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Ob Pippi Langstrumpf, Tom Sawyer oder Emils Detektive, schulschwänzende Kinder und Jugendliche sind in der klassischen Literatur oft Abenteurer, die durch ihre Taten und Erlebnisse den Leser zum Schmunzeln bringen. Was im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert noch humoristisch beschrieben wurde, hat Anfang des 21. Jahrhunderts einen anderen Tenor. Schulschwänzen wird zum Medienere- nis. So schreibt der Kölner Stadtanzeiger „Alles ging den Bach runter – Kinder schwänzen zunehmend die Schule“ (Ksta 15. 07. 2002), die Süddeutsche Zeitung titelt „Schulsport Blaumachen“ (Süddeutsche Zeitung 15. 02. 2000), und dem WDR zufolge liegt das „Schwänzen im Trend“ (WDR 22. 02. 2002), Spiegel Online betont „Schwänzer sind Störenfriede“ (Spiegel 22. 02. 2002) und der Fokus warnt „Schulschwänzer riskieren Lehrstelle“ (Fokus 13. 05. 2007). Trotz der Tatsache, dass in vielen Medienberichten von einer Zunahme des Sch- schwänzens berichtet wird, ist unklar, ob diese Aussage zutrifft oder nicht, denn letztlich fehlen repräsentative Daten, die eine solche Darstellung zulassen w- den. Auch die relativ abgesicherten Kenntnisse über eine Zunahme der Anz- gen und Bußgeldbescheide (Bundesministerien des Innern und der Justiz 2001: 1 557 oder Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf 2001) sagen nichts über die Entwicklung des Schulschwänzens aus, da auch angenommen werden kann, dass sich nur das Anzeigenverhalten verändert hat, nicht aber das eigentliche Schwänzen. Ferner hängt die Zahl der Bußgeldbescheide auch von behördeninternen Regelungen ab, die sich auf die Meldepraxis der Schulen auswirken können, ohne dass sich die Verbreitung des Schulschwänzens verändert haben muss.

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This volume constitutes the first critical edition and translation into any modern language of a dānanibandha, a classical Hindu legal digest devoted to the culturally and religiously important topic of gifting. Specifically, it is a critical edition—based upon all identifiable manuscripts—and complete, annotated translation of the Dānakānda (“Book on Gifting”), the fifth section of the encyclopedic Krtyakalpataru (c. 1114–1154) of Laksmīdhara and the earliest extant dānanibandha. David Brick has included an extensive historical introduction to the text and its subject matter.

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If you want to know your Socrates from your Sartre and your Confucius from your Kant, strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of philosophy. Philosophy is a quest for wisdom and knowledge; philosophia in Ancient Greek literally means “love of wisdom”. The aim of philosophy is to ask and explore life’s big questions to help us work out what we can know and how we can live a good life. Today, in a world of fake news, embarking on a quest for truth couldn’t be more important. This pocket-sized introduction to important philosophers and key philosophical ideas includes accessible primers on: The early Greek philosophers and the “big three”: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle Key schools of philosophy from around the world – from ancient philosophy right up to the present day – and their impact on modern life Insights into the main questions philosophers have explored over the years: Who am I? What is the meaning of life? Do I have free will? Practical applications for the theories of Descartes, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Marx, Nietzsche and many more. This illuminating little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes and theories you need to know to understand how human ideas have sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today. A perfect gift for anyone taking their first steps into the world of philosophy, as well as for those who want to brush up their knowledge.

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Veronika Surau-Ott entwickelt aus einem phänomenologisch geklärten Begriff religiöser Erfahrung eine Theorie performativer Glaubensakte und prüft sie am Modell des Gottesdienstes. Sie nimmt ihren Ausgang von einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem immer noch dominanten hermeneutischen Paradigma der systematischen Theologie. Der Rückgriff auf Edmund Husserls Erfahrungsphänomenologie und seine glaubensphilosophischen Spätschriften verdeutlicht den phänomenologischen Aspekt des Erlebens als Erfahrung. Richard Hönigswalds in eine diskursive Theorie von Gegenständlichkeit eingebettete Glaubensphilosophie macht den Begriff des sprachlichen wie nicht-sprachlichen Vollzugs für eine Theorie der Glaubensakte fruchtbar. Die systematische Verbindung aus phänomenologischer Erkenntnistheorie und diskursiver Performativität verdeutlicht, wie das, was sich von sich selbst her zeigt, performativ konstituiert und diskursiv repräsentiert wird.

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Theorizing Colonial Cinema is a millennial retrospective on the entangled intimacy between film and colonialism from film's global inception to contemporary legacies in and of Asia. The volume engages new perspectives by asking how prior discussions on film form, theory, history, and ideology may be challenged by centering the colonial question rather than relegating it to the periphery. To that end, contributors begin by excavating little-known archives and perspectives from the colonies as a departure from a prevailing focus on Europe's imperial histories and archives about the colonies. The collection pinpoints various forms of devaluation and misrecognition both in and beyond the region that continue to relegate local voices to the margins. This pathbreaking study on global film history advances prior scholarship by bringing together an array of established and new interdisciplinary voices from film studies, Asian studies, and postcolonial studies to consider how the present is continually haunted by the colonial past.

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To some, science is simply a means to an end; to others it is an almost spiritual meditation on theoriesand formulae.The Curious World of Science embraces both views and much more besides. Focusing on the human endeavours at the heart of science, it presents a miscellany of essential classifications, intriguing biographies, amusing curiosities, and irresistible trivia. Bite-size morsels of text explore the worlds of physics, chemistry, biology, and maths, while also venturing into those magical areas where science meets art.This illustrated edition is brimming with graphics and illustrations, and includes a system of icons to signpost different paths through the miscellany. From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, it offers a dizzying flight through the wonderfully human world of scientific knowledge.

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The field of regional development is subject to an ever-increasing multiplicity of concepts and theories seeking to explain uneven competitiveness. In particular, economic geographers and spatial economists have rapidly developed the theoretical tools by which to approach such analyses. The aim of this Handbook is to take stock of regional competitiveness and complementary concepts as a means of presenting a state-of-the-art discussion of the advanced theories, perspectives and empirical explanations that help make sense of the determinants of uneven development across regions. Drawing on an international field of leading scholars, the book is assembled and organized so that readers can first learn of the theoretical underpinnings of regional competitiveness and development theory, before moving on to deeper discussions of key factors and principal elements, the emergence of allied concepts, empirical applications, and the policy context. International in its scope, including global empirical analysis, the book is a definitive resource in terms of providing access to some of the seminal research and thinking on regional competitiveness. This contemporary Handbook is an ideal reference for students and academics in the fields of economic geography and spatial economics. It will also appeal to policymakers and other stakeholders involved in regional economic development.Contributors include: K. Aiginger, P. Annoni, M.J. Aranguren, D. Audretsch, P.-A. Balland, R. Boschma, R. Camagni, R. Cellini, J. Crespo, P. Di Caro, L. Dijkstra, J. Fagerberg, M. Firgo, U. Fratesi, R. Harris, R. Huggins, J. Jansson, C. Ketels, I. Lengyel, E. Magro, E.J. Malecki, A. Mamtora, R. Martin, P. McCann, H. Menendez, P. Ni, R. Ortega-Argilés, I. Periáñez, A. Richardson, A. Rodríguez-Pose, L. Saez, J. Shen, M. Srholec, M. Storper, P. Sunley, M. Thissen, P. Thompson, G. Torrisi, I. Turok, F. van Oort, Y. Wang, A. Waxell, C. Wilkie, J.R. Wilson

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Given the growing importance of Eastern European countries in the development of the EU, there is an urgent need to reconstruct the recent dynamic developments in women's work and care in these societies, and the socio-political determinants thereof. Considering their specific cultural, economic and historical development, it can be assumed that the trends and determinants of women's labour market trajectories in CEE countries differ significantly from those in the other European countries that have frequently made up the basis for established theories in social and labour market research. This being the case, can 'standard' theoretical approaches, mostly modelled on evidence from Western Europe, be transferred to the analysis of Eastern European countries? This edited collection scrutinises pivotal aspects of women's careers in Eastern Europe, providing a detailed overview of trends and determinants of women's employment in Eastern Europe, and reflecting critically on theoretical approaches in social and labour market research.

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Wie kaum ein Zweiter hat Wolfgang Schluchter in seinem Grundlagenwerk Klassikerinterpretation mit Theoriebildung verknüpft. Was heißt "Theoriegeschichte in systematischer Absicht"? Wie sehen die Konturen dieses Forschungsprogramms aus? Welche Vorzüge, aber gegebenenfalls auch Grenzen weist dieses Programm auf? Das sind die zentralen Fragen, die im vorliegenden Band von namhaften Soziologen und Sozialtheoretikern diskutiert werden. Von der Auseinandersetzung mit den Klassikern der Gesellschaftstheorie wie Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim oder Niklas Luhmann führt diese Diskussion zur Frage nach der Bedeutung von historisch informierter, systematischer Theoriebildung in der Soziologie heute. Wie ist sie angesichts des heutigen vielfältigen Theorieangebots noch möglich? Mit einem Beitrag von Wolfgang Schluchter, in dem er eine mögliche Fortschreibung seiner Grundlegungen der Soziologie skizziert.

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Since its incorporation into the Japanese nation-state in 1879, Okinawa has been seen by both Okinawans and Japanese as an exotic “South,” both spatially and temporally distinct from modern Japan. In The Limits of Okinawa, Wendy Matsumura traces the emergence of this sense of Okinawan difference, showing how local and mainland capitalists, intellectuals, and politicians attempted to resolve clashes with labor by appealing to the idea of a unified Okinawan community. Their numerous confrontations with small producers and cultivators who refused to be exploited for the sake of this ideal produced and reproduced “Okinawa” as an organic, transhistorical entity. Informed by recent Marxist attempts to expand the understanding of the capitalist mode of production to include the production of subjectivity, Matsumura provides a new understanding of Okinawa's place in Japanese and world history, and it establishes a new locus for considering the relationships between empire, capital, nation, and identity.

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Many aspiring artists want to draw a portrait of their best friend-especially where their pal has four paws and fur! This newest addition to the Drawing Made Easy series pairs our best-selling medium with the wildly popular subject of dogs and puppies. Unlike similar titles on the market, this book doesn't simply provide a collection of dogs for artists to re-create exactly. Instead, the book focuses on techniques specific to drawing accurate depictions of dogs and puppies-from creating a variety of fur types and features to achieving accurate proportions-so that artists can use the knowledge to render their own canine portraits. The book also includes a series of easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects showcasing a range of dog breeds, poses and props. This allows artists to practice their developing skills, guiding them from simple sketches through the study of various techniques to polished renderings.

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Persuasively arguing for the inclusion of overlooked female figures whilst simultaneously bridging feminist theory and critical historiography, Historical Female Management Theorists features four literary non-fiction, fictitious conversations with historic female proto-management theorists from Canada and the United States: Frances Perkins (1880-1965), Hallie Flanagan (1890-1969), Madeleine Parent (1918-2012), and Viola Desmond (1914-1965). These women have been noted for their contributions in various fields, however their accomplishments and lessons have largely been overlooked by management and organizational history. A variety of archival, biographical and media sources are combined with Williams’s own sense-making and learnings to stitch together a believable, but fictional encounter, introducing a method for feminist historical inquiry – ficto-feminism. A blend of auto-ethnography, collective biography and fictocriticism, this new method explores mechanisms to enact personal agency in subject and writer, featuring a novel narrative, storytelling style inspired by fictional writing. Historical Female Management Theorists is essential reading for both feminist scholars and management historians.

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This is the first comprehensive text on the history of color theories since Halbertsma's book of 1947. Color is discussed in close connection with the evolution of ideas of light and vision. The book has chapters on the ancient Greek ideas of vision and color; on the contributions of Arabic science; on the Scientific Revolution from Kepler to Newton; on the early history of the three-color hypothesis; on the trichromatic theory and defective color vision; and on Goethe's, Schopenhauer's and Hering's theories. New understanding of the structure and functions of the retina and the brain finally results in the modern science of color vision. A History of Color has been written for ophthalmologists, optometrists and others who are interested in visual science and its history. The book requires no specialized knowledge.

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Examine the work of five groundbreaking education theorists-John Dewey, Maria Montessori, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotsky-in relation to early childhood. Theories of Childhood, Spanish Edition, provides a basic introduction to each theorist and explains the relationship of theory to practice and its impact on real children, teachers, and classrooms. This edition reflects current academic learning standards and includes new understandings of Vygotsky's work. It is a popular guide to help you be aware of the theories behind good child care practices. It is also a widely-used text in undergraduate programs, community college courses, and training workshops that focus on early development and education.

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Las ciencias sociales cubren un amplio campo, y los siete enfoques que presenta este libro introductorio son significativos para la Sociología, Política, Economía, Derecho, Psicología e Historia. La preocupación del autor es clarificar la estructura lógica, suposiciones metodológicas, e implicaciones prácticas de las diferentes teorías expuestas. El orden cronológico de la presentación ilustra el desarrollo de las teorías y el modo en que son afectadas por el cambio social. Contra la perspectiva histórica de la teoría del hombre de Aristóteles, la teoría egoísta de Hobbes, y la idea del sistema social de Adam Smith, se establecen los modernos gigantes: Marx y la teoría de la acción social de Weber. Finalmente, Alfred Schutz sirve de puente a desarrollos recientes como la Etnometodología. Los últimos capítulos consideran algunos de los problemas filosóficos que subyacen a las principales diferencias que existen entre los siete tipos de teoría social. En esta misma colección, el libro de

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Der Lehrer, der eines Tages keinen Schritt mehr in die Schule setzen kann, die Managerin, die sich morgens schon geschafft wie nach einem 12-Stunden-Tag fühlt, der Krankenpfleger, der nur noch zynisch über seine Patienten spricht – sie alle könnten unter Burnout leiden. Burnout ist ein Phänomen, das in jedem Beruf und in beinahe jeder Lebenslage auftreten kann: bei Lehrern und Pflegepersonal, bei Künstlern und Entwicklungshelfern, aber auch bei Ingenieuren und Professorinnen. Und die ersten Stadien haben fast alle schon einmal erlebt.Burisch hat als Experte für die Thematik eine umfassende Theorie des Burnout-Syndroms entwickelt, die er auf sehr lebendige und mit Fallbeispielen veranschaulichte Weise darstellt. Dabei spricht er sowohl Fachleute als auch Betroffene an – trotz hohen theoretischen Niveaus verliert er nie den Bezug zu Alltagserfahrungen aus dem Auge.Geschrieben für Betroffene und Interessierte, klinische Psychologen, psychologische und ärztliche Psychotherapeuten, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologen, Mitarbeiter in Beratungsstellen.

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Die Bundesregierung steht an der Spitze einer hierarchisch organisierten Verwaltungsbürokratie. Trotzdem muss ihre Funktion von der Verwaltung unterschieden werden. Mathias Honer zeigt, dass das Grundgesetz der Bundesregierung eine eigenständige Funktion im Verfassungssystem zuweist. Er beleuchtet, welchen spezifischen funktionellen Beitrag die Bundesregierung aufgrund ihrer institutionellen Entscheidungsbedingungen für die gewaltengeteilte Rechtserzeugung erbringt. Zusammengefasst zu einer grundgesetzlichen "Theorie der Regierung" überträgt er diese Erkenntnisse auf konkrete rechtsdogmatische Probleme. Neben Fragestellungen im Verhältnis von Regierung, Parlament und Verwaltung eröffnet sich hierfür insbesondere ein aktuelles Anwendungsfeld in Gestalt der Regierungskommunikation. Der verfassungsrechtlichen Untersuchung gehen methodische Überlegungen voraus, die die Ermittlung und Anwendung einer "Theorie der Regierung" leiten.

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Since its incorporation into the Japanese nation-state in 1879, Okinawa has been seen by both Okinawans and Japanese as an exotic “South,” both spatially and temporally distinct from modern Japan. In The Limits of Okinawa, Wendy Matsumura traces the emergence of this sense of Okinawan difference, showing how local and mainland capitalists, intellectuals, and politicians attempted to resolve clashes with labor by appealing to the idea of a unified Okinawan community. Their numerous confrontations with small producers and cultivators who refused to be exploited for the sake of this ideal produced and reproduced “Okinawa” as an organic, transhistorical entity. Informed by recent Marxist attempts to expand the understanding of the capitalist mode of production to include the production of subjectivity, Matsumura provides a new understanding of Okinawa's place in Japanese and world history, and it establishes a new locus for considering the relationships between empire, capital, nation, and identity.

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Have you ever puzzled over the causes of the 2007–8 financial crisis and wondered how it will affect all our futures? If so, this book is for you. Using imagined dialogue between three economists with contrasting theoretical perspectives and a student who knows little about economics, different interpretations are compared in straightforward, jargon-free language. The book explores both the consequences of neoliberal economic policies based on the belief in efficient, self-regulating markets and the implications of alternative economic visions formulated in response to the Great Recession. In all, nine dialogues are presented, each of which focuses on a key theme: increasing inequality, the failure of economists to predict the crash, the reasons for fiscal austerity, the rolling back of the welfare state, the roles of the state and the market, the repercussions of the German trade surplus and the Eurozone crisis, policies to confront the crisis, environmental degradation, and the need for an industrial policy appropriate to the present day. The book will be ideal for both general readers and those embarking on the study of economics.

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The International Working Men's Association, now called the First International, was the first successful attempt to organize labor on local, national, and international levels. It emerged after the great outpouring of socialist ideology, primarily French, prior to the 1860s and before the rooting of labor unions and socialist parties in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The First International in France is designed to serve as a history of the First International in France, as well as serve as a basic reference for those whose interest or research touches on the International. When used in conjunction with key texts by Roger Morgan, Henry Collins, and Max Nettlau, it will be useful in producing a much-needed synthesis of the International as a whole.

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This two-volume set of LNCS 13393 and LNCS 13394 constitutes - in conjunction with the volume LNAI 13395 - the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2022, held in Xi'an, China, in August 2022. The 209 full papers of the three proceedings volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 449 submissions.This year, the conference concentrated mainly on the theories and methodologies as well as the emerging applications of intelligent computing. Its aim was to unify the picture of contemporary intelligent computing techniques as an integral concept that highlights the trends in advanced computational intelligence and bridges theoretical research with applications. Therefore, the theme for this conference was “Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications”. Papers focused on this theme were solicited, addressing theories, methodologies, and applications in science and technology.

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The widely recognized “Dreamer narrative” celebrates the educational and economic achievements of undocumented youth to justify a path to citizenship. While a well-intentioned, strategic tactic to garner political support of undocumented youth, it has promoted the idea that access to citizenship and rights should be granted only to a select group of “deserving” immigrants. The contributors to We Are Not Dreamers—themselves currently or formerly undocumented—poignantly counter the Dreamer narrative by grappling with the nuances of undocumented life in this country. Theorizing those excluded from the Dreamer category—academically struggling students, transgender activists, and queer undocumented parents—the contributors call for an expansive articulation of immigrant rights and justice that recognizes the full humanity of undocumented immigrants while granting full and unconditional rights. Illuminating how various institutions reproduce and benefit from exclusionary narratives, this volume articulates the dangers of the Dreamer narrative and envisions a different way forward. Contributors. Leisy J. Abrego, Gabrielle Cabrera, Gabriela Garcia Cruz, Lucía León, Katy Joseline Maldonado Dominguez, Grecia Mondragón, Gabriela Monico, Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales, Maria Liliana Ramirez, Joel Sati, Audrey Silvestre, Carolina Valdivia

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Die Geschichte der neuzeitlichen Rechtswissenschaft, ihre Theorie und Methode stehen im Mittelpunkt des Werkes von Jan Schröder. Er hat mehr als vier Jahrzehnte lang Studien zur Geschichte der Rechtswissenschaft von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zum 20. Jahrhundert veröffentlicht und gilt als einer der besten Kenner der Materie. Der vorliegende Band 2 führt seine Aufsatzsammlung fort und enthält 28 der wichtigsten zwischen 1987 und 2022 entstandenen Arbeiten. Er beginnt in der frühesten Neuzeit ("Zur Bedeutung der Wörter in der Rechts- und Sprachtheorie der frühen Neuzeit") und endet mit Abhandlungen zum späten 20. Jahrhundert (u.a. "Die Fischereirechte des Staates in Württemberg"; "Verzichtet unser Rechtssystem auf Gerechtigkeit?").Erstmals erscheinen hier Aufsätze über Johannes Reuchlin, die Geschichte der Wissenschaftsgeschichte des Rechts und die Geschichte der juristischen Begriffsbildung. Den Band ergänzen eine Reihe von Nachrufen, ein Geburtstagsglückwunsch und zwei Dankesreden.

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