe on local self-government systems. The book is divided into three parts: i) Crisis, Refor

Overview: Erste deutschsprachige Übersicht zu vergleichenden Perspektiven der Legitimitätsforschung.Forschungsorientierte Originalbeiträge.Hochaktuelles ThemaDieses Buch behandelt Legitimität und Legitimation von und in politischen Systemen als ein Kernthema der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft. Damit greift es eine hochaktuelle Debatte auf. Neben der Legitimität politischer Systeme und Ordnungen wird auch  Legitimation betrachtet, d.h., die Prozesse, in denen Legitimität erlangt oder mit denen sie erzeugt wird. Der Band vereint konzeptionell, normativ und auch empirisch angelegte Beiträge,

Overview: Expands on the first edition, by including an unprecedented sample – 210 chairs, directors, shareholders and CEOs from 14 countries.Includes an assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the.This book represents the first cross-country study of the work of board chairs in Europe. .It focuses on what board leaders actually do, rather than what they should do, and elaborates on a conceptual contingency framework for understanding chairs’ work in Europe.. .In this second edition, 18 experts from 14 European countries interviewed more than 300 chairs, CEOs, directors and shareh

Overview: Forges a cutting-edge interdisciplinary interaction between literature and philosophy.Dispenses with jargon, to encourage mutual comprehension.Features contributors from the fields of both philosophy This book is about the interaction between literary studies and the philosophy of literature. It features essays from internationally renowned and emerging philosophers and literary scholars, challenging readers to join them in taking seriously the notion of interdisciplinary study and forging forward in new and exciting directions of thought..It identifies that literary studies and the

Overview: Responses from colleagues and students concerning the first edition indicate that the text still answers a pedagogical need which is not addressed by other texts. There are no major changes in this edition. Several proofs have been tightened, and the exposition has been modified in minor ways for improved clarity. As before, the strength of the text lies in presenting the student with the difficulties which led to the development of the theory and, whenever possi­ ble, giving the student the tools to overcome those difficulties for himself or herself. Another proverb: Give me a fish,

Overview: 978-3-528-18297-7978-3-322-84053-0

Overview: 978-3-662-43205-1Series ISSN 0303-4216 Series E-ISSN 1437-0859

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Overview: Die richtige Lernmethode für jeden Lernstoff.Lerntechniken, die sich sofort anwenden lassen.Tips zur PrüfungsvorbereitungWer wirkungsvoll lernen will, findet in diesem Buch bestimmt die richtige Lernmethode für seinen Lernstoff. Jede Lerntechnik wird so beschrieben, daß man sie direkt anwenden kann. Ihre Wirkungsweise wird auf dem Hintergrund der Gedächtnispsychologie erklärt und ihre Wirksamkeit anhand von wissenschaftlichen Studien bewertet. Hinweise zur erfolgreichen Prüfungsvorbereitung sind ebenso enthalten wie Hilfen zum Umgang mit der Angst vor Mißerfolgen und mit Lernblockade

Overview: 978-3-540-35817-6Series ISSN 0340-1022 Series E-ISSN 1436-5049

Overview: Applies Pope Francis’s inductive synodal theology and sociology to moral Issues in the Catholic Church.Re-examines the empirical basis of the Church’s teachings on homosexuality and gender complementa.This book employs an experimental approach to critically re-examine the Catholic Church’s traditional teachings on homosexuality, heterosexual marriage, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersexual (LGBTQI) inclusivity in light of Pope Francis’s inductive synodal theology and modern sociology. With the growing complexity of today’s culture and the advancement of socia

Overview: Presents fundamentally new methods for circuit design.Covers combinational circuits, latches and asynchronous circuits.Includes a unique programming technique for PLCs.The 2.nd. edition has been thoroughly revised and is intended as a wakeup call in the stagnant and dormant field of switching algebra and logic circuit design. It presents the material in a concise but thorough way. The topics selected are an in-depth presentation of switching algebra, a theory of memory circuits (sometimes called flop flops), a new approach to asynchronous circuits, and a newly added part presenting a

Overview: Rethinks crisis in relation to critique through the prism of various declared ‘crises’ in the Mediterranean.Explores alternative mobilizations of crisis across the Mediterranean that disengage from do.This collection rethinks .crisis. in relation to .critique. through the prism of various declared ‘crises’ in the Mediterranean: the refugee crisis, the Eurozone crisis, the Greek debt crisis, the Arab Spring, the Palestinian question, and others. With contributions from cultural, literary, film, and migration studies and sociology, this book shifts attention from Europe to the Mediterr

Overview: The Development in Asia, Africa and Latin America in contrast to Europe"Good local governance" reflects the dual functions of local government. On the one hand, democratic regimes gain input legitimacy by responsiveness and by being inclusive towards the preferences of their citizens. On the other hand, they achieve output legitimacy by effectively delivering public goods and services. Their governance strategies followthree major paths - "decentralisation," "political administrative reforms" and "participatory reforms". But national contexts, actors, political culture and path depen

Overview: Practical examples from the companies.Pratical advises for counseling.Includes supplementary material: This Minibook is a brief guide for Green Belt during a Lean Six Sigma project management or for Kaizen Leader during a process improvement activity. Through both its theoretical concepts and practical examples it is a pocket book for a quick consultancy. Authors idea comes from companies needs in order to analyze information useful to know in depth different kind of processes. The set of Six Sigma tools are explained through Minitab 16, the last release of the most widely used stati

Overview: Move beyond robotics with Technic and Mindstorms EV3.Experiment with alternate, green energy.Compete in wind turbine design competitions with unique projects based in LEGO​Build functioning wind turbines that generate electricity; we don’t mean LEGO models that look like miniature wind turbines. This book is for people who want to learn how real turbines work, and to build them using LEGO and Mindstorms EV3. .You’ll find specific instructions on building, links to parts purchasing, distillation of complex science ideas into practice, and pointers for trying something new. With the kn

Overview: Reviews the anthropological research of a pioneering Mexican anthropologist on the occasion of her 70th birthday.Incorporates her major texts on indigenous peoples and cultures, migration, women‘s stuThis book presents major texts by Prof. Dr. Lourdes Arizpe Schlosser, a pioneering Mexican anthropologist, on the occasion of her 70th birthday. She is a leading researcher into indigenous peoples, an innovator in women’s studies and a global scientific leader who has inspired the international research and policy communities. Throughout her distinguished career she has analysed ethnicis

Overview: Provides a complete set of logic-driven traffic big data analysis method.Uses a wealth of practical cases to introduce the methods in this book.Bridges the gap between traffic big data, statistical an.This book starts from the relationship between urban built environment and travel behavior and focuses on analyzing the origin of traffic phenomena behind the data through multi-source traffic big data, which makes the book unique and different from the previous data-driven traffic big data analysis literature. This book focuses on understanding, estimating, predicting, and optimizing m

Overview: Provides detailed methods and precautions for lattice Boltzmann method to simulate building environment problems.Covers fundamental but comprehensive issues of built environment with three detailed ca.This book details the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) applied to the built environment problems. It provides the fundamental theoretical knowledge and specific implementation methods of LBM from the engineering perspective of the built environment. It covers comprehensive issues of built environment with three detailed cases, solving practical problems. It can be used as a reference book

Overview: Sozialwissenschaftliche Studie.Sung-Yeun Lim analysiert in vergleichender Perspektive die Entwicklungsdynamik der Lehrermärkte in Deutschland und Südkorea. Seit den 1950er Jahren war in beiden Lehrermärkten ein ausgewogenes Verhältnis von Lehrerangebot und Lehrernachfrage kaum gegeben: Jeweils schloss sich nach einer Mangelphase eine Überfüllungsphase an. Dabei waren die bildungspolitischen Bemühungen zur Reduzierung der Disparitäten zwischen Angebot und Nachfrage nur sehr begrenzt erfolgreich. Es zeigt sich, dass die Abstimmungsprobleme in den unterschiedlich strukturierten und funk