Social Science - General

The Mind of the Market: Emotions, Culture, and the Soul of Entrepreneurial SuccessThe Mind of the Market is a vibrant deep-dive into the beating heart of modern entrepreneurship-where emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, and fearless innovation collide to create businesses that don't just survive, but...

The indispensability of radio as efficient and effective means of communication in today's African society is indisputable. However, for this medium to be useful in Africa or Enugu State--Nigeria, it has to be changed from being a means of transmitting to people but also...

Present-day academia often asserts the necessity for interdisciplinary research without asking what exactly is meant by 'interdisciplinarity' in the first place and what it can be precisely. Also, this call for cooperation is made irrespective of specific disciplines and groups of academic professionals. This...

Strategic Justice: Military and ICC's Dance with GeopoliticsIn "Strategic Justice: Military and ICC's Dance with Geopolitics," dive into the intricate and often tumultuous relationship between the military, international justice, and the geopolitical landscape. This book unravels the complex dynamics that shape the International Criminal...

Radical ecology has emerged as a potential point for linkage, or nodal point, of a wide plurality of anti-systemic struggles. Many have long expected that the "nature-society" question will provide the most likely focus for a coalescence of new social movements into a broadened...

This pioneering book provides a new interpretation of the Anglo-American special relationship's fundamental nature, its strengths and weaknesses, and the heart of its operational dynamic. Revealing the powerful influence of cultural affinity, Hendershot explains why no disagreement, however large, has been able to divide...

This book dwells into the construction of new regional identities in post-Soviet Russia. Brought into being by a particular ideological practice, they constitute a particular response to the situation of social dis-identification generated by the dissolution of the USSR and the disappearance of the...

Historical knowing is a force in modern transformations of the world and a means for making the country in the image of the nation. Histories have formed territoriality and development trajectories of the modern day, so the past of its emergence depicts much of...

In the past few decades, an impressive amount of tourism and development literature has emerged under terms such as pro-poor tourism, sustainable tourism, responsible tourism, ethical tourism or ecotourism. Numerous models for analysis and compilations of best practice deal with tourism's poverty reducing impacts...

International migration is affected by the increasing interdependence among countries caused by economic liberalization, income disparity among nations, accessible means of transportation, and growing demographic difference between developed and developing countries, geo-political factors.The focus of the book is immigrants' distribution between the municipalities in...

How do some of the most prominent mediators of our time, including Nobel Peace Prize winner and former US President Jimmy Carter, former Finnish President Marti Ahtisarri, and many US and UN Ambassadors work to prevent and transform conflict? In this book major figures...

The main question of this thesis is whether or not the political success of the American conservative movement is reflected by changes in the political views of the American population between 1972 and 2004. The thesis measures the strength of conservatism in the political...

Recent developments in Iran prove that the Azerbaijan is not only a state, and there are people who live outside of the Azerbaijan Repub-lic and consider themselves Azerbaijani. The debates over the term 'Azeri', a designation which for some scholars is just Iranian origin...

Author: James Van LeeuwenISBN-10: 363904763XISBN-13: 9783639047639Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 09/26/2008Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Reading science fiction was a favourite pastime for many young people in communist Romania, a taste that was not significantly developed before that. While the SF imported from the Soviet Union talked about the best of the possible futures, the communist one, the youth...

The transnational advocacy campaign against the construction of a second oil-transporting pipeline, the Oleoducto de Crudo Pesado, in Ecuador had no discernible impact on the decision of that state to endorse the pipeline project and only a weak influence on the crafting of related...

Author: Natalie PantherISBN-10: 3639005384ISBN-13: 9783639005387Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 04/21/2008Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d

The Hunting Countries of England, Their Facilities, Character, and Requirements - A guide to hunting men. Vol. 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1882. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science,...

The Hidden Hand is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1867. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus...

The contributions explore Muslim religious leadership in multiple forms and settings. While traditional authority is usually correlated with theology and piety, as in the case of classically trained ulema, the public advocacy of Muslim community concerns is often headed by those with professionalized skillsets...

The Spanish nation has been contested almost since its conception in the early nineteenth century, and the Spanish state has therefore been involved in perpetual conflicts between various nationalisms, particularly between different versions of Spanish nationalism as well as between Spanish majority nationalism and...

This Special Issue showcases poets who enhance the breadth of modernist literary practices. The cohering concept is a complex relationship to both gender and modernity through original experiments with language. Leading scholars explore writers who both fit and extend orthodox modernist histories: Marianne Moore,...

Relationships between peace, politics and religion are often controversial, and sometimes problematic. Religion is a core source of identity for billions of people around the world and it is hardly surprising that sometimes it becomes involved in conflicts. At the same time, we can...

The aim of this Special Issue lies in expanding contemporary discussions on Japanese Cinema and its transnational aspects by applying new critical methodologies and stances and in revealing the contradictions inherent in the way the old paradigm of 'National Cinema' has traditionally been articulated....

Domestic devotion has become an increasingly important area of research in recent years, with the publication of a number of significant studies on the early modern period in particular. This Special Issue aims to build on these works and to expand their range, both...

REDD+ represents countries' efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and foster conservation, the sustainable management of forests, and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks. The basic idea is that more carbon can be sequestrated and stocked in tropical forests by improving...

According to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the private sector plays a key role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). After all, sustainable and inclusive economic growth is essential to enable...

The globalization of the world's religions leads to a variety of fusions whereby local elements blend with global religions, leading to hybrid local-global or glocal religious forms. Glocal forms of religion provide a hitherto insufficiently explored research agenda with the potential of further growth...

Volume 1 "Policy Changes and Challenges" takes as its central theme the ongoing and challenging issues which child protection agencies have to address and the policy and practice initiatives that are developed to try and address these. The volume includes papers on: the relationship...

From the 1970s onwards, many towns and cities have experienced deindustrialization processes, while seeing a gradual growth of tertiarization and diversification of services, including cultural ones. With the different, both positive and negative, effects introduced by new cultural interpretations of cities (e.g., culture in...

In this Special Issue, we present a collection of articles that cover the unique opportunities and challenges of parenting in the 21st century. We have identified three themes across the articles: managing stress; support for effective parenting; and emphasis on fostering competence for an...

In recent years, the methodologies of teaching have been in a process of transition. Multiple active methodologies have proliferated, with the aim of changing the concept we have had of teaching so far. These advocate for a student who plays a leading role in...

As Editor-in-Chief of the journal Diabetology, I am pleased to announce the Special Issue "Diabetology: Feature Papers 2021" is now published in book format. Diabetology (ISSN 2673-4540) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific open access journal that provides an advanced forum for studies related to...

This book offers insights on the contributions that Sociology of Education, in a broad sense (encompassing the most diverse formal, non-formal and informal processes of education, instruction, schooling and/or socialization), can provide in the analysis of sustainable development in diverse contexts and publics, respecting...

Digital media have become an indispensable element of a growing number of human practices that depend on these platforms to a great extent. In consequence, they have been configured as central infrastructures in our lives, with the ability to shape society and politics. These...

Today, new technologies bring with them an everchanging panorama, forcing us to constantly update our knowledge. For this reason, quality education is necessary in all areas of knowledge and at all educational levels. The quality of our educational systems and the questions raised by...

The book deals with the potentials and limitations of sustainable tourism and the friction between tourism development and environmental quality, with a series of case studies worldwide: the development of sustainable tourism, sport tourism, e-travel services and e-tourism; environmental and human ecological effects of...

Streets are an integral part of every city on Earth. They channel the people, vehicles, and materials that help make urban life what it is. They are conduits for the oft-taken-for-granted infrastructures that carry fresh water, energy, and information, and that remove excess stormwater...

Some social issues and practices have become dangerous areas for academics to research and write about. 'Academic freedom' is increasingly constrained, not just by long established 'normal' factors (territoriality, power differentials, competition, protectionism), but also by the increased significance of social media and the...

This book is a collection of feature articles published in Risks in 2020. They were all written by experts in their respective fields. In these articles, they all develop and present new aspects and insights that can help us to understand and cope with...

American Crusades: The US and its Global Military HumanitarianismThis compelling exploration delves into the intricate and often controversial history of American military humanitarianism. From the aftermath of World War II to the present day, the United States has repeatedly positioned itself as a global...

This manuscript presents two articles on the African philosophy of Ubuntu and feminisms in African female entrepreneurship from the context of Uganda. Multiple studies have been done on the African philosophy of Ubuntu, however few studies explore the philosophy from an entrepreneurial, gender and...

Organizations can lack soul. There can be such a technical, "outer" language at work that we can lose connection with each other and with meaningful communication. In sharp contrast, we may speak an intimate soul language with close friends which creates intimacy and vulnerability....

ItÕs a dirty little secret the heirs to AlbertaÕs populist legacy donÕt want Canadians to talk about.In 1928 the non-partisan United Farmers of Alberta passed the first Sexual Sterilization Act. The UFAÕs successor, the Social Credit part, led by a radio-evangelist William Aberhart, and...

In these thoughtful essays, Sheema Khan--Canadian hockey mom and Harvard PhD--gives us her pointed insights on being a modern and liberal, yet practising, Muslim, especially in Canada. Tackling a host of issues, such as terrorism and fanaticism, human rights post 9/11, Islamic law, women's...

Leon Marc gives the reader the big picture of Eastern Europe--its political, economic, social and cultural history, the nature of changes there and of the issues at stake in the political and economic transition--while putting the fall of the Berlin Wall and the EU...

What if you could uncover the vital link between breath and the very essence of human life?In this illuminating treatise, Aristotle dives into the biological and philosophical significance of breathing, an act we often take for granted. Adapted for contemporary readers, this work reveals...

Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Finance (APBBEF) is an annual series designed to focus on interdisciplinary research in finance, economics, and management among Pacific Rim countries. All articles published are reviewed and recommended by at least two members of the editorial board....

Throughout the past several years, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives have been a part of a growing phenomenon to address the diverse needs of organizations. However, the act of diversity training and implementation in programs has traditionally been reactive as a result of a...

Advancing technologies are rapidly modifying the current state of business and society causing an expansion of possible career opportunities. In order to stay competitive, institutions of education must provide an emphasis on the wide-range of skills and experiences needed to contribute to a 21st...