Aging Studies and Ecocriticism: Interdisciplinary Encounters argues that both aging studies and ecocriticism address the complex dynamics of individual and collective agency, oppression and dependency, care and conviviality, vulnerability and resistance as well as intergenerationality and responsibility. Yet, even though both fields employ overlapping methodologies and theoretical frameworks and scrutinize “boundary texts� in different literary genres, which have been analyzed from ecocritical perspectives as well as from the vantage point of critical aging studies, there has been little scholarly interaction between ecocritical literary studies and aging studies to date. The contributors in this volume demonstrate the potential of specific genres to narrate relationality and age, and the aesthetic and ethical challenges of imagining changes, endings, and survival in the Anthropocene. As the first step towards putting both fields in conversation, this collection offers new pathways into understanding human and nonhuman ecological relations.

Unternehmen stehen unter Druck, Wachstumsstrategien zur Umsatz- und Gewinnsteigerung zu entwickeln. Anhand einer umfassenden empirischen Untersuchung belegt Anna-Christina Dietert positive Ruckwirkungseffekte von authentisch gestalteten Markentransfers auf die Stammmarke von Automobilmarken. Aufgrund der Tendenz zur Marktsattigung sowie der Veranderung von Kundenbedurfnissen koennen Unternehmen die Strategie des Markentransfers nutzen, um die Marke zu dynamisieren. Demzufolge ist es von grosser Bedeutung, die Erfolgsfaktoren bei einem solchen Vorhaben zu kennen. Gleichzeitig wird die Suche nach authentischen Angeboten bei den Nachfragern immer bedeutsamer. Praxisrelevante Handlungsempfehlungen schliessen die Arbeit ab.

Sixteen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts explore key issues, the latest work and future directions in the field of aesthetics. "The Continuum Companion to Aesthetics" offers the definitive guide to contemporary aesthetics. The book covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Sixteen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. "The Companion" explores new issues pertaining to contemporary art forms, as well as tackling traditional questions in well-established art forms with the insight of new disciplines such as pragmatics and other areas of cognitive science. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a chronology, a detailed list of resources and a fully annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in aesthetics. "The Continuum Companions Series" is a major series of single volume companions to key research fields in the humanities aimed at postgraduate students, scholars and libraries. Each companion offers a comprehensive reference resource giving an overview of key topics, research areas, new directions and a manageable guide to beginning or developing research in the field. A distinctive feature of the series is that each companion provides practical guidance on advanced study and research in the field, including research methods and subject-specific resources.

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: International Organisations, grade: 2,0, Ruhr-University of Bochum (Institute of Development Research and Development Policy), 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The World Bank's activities throughout the world are a recurrent object of analysis. This can be explained, in great scale, due to the importance and impact of the Bank's policies and recommendations upon local societies and governments. The World Bank mandate is clearly restricted to the economic and financial aspects of government. Based on this, the Bank assumes an official neutral position in regard to internal politics of all countries with which it works, as presented on the article of Stevens and Gnanaselvam. However, several scholars, such as Williams and Young, argue that such neutrality is difficult, because any policy proposed by the Bank is based on pre-established premises, which are based on liberal ideals, which end up been forced upon the countries that want to receive a Bank's loan. This paper will present both perspectives and apply the concepts discussed on an empirical case, in order to allow the evaluation of which perspective is more coherent with real cases.

Anna-Christina Leisin zeigt mittels einer quantitativen Online-Umfrage auf, dass eine grosse Diskrepanz zwischen den identifizierten Wunschen der Freiwilligen nach Anerkennung und dem im Rahmen dieser Arbeit untersuchten Einsatz sowie der Gestaltung von Auszeichnungen besteht. Die Autorin weist nach, dass diese Form der Anerkennung in der Praxis eine noch eher untergeordnete Rolle spielt. Hinsichtlich des Einsatzes und der Art von Auszeichnungen stellt sie ausserdem signifikante Unterschiede zwischen verschiedenen Freiwilligenbereichen fest.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics presents a practical study guide to emerging topics and art forms in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Placing contemporary discussion in its historical context, this companion begins with an introduction to the history of aesthetics. Surveying the central topics, terms and figures and noting the changes in the roles the arts played over the centuries, it also tackles methodological issues asking what the proper object of study in aesthetics is, and how we should go about studying it. Written by leading analytic philosophers in the field, chapters on Core Issues and Art Forms cover four major topics; - the definition of art and the ontology of art work - aesthetic experience, aesthetic properties, and aesthetic and artistic value - specific art forms including music, dance, theatre, the visual arts as a whole, and the various forms of popular art - new areas in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, such as environmental aesthetics and global standpoint aesthetics, as well as other new directions the field is taking towards everyday aesthetics Featuring a list of research resources and an extensive chronology of works in aesthetics and the philosophy of art dating from the fifth century BC to the 21st century, The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics provides an engaging introduction to contemporary aesthetics.