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Inside islamic finance : an industry and its culture.

Hunt-Ahmed, Karen.
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(2019)  | 9781440839603 | ABC CLIO Inc. | hbk. | book | 185pp | Availability last checked: 25/2/2019
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The religion of Islam has existed for more than 1,400 years, but the industry of Islamic finance only began in the late 20th century. This insightful work explores the growth of the Islamic finance industry-now a trillion-dollar enterprise-and its role in global finance. The book examines the profitability...

Reviews in Ecological Economics, Volume 1

Costanza, Robert. Kubiszewski, Ida. Limburg, Karin E.
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(2019)  | 9781461414568 | Springer | hbk. | book | 300pp | Availability last checked: 25/2/2019
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The field of ecological economics emerged roughly two decades ago, and is rapidly growing both as a scientific endeavor and as a major guide to policy development.  Since its founding in 1989, the journal Ecological Economics has published 70 volumes containing approximately 3,000 articles.  Articles...

Economic Strategies in Times of Crises: The Builders of the New World

Stoicescu, Marius.
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(2019)  | 9781527519305 | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | hbk. | book | 228pp | Availability last checked: 21/11/2018
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This book is the result of the selection and processing of the ideas underlying historical events. All conflicts are carefully prepared and nobody goes to battle without a well-defined strategy. So-called spontaneous events are planned years before, and nothing is left to chance. Everything is amplified...

How the Recession Changed Contemporary African American Families

Smith-Ruiz, Dorothy.
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(2019)  | 9781440842146 | Praeger Publishers | hbk. | book | 206pp | Availability last checked: 1/2/2019
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Prince George's County, Maryland, features docking stations for Potomac River yachts and a spectacular view of the nation's capital. It is also the richest county in the United States where African Americans live. To show how the 2007-2009 recession changed the lives of black families who had achieved...

Elements of stochastic finance : theory, methods, and computation.

Chronopoulou, Alexandra. Figueroa-Lopez, Jose Enrique. Viens, Frederi G.
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(2019)  | 9789814307369 | World Scientific Publishing Co | hbk. | book | Availability last checked: 1/2/2019
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This comprehensive course on financial mathematics is aimed at beginning graduate students in any field with a good quantitative background, and is appropriate for advanced undergraduates in mathematics and statistics. It is also invaluable as a reference for practitioners in financial engineering....

Globalization, technology and issues of labour market in asia and singapore.

Thangavelu.
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(2019)  | 9789814289207 | World Scientific Publishing Co | hbk. | book | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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This book studies the impact of globalization and technological changes in the labor market in Asia, with particular reference to Singapore. It covers issues related to labor market matching, employment linkages between manufacturing and services, impact of technological changes on labor demand, aging...

Landside accessibility of airports : analysis, modelling, planning, and design.

Janić, Milan.
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(2019)  | 9783319761497 | Springer | hbk. | book | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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This book covers the analysis, modelling, planning, and design of airport landside access modes and their systems. It elaborates on the issues and related problems of airport landside accessibility in an innovative, comprehensive and systematic way. In addition to the general concept of accessibility,...

Columbine, 20 Years Later and Beyond: Lessons from Tragedy

Muschert, Glenn. Schildkraut, Jaclyn.
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(2019)  | 9781440862526 | Praeger Publishers | hbk. | book | 235pp | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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Exhausted Globalisation: Between the Transatlantic Orientation and the Chinese Way

Diermeier, Matthias. Goecke, Henry. HĂźther, Michael.
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(2019)  | 9781527516298 | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | hbk. | book | 278pp | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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Today, the concept of globalisation seems exhausted. Protectionists are on the rise and the dynamic expansion of global trade has come to a halt. With regards to migration, Western politicians seem more inclined to rebuild fences than to open up borders, especially after the refugee influx into Europe....

E-merging for E-Government: Citizen Orientation, Policy Making, Local Governance and ICT Use

Balc?, As?m. Dalbay, Ozkan. Durmus Medeni, Tunc. Tolga Medeni, ?hsan.
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(2019)  | 9781527516304 | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | hbk. | book | 165pp | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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In Turkey, the Information Society Strategy and Action Plans I (2006-2010) and II (2015-2018) prepared by the Ministry of Development pave the way for a knowledge-based and ICT-supported knowledge society. To increase awareness in the society, a series of conferences were organized between 2009 and...

Emerging Challenges in Mergers and Acquisitions

Choudhary, Aishwarya. Malik, Deeksha.
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(2019)  | 9781527516328 | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | hbk. | book | 110pp | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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Mergers and acquisitions have gained a significant position in the corporate landscape in India. While this is so, the law relating to this field is still at its nascent stage, facing several emerging challenges. This collection of papers, selected pursuant to the NLIU Trilegal Summit on Mergers and...

A Critique of Anti-Dumping Laws

Hasan Khan, Owais.
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(2019)  | 9781527516335 | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | hbk. | book | 120pp | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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This book presents a critical analysis of anti-dumping laws enforced by the World Trade Organisation. Anti-dumping laws are the most debatable provisions of the WTO, which, though legally permitted, have a significant distorting effect on trade. They are also often used as a non-tariff barrier to trade...

Young Scholars' Developments in Philology: Cultures in Discourse

Lobina, Yulia.
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(2019)  | 9781527516373 | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | hbk. | book | 153pp | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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Culture as a way of bringing meaning into life is maintained through discourse. In search of factors influencing discourse effectiveness, this volume brings together young scholars from Russia, France, Pakistan, Slovakia and Lebanon to focus on variation as an essential feature of meaning producing...

India as a Model for Global Development

Masaeli, Mahmoud. Prabhakar, Monica.
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(2019)  | 9781527516588 | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | hbk. | book | 220pp | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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India is an emerging market economy, and has been more successful than most other emerging economies. Key to this success are India’s ancient legacy of consensus democracy, non-violence, multi-culturality, tolerance, secularism, and the practical simplicity of economic life inspired by Mahatma Gandhi....

Politics of Conflict and Cooperation in Eurasia

Dag, Rahman. Tabak, Husrev. Tufekci, Ozgur.
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(2019)  | 9781527516700 | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | hbk. | book | 220pp | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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This volume studies the contemporary dynamics of conflict and cooperation within Eurasia with reference to interdependencies, partnerships and contestations on regional security, energy, democratic transition, and trade. Its key concern, in a broader sense, is, therefore, to understand the various outcomes...

Medical Education in Western India: Grant Medical College and Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy’s Hospital

Pandya, Sunil.
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(2019)  | 9781527518056 | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | hbk. | book | 575pp | Availability last checked: 1/1/2019
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“Medical knowledge is not communicable to the natives of this country.” With these words, James McAdam, Secretary of the Medical Board of Bombay, sounded the death-knell in 1832 of the pioneering medical school set up in Bombay by Governor Mountstuart Elphinstone.

Sir Robert Grant, appointed Governor...

Interaktive Lehre des Ingenieursstudiums: Technische Inhalte handlungsorientiert unterrichten

Sorko, Sabrina.
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(2019)  | 9783662562239 | Springer | hbk. | 1,  | book | 293pp | Availability last checked: 31/1/2019
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Überdurchschnittlich viele Studierende in den ingenieurswissenschaftlichen Fächern brechen ihr Studium ab, am Arbeitsmarkt sind Ingenieure dagegen Mangelware. Umso lohnender ist da die Investition in eine zeitgemäße Didaktik. Unter der Berücksichtigung der zunehmenden Komplexität durch die Digitalisierung...

Positioning the self and others : linguistic perspectives.

Beeching, Kate. Ghezzi, Chiara. Molinelli, Piera.
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(2018)  | 9789027201126 | John Benjamins Publishing Co | hbk. | book | 316pp | Availability last checked: 6/9/2018
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Contemporary Security Issues in Africa

Taylor, William.
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(2018)  | 9781440851902 | Praeger Publishers | hbk. | book | 245pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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Elementary Educator's Guide to Primary Sources: Strategies for Teaching

Bober, Tom.
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(2018)  | 9781440863868 | Libraries Unlimited | pbk. | book | 170pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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Using Technology to Support High-Impact Educational Practice

Ivers, Karen.
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(2018)  | 9781440867019 | Libraries Unlimited | pbk. | book | 140pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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The #MeToo Movement

Hillstrom, Laurie.
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(2018)  | 9781440867491 | ABC CLIO Inc. | hbk. | book | 136pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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Disability in American Life [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Policies, and Controversies

Gill, Carol. Gould, Robert. Harris, Sarah. Heller, Tamar.
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(2018)  | 9781440834226 | ABC CLIO Inc. | hbk. | book | 840pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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The Factory: A Social History of Work and Technology

Marsh, Allison.
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(2018)  | 9781440853326 | Greenwood Publishing | hbk. | book | 180pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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Documents of American Indian Removal

Martinez, Donna.
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(2018)  | 9781440854194 | ABC CLIO Inc. | hbk. | book | 385pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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A State-by-State History of Race and Racism in the United States [2 volumes]

Reid-Merritt, Patricia.
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(2018)  | 9781440856006 | Greenwood Publishing | hbk. | book | 921pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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The Youth Unemployment Crisis: A Reference Handbook

Villegas, Christina.
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(2018)  | 9781440859748 | ABC CLIO Inc. | hbk. | book | 350pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse

Horan, Geraldine. Kranert, Michael.
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(2018)  | 9789027201935 | John Benjamins Publishing Co | hbk. | book | 416pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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Handbook of Pragmatics. 21st annual installment.

Östman, Jan-Ola. Verschueren, Jef.
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(2018)  | 9789027263087 | John Benjamins Publishing Co | hbk. | book | 300pp | Availability last checked: 17/1/2019
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This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is acontinuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyoneinterested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access— for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent interestsin...

The Rise of Right-Populism: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and Australian Politics

Grant, Bligh. Moore, Tod. Lynch, Tony.
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(2018)  | 9789811326691 | Springer | pbk. | book | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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This book is framed by four over-arching narratives of inquiry. While all four are firmly anchored in Australia’s political milieu – and as such are of considerable interest to a range of actors therein (scholars and students, the media, the political class) – they will also be of interest to a global...

Degrowth in the suburbs : a radical urban imagery.

Alexander, Samuel. Gleeson, Brendan.
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(2018)  | 9789811321306 | Springer | pbk. | book | Availability last checked: 29/1/2019
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This book addresses a central dilemma of the urban age: how to make the vast suburban landscapes that ring the globe safe and sustainable in the face of planetary ecological crisis.  The authors argue that degrowth, a planned contraction of economic overshoot, is the only feasible principle for...

Regulatory policy in Slovenia.

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(2018)  | 9789264291683 | OECD | pbk. | book | 135pp
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Normative readings of the belt and road initiative : road to new paradigms.

Shan. Nuotio. Zhang.
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(2018)  | 9783319780177 | Springer | hbk. | book
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This timely book offers revealing insights into the changing role of China in world governance as exemplified by the Silk Road Initiative, the People’s Republic’s first published major initiative for external affairs. Focusing on various aspects of the Silk Road Initiative, particularly those that are...

The Economic Valuation of Green Electricity: "

Bigerna, Simon. Bigerna, Simona.
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(2018)  | 9789402415728 | Springer | pbk. | 1,  | book | 101pp | Availability last checked: 7/2/2019
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The aim of this book is to analyze the relationship between renewable energy sources and citizens, focusing both on demand and supply. Today, the consequences regarding the use of fossil energy are seen from a different perspective because the issues related to climate change are evident worldwide....

Energie, Entropie, Kreativität: Was das Wirtschaftswachstum treibt und bremst

KĂźmmel, Reiner.
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(2018)  | 9783662578575 | Springer | pbk. | 1,  | book | 231pp | Availability last checked: 31/1/2019
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Dieses Buch hilft dabei, die Bedeutung der Thermodynamik fßr Wirtschaft, Umwelt und Gesellschaft zu verstehen. Es plädiert fßr die Integration der ersten beiden Hauptsätze der Thermodynamik in die LehrbuchÜkonomie. Dabei fßhren systemische Gemeinsamkeiten in der Thermodynamik und in der Theorie des...

Transnational, European, and National Labour Relations

Bodiroga-Vukobrat, Nada. Sander, Gerald. Tomljenovic, Vesna.
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(2018)  | 9783319022185 | Springer | hbk. | book | 250pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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This book employs an innovative approach to explore the topic of flexicurity and related changes in the working world, the importance of which for the overall economic and social development is gradually being recognised. It focuses on the changing nature of work and its impact on EU law and national...

Peacebuilding and Sustainable Human Development: A Case Study from the Bangsamore Region, Philippines

Abubakar, Ayesah.
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(2018)  | 9783319533865 | Springer | pbk. | book | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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This book presents the protracted right to self-determination conflict between the Philippine state and the Bangsamoro group in Mindanao, Philippines. In the five decades of attempts to achieve peace, a key element is the Bangsamoros’ search for a kind of development that is compatible with their aspirations...

Stoffliche Nutzung von Braunkohle: "

Krzack, Steffen.
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(2018)  | 9783662462508 | Springer | hbk. | 1,  | book | 842pp | Availability last checked: 22/12/2018
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Das Fachbuch beschäftigt sich mit Braunkohle als einheimischer Energierohstoff mit hohem Nutzungspotential für die chemische Industrie, die Metallurgie und andere Wirtschaftszweige. Der komplexe Aufbau dieses Naturprodukts ist einerseits eine große Herausforderung für dessen Verarbeitung, erlaubt andererseits...

Die humanoide herausforderung : leben und existenz in einer anthropozänen zukunft.

KĂźppers, E. W. Udo.
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(2018)  | 9783658179199 | Springer | hbk. | book | xviii, 464pp
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Cui bono? – Wem nutzt die Entwicklung humanoider Maschinen oder Automaten? Dieses Buch erörtert die Details dieses Spannungsfelds und die Herausforderung gesellschaftlicher Weiterentwicklung. Als technisch-elektronische Handhabungsgeräte können sie den Menschen zuträglich sein, sie von körperlich belastenden...

Teaching economic inequality and capitalism in contemporary america.

Haltinner, Kristin. Hormel, Leontina.
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(2018)  | 9783319711409 | Springer | hbk. | book | vii, 380pp
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Part I: Making the Personal Political: The Stories of Capitalism.-Chapter 1. ‘Teaching Naked’ in Late Capitalism: Personal Narratives and Classroom Self-Disclosure as Pedagogical Tools.-Chapter 2. Untold Stories: Bringing Class into the Classroom.-Chapter 3. ‘Self-Made’ Success on the Private Dole:...

Online hate speech in the european union : a discourse-analytic perspective.

Assimakopoulos, Stavros. Baider, Fabienne H. Millar, Sharon.
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(2018)  | 9783319726038 | Springer | pbk. | book | viii, 90pp
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Background.- 1.1 Hate speech in the EU and C.O.N.T.A.C.T. Fabienne H. Baider, Stavros Assimakopoulos and Sharon Millar.- 1.2 Regulating hate speech in the EU Natalie Alkiviadou.- 1.3 Hate speech in the online setting CĂŠsar Arroyo LĂłpez and Roberto Moreno LĂłpez.- 1.4 The C.O.N.T.A.C.T....

Elektromobilität: Grundlagen einer Zukunftstechnologie

Kampker, Achim.
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(2018)  | 9783662531365 | Springer | hbk. | 2,  | book | 406pp | Availability last checked: 7/2/2019
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Die Automobilindustrie befindet sich in einem tiefgreifenden Wandel. Mit der Elektromobilität verändern sich bisherige Fahrzeug- und Antriebskonzepte grundlegend – und damit auch der gesamte Wertschöpfungsprozess. Das Buch liefert einen umfassenden Überblick über die Herausforderungen und die Lösungen...

Guided Inquiry Goes Global: Evidence-Based Practice in Action

Fitzgerald, Lee.
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(2018)  | 9781610696692 | Libraries Unlimited | pbk. | book | 140pp | Availability last checked: 2/12/2018
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Across the world's education systems, many schools are moving to inquiry learning. However, making inquiry learning work requires effective collaboration in schools and resolving the conflict between teaching 21st-century skills while also adhering to content-heavy syllabuses and meeting accountability...

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Animals and Tourism: Understanding Diverse Relationships

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(2015)  | 9781845415037 | Channel View Publications | pbk. | book | 328pp
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This book critically examines the many ways in which tourism and animalsintersect, whether as tourist attractions, wildlife conservation tools, astravel companions or as meat to be eaten. It aims to make a meaningfulcontribution to the growing body of knowledge concerning the relationshipsbetween animals,...

VFR Travel Research: International Perspectives

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(2015)  | 9781845415181 | Channel View Publications | hbk. | book | 240pp
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This is the first book to explore research on visiting friends and relatives(VFR). In many countries VFR is the largest single travel-related market and forsome regional economies accounts for over half of all tourism flows. Inassembling an international collection of quality VFR-related research theeditors...

The Future of Food Tourism: Foodies, Experiences, Exclusivity, Visions and Political Capital

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(2015)  | 9781845415389 | Channel View Publications | hbk. | book | 304pp
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This book presents a systematic and pattern-based explanation of food tourism,focusing on how and why change could occur and what the implications could be.In the future will food tourism involve food grown in the laboratory or a moreauthentic experience associated with place and history? The book’s...

Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language: An Australian Perspective

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(2015)  | 9781783094288 | Channel View Publications | hbk. | book | 200pp
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This book explores the fascinating topic of heritage language learning, lookingin particular at Chinese Australians’ learning of Chinese. The author studiesthe investment, challenges and benefits of heritage language learning acrossvaried contexts including school, work, home and in the community....

Tourism Research in China: Themes and Issues

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(2015)  | 9781845415471 | Channel View Publications | hbk. | book | 168pp
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This book provides critical in-depth reviews on key themes and issues in tourismresearch in China. These themes include: Chinese scholars’ epistemologicalviews of tourism, rural tourism development, community participation in tourism,tourist market and behaviour, tourist attraction management and...

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Degrowth in the suburbs : a radical urban imagery.

Alexander, Samuel. Gleeson, Brendan.
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(2018)  | 9789811321306 | Springer | pbk. | book | Availability last checked: 29/1/2019
AUD 164.95 (inc. GST), AUD 149.95 (ex. GST),
This book addresses a central dilemma of the urban age: how to make the vast suburban landscapes that ring the globe safe and sustainable in the face of planetary ecological crisis.  The authors argue that degrowth, a planned contraction of economic overshoot, is the only feasible principle for...

Regulatory policy in Slovenia.

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(2018)  | 9789264291683 | OECD | pbk. | book | 135pp
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Positioning the self and others : linguistic perspectives.

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Handbook of Pragmatics. 21st annual installment.

Östman, Jan-Ola. Verschueren, Jef.
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(2018)  | 9789027263087 | John Benjamins Publishing Co | hbk. | book | 300pp | Availability last checked: 17/1/2019
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This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is acontinuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyoneinterested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access— for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent interestsin...

 

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