This book shows how an encounter with everyday nationhood in the northern United Arab Emirates can make us revisit the classics of sociology as continuous analytical world-views.
The Animal Ethics Reader is an acclaimed anthology containing both classic and contemporary readings, making it ideal for anyone coming to the subject for the first time.
Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) has been promoted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim of combining biodiversity conservation goals with economic development.
Equal rights for women in the workplace is a critical aspect of the twentieth century civil rights movement, as well as an issue of academic and public interest.
This second volume of highly topical two-volume set "e;The Investment Weapon"e; continues to present pioneering research for the purpose of developing a common analytical foundation and framework for the emerging interdisciplinary research field of investment control.
This book presents a comprehensive view of the financial and non-financial consequences of criminal behavior, crime prevention, and society's response to crime.
Each of the jurisdictions within the United Kingdom is constantly refining the operational characteristics of its planning system and while there are some common practices, there are also substantive divergences.
Der elfte Band der vom WEISSEN RING herausgegebenen Reihe "Viktimologie und Opferrechte" untersucht, welche Rechte auf Hilfe und Unterstützung Terroropfer haben.
In der Praxis unternehmensbezogener Strafverfahren hängt die Effektivität der Verteidigung nicht selten davon ab, inwieweit die verschiedenen Betroffenen und deren Verteidiger miteinander kooperieren.
Explores the proliferation of indicators and the resulting transformations in entanglements between social science, markets and politics in public life.
The essays in this volume use football to create a dialogue between history and other disciplines, including art criticism, philosophy, and political science.
This engaging textbook provides a broad and unique coverage of the key historical events that shaped ideas in criminology, criminal justice and policing from the late seventeenth century to the early twenty-first century in England and Wales.
As society struggles to cope with the many repercussions of assisted life and death, the evening news is filled with stories of legal battles over frozen embryos and the possible prosecution of doctors for their patients' suicide.
Behavioural Economics and Terrorism can be used as a guide to help us think about thinking and, in doing so, to appreciate the deep quirkiness of human behaviour.
International developments since the mid-1990s have signalled an awareness of the importance and validity of traditional knowledge and cultural property.
This book examines efforts from the early twentieth century to the present, to increase international cooperation in addressing issues of international migration.
It is not uncommon for practicing physicians to have more than a dozen separate insurance policies to protect their medical practice and personal assets.
Eine Vielzahl von Beispielen aus der Praxis und einprägsame Illustrationen machen in eingängiger Erläuterung vertraut mit den ersten drei Büchern des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches sowie den Grundzügen der Zivilprozessordnung.
Dieses Lehrbuch führt in die Grundlagen der nationalen und internationalen Bilanzierung und Bewertung ein, veranschaulicht die Zusammenhänge zwischen Handels-, Steuer- und IFRS-Bilanzen und erklärt die Änderungen durch das BilMoG.
Objects and Intertexts in Toni Morrison's "e;Beloved"e;: The Case for Reparations is an inspired contribution to the scholarship on one of the most influential American novels and novelists.
First published in 1997, this volume responds to the challenges faced in post-Communist Eastern Europe in the privatization and decollectivisation of agriculture.
Global health diplomacy begins with a recognition that the most effective international health interventions are carried out with sensitivity to historical, political, social, economic, and cultural differences.
Each society that consumes alcohol has its own unique drinking culture, and each society deals with the drunken products of that culture in particular ways.
