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Overview: 978-90-277-2504-2978-94-009-3883-0

Overview: The papers contained in this volume are based on the contributions to an international, interdisciplinary Symposium entitled ‘Analytical and Sociologi­ cal Action Theories‘ which took place in Berlin (West) on September 1-3, 1982. Each part comprises a main paper followed by two (in Part IV three) papers commenting on it. On the whole there is an equal division into philo­ sophical and sociological papers. In particular each main paper receives both inter- and innerdisciplinary comments. The Berlin Symposium was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Bonn) and, to a smalle

Overview: Securing Europe takes a novel approach to Europeanization among EU member states by employing a sociological institutionalist approach. Watanabe argues that Europeanization as a process of change takes place not as a result of rationally calculating states, but as a result of the reworking of perceptual and normative frameworks.978-0-230-27702-1Series ISSN 2731-0329 Series E-ISSN 2731-0337

Overview: 978-3-642-96297-4

Overview: South Africa in Transition utilises new theoretical perspectives to describe and explain central dimensions of the democratic transition in South Africa during the late 1980s and early 1990s, covering changes in the politics of gender and education, the political discourses of the ANC, NP and the white right, constructions of identity in South Africa‘s black townships and rural areas, the role of political violence in the transition, and accounts of the democratization process itself.978-1-349-26803-0978-1-349-26801-6

Overview: Mülldeponien, Abfallverbrennungsanlagen, Produktionsstätten der chemischen Industrie, aber auch Flughäfen sind immer wieder Gegenstand öffentlich geführter Diskussionen und massiver Proteste. Aktiven Widerstand gegen derartige Objekte leisten insbesondere die in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft zu den potentiellen Standorten lebenden Personen. Eine Standortplanung für die als Locally Unwanted Land Uses (LULUs) bezeichneten Einrichtungen darf folglich nicht nur unter ökonomischen Gesichtspunkten erfolgen, sondern muß ebenso das Oppositionsverhalten der betroffenen Bevölkerung als Folge der

Overview: Umsetzungsorientiertes Lehrbuch zum Thema Standortmarketing.Zum Selbststudium geeignet.Analyse aktueller Kampagnen und Best-Practice-Beispiele auf separater Website.Das Buch ist ein grundlegendes Praxislehrbuch für Wirtschaftsförderinnen und Wirtschaftsförderer, die sich einen Überblick über Strategien, Themen und Techniken verschaffen wollen. Es zeigt, was zur Planung und Durchführung einer Standortmarketingkampagne nötig ist: Gute Analyse, klare Ziele, eine stringente Strategie, effizientes Projektmanagement, ein ausreichendes Budget, viel Mut, etwas Erfahrung und die richtigen Die

Overview: Early chapters suitable for honors undergraduate or beginning graduate courses, requiring only linear algebra, basic abstract algebra, and advanced calculus.Applications to geometry (curvature tensors.Symmetry is a key ingredient in many mathematical, physical, and biological theories. Using representation theory and invariant theory to analyze the symmetries that arise from group actions, and with strong emphasis on the geometry and basic theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, .Symmetry, Representations, and Invariants. is a significant reworking of an earlier highly-acclaimed work

Overview: 978-3-531-08224-0978-3-322-88500-5

Overview: Ein aufgeklärter Umgang mit Pornographie und Sexsucht.Primäre Pornographie-Prävention für Jugendliche, hauptsächlich Jungs.Wesentlicher Beitrag für die Sexualaufklärung.Includes supplementary materialDas Buch bietet auf der Grundlage einer wissenschaftlichen Studie Orientierungswissen zum Phänomen des digitalen Konsums von Pornos bis hin zur Sexsucht im Jugendlichenalter. Das Werk stellt das Thema kontrastierend, manchmal auch provozierend in den Kontext eines natürlichen Verständnisses von Sexualität. Es geht um Primärprävention im Sinne von psychischen Schutzmaßnahmen, die einen au

Overview: Discusses the implications in humans creating a super machine.Defines an intelligent machine now and the potential futuristic model.Presents multiple arguments against the possibility of machine intel.Super-Intelligent Machines. combines neuroscience and computer science to analyze future intelligent machines. It describes how they will mimic the learning structures of human brains to serve billions of people via the network, and the superior level of consciousness this will give them. Whereas human learning is reinforced by self-interests, this book describes the selfless and compas

Overview: Comprehensive overview of solid-state physics.Includes current topics of high importance, such as superconductors and nanostructures.Enlarged and updated edition of very popular title.All-inclusive prOur German textbook "Festkorperphysik" has meanwhile appeared in its th nd 6 edition, extensively revised and extended in comparison to the latest 2 English edition. Presently, the book has been translated into Japanese, Kor­ ean and Polish and is used as a standard text in many universities around the world. It is therefore high time to carefully revise the English text and th bring it

Overview: Catherine Tihanyi Georges Mounin, an important figure in contemporary French intellec­ tual life, has made significant and original contributions in semiotics, I semantics, poetics, the linguistic theory and practice of translation, and the study of the history of linguistics. He is noted as well for several dec­ ades of literary criticism in support of poets who were often unknown at the time. Though some of his work has been translated into German, Ital­ ian, and Spanish, only a few articles have been available so far in English (Mounin 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981); thus the present col

Overview: Umfassender Methodenbaukasten für das strategische Vertriebsmanagement in B2B-Unternehmen im digitalen Zeitalter.Strukturierung der Vertriebsmanagement-Aufgaben: Markt, Kunde, Portfolio, VertriebskanaDieses Buch zeigt, wie strategisches Vertriebsmanagement in mittelständischen B2B-Märkten systematisch und erfolgreich eingeführt werden kann. Die digitale Transformation erhöht den Anpassungsdruck auf etablierte B2B-Geschäftsmodelle und traditionell geprägte Vertriebsansätze. Die Digitalisierung bietet aber zugleich eine Vielfalt neuer Möglichkeiten für den Vertrieb. Die Autoren stellen

Overview: Submerging Markets is a valuable resource asset to the world academic community, government agencies, global business organizations and anyone interested in the impact of the new financial regulations and reforms implemented after the 2008 crisis, relative to the possible and probable future economic growth rates of the emerging markets (BRICS).978-1-349-34862-6978-1-137-29650-4

Overview: Conceptualizes squatting as an act of contention and explains the political and institutional conditions under which this collective action takes place.Provides a unique overview of the history of squThis book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay. It focuses on the effects of democratization on the mobilization of the poorest as well as on the role played by different types of brokers, from radical Catholic priests to local leaders embedded in political networks. Through a multi-method endeavour that combines ethnography, histo

Overview: One ofthe major drivers in biological research is the establishment ofstructures and functions of the 50,000 or so proteins in our bodies. Each has a characteristic- dimensional structure, highly "ordered" yet "disordered"! This structure is essential for a protein‘s function and, significantly, it must be sustained in the competitive and complex environment of the living cell. It is now being recognised that when a cell loses control, proteins can se- assemble into more complex supermolecular structures such as the amyloid fibres and plaques associated with the pathogenesis of prion

Overview: Unternehmen stehen teilweise vor großen Umbrüchen und Veränderungen, die nachhaltiges Management erfordern. Gewünscht ist eine reibungslose Anpassung an organisationale Veränderungen, während Mitarbeitende Wünsche und Sehnsüchte nach Ruhe, Stabilität und verlässlichen Strukturen hegen. Diese Ambivalenz, an welcher ein Großteil von Veränderungsvorhaben scheitert, wird intensiv beleuchtet. Dieses Buch bietet dahingehend eingangs eine Metaanalyse zu den Ursachen von Herausforderungen in organisationalen Veränderungsprozessen, welche zu Widerständen der vom Wandel betroffenen Mitarbeiten

Overview: 978-94-011-8654-4978-94-011-9446-4

Overview: This book presents models and methods for systems reliability assessment, human reliability analysis and uncertainty management. It includes fourteen contributions which are grouped into three sections. Section 1 deals with basic reliability methods and applications. The papers by Saiz de Bustamante and Perlado introduce the stochastic processes and the Monte Carlo method, respectively. Sanz Fermandez de Cordoba and Gonzales discuss important practical implications of the use of reliability methods. The former refers to the aerospace industry. The latter considers nuclear power plant