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Introducing world religions

"Introducing World Religions" offers an exciting new approach to the study of the world's religions. Taking its inspiration from performance studies and using and innovative dramatic metaphor, it enables students to explore religious ideas and culture in terms of the players (key figures), the ...

Burning books

The Nazi burning of the books in 1933 was one of the most infamous political spectacles of the twentieth century. In Berlin and all over Germany, Nazi officials and students organized elaborate parades and bonfires to mark their embrace of Hitler's new government. Book ...

The erotics of consolation

desire and distance in the Late Middle Ages

The scope of the present volume is to examine the manner in which some of the leading medieval writers in a number of literary genres engaged with the Stoical discourse of consolation. It brings together a very distinguished group of people. This project is clearly ...

1968 in Europe

a history of protest and activism, 1956-1977

This is a concise history of protest and activism during the 1960's and 70's.The fortieth anniversary of 1968 has inspired a profusion of classes and conferences for 2008, making the '60s and European protest movements a very hot topic. Klimke in particular ...

Faith and impiety in revolutionary Mexico

This book combines two unusually important themes - religion and revolution - in the context of Mexico's 1910 Revolution. Above all, it deepens our understanding of religion's importance within the Revolution by stressing the interrelationship between revolutionary and religious ideas and practices. While Mexico's ...

The advertised mind

groundbreaking insights into how our brains respond to advertising

Advertising research organizations have been trying for years to measure the effectiveness of advertising. "The Advertised Mind" draws on the very latest research into the workings of the human brain undertaken by psychologists, neurologists and artificial intelligence specialists. Author Erik du Plessis uses this research ...

World geography of travel and tourism

a regional approach

"World Geography of Travel and Tourism" takes an alternative approach to current tourism geography offerings, which offer a plainly topical approach. The authors have included major themes, models and issues from a topical perspective, and positioned them in a place and regional context. In this ...

La cooperación de los gobiernos locales al desarrollo

XII Seminario sobre gestión pública local

El duodécimo Seminario sobre Gestión Pública Local se dedicó al análisis de la cooperación de los gobiernos locales al desarrollo. En los últimos años, dichos gobiernos han potenciado de manera notable su implicación como agentes de la cooperación, y se percibía la necesidad de reflexionar ...

Using trends and scenarios as tools for strategy development

shaping the future of your enterprise

Is my enterprise really prepared for future business? What can I do to become more competitive? Ulf Pillkahn's book is directed at all of those seeking answers to these questions: executives in strategic positions, business analysts, consultants, trend scouts, marketing and product managers and ...

Educación, ciudadanía y postmodernidad

La postmodernidad no debe ser un momento de la historia carente de valores. La economía, la educación o la política pueden aún zafarse de la deriva absurda en la que navega la sociedad en esta época. Profundizar en el concepto de ciudadanía puede hacer compatibles ...

Environmental Law, policy and economics

reclaiming the environmental agenda

This book traces important legal, economic, and scientific developments in the environmental field through an examination of environmental law cases and commentaries by leading scholars, focusing on pollution prevention and control and emphasizing the evaluation, design, and use of the law to stimulate technological change ...

Managing credit risk

the great challenge for global financial markets

There have been significant developments and changes to the world of credit risk management in recent years. "Managing Credit Risk, Second Edition" will touch upon all these changes, including a new emphasis on actively managing credit risk, the introduction of important regulatory changes, and the ...

Inmigración y Derechos Fundamentales

jurisprudencia, legislación y políticas migratorias en España

Protección laboral y de Seguridad Social de la violencia de género

La reclamada intervención de los ámbitos jurídico-privados en la protección integral de la violencia de género ha tenido como exponente básico la modificación de la disciplina jurídica del trabajo asalariado, así como su protección social, que ha efectuado la Ley Orgánica 1/2004, de 28 ...

América Latina en la encrucijada de la inserción internacional

Un análisis de algunos aspectos derivados de la inserción de América Latina en la economía internacional: el impacto de la globalización, el comercio exterior y las inversiones extranjeras, los movimientos migratorios, el desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías, la promoción del turismo, la utilización del euro ...

Guía práctica sobre la atención a personas en situación de dependencia

La Ley de Dependencia supone un avance fundamental en el proceso de modernización y perfeccionamiento del sistema español de protección social, constituyéndose en un verdadero pilar del Estado de Bienestar. A tal fin pretende contribuir esta obra. Para ello utiliza un lenguaje que intenta ser ...

Marketing myopia

At some point in its development, every industry can be considered a growth industry, based on the apparent superiority of its product. But in case after case, industries have fallen under the shadow of mismanagement. What usually gets emphasized is selling, not marketing. This is ...

High performance with high integrity

"The Memo to the CEO" series offers short, practical books from world- class thinkers on the burning issues at the top of executives' agendas. Authored by the foremost experts in the field and published under the Harvard brand, these books are different from traditional books ...

Total leadership

be a better leader, have a richer life

This book challenges the way we think about both leadership development and ourselves as leaders. Leadership development programs are meant to help people become better leaders at work. But, as author Stew Friedman knows through years of working with thousands of executives, people improve their ...

A splendid exchange

how trade shaped the world

In A Splendid Exchange, William J. Bernstein tells the extraordinary story of global commerce from its prehistoric origins to the myriad controversies surrounding it today He begins in ancient Mesopotamia, where early traders floated barley, copper, and ivory up and down the Tigris and Euphrates ...