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Combining practical and theoretical approaches, this book addresses
the political, legal and economic implications of maritime disputes
in East Asia. The maritime disputes in East Asia have multiplied
over the past few years, in parallel with the economic growth of
the countries in the region, the rise of nationalist movements,
fears and sometimes fantasies regarding the emergence of the
People's Republic of China (PRC) as a global power, increasing
military expenses, as well as speculations regarding the potential
resources in various disputed islands. These disputes, however, are
not new and some have been the subject of contention and the cause
of friction for decades, if not centuries in a few cases. Offering
a robust analysis, this volume explores disputes through the
different lenses of political science, international law, history
and geography, and introduces new approaches in particular to the
four important disputes concerning Dokdo/Takeshima, Senkaku/Diaoyu,
Paracels and Spratlys. Utilising a comparative approach, this book
identifies transnational trends that occur in the different cases
and, therefore, at the regional level, and aims to understand
whether the resurgence of maritime disputes in East Asia may be
studied on a case by case basis, or should be analysed as a
regional phenomenon with common characteristics. This book will be
of interest to students of Asian Politics, Maritime Security,
International Security, Geopolitics and International Relations in
general.
Originally published in 1919. French institutions of today,
considered as a whole, form a composite building on which every new
regime for the last hundred years has left its mark. The foundation
is provided by the social, legal, judicial and administrative
system of the Napoleonic Empire, which was crowned in 1875 by the
corner-stone of parliamentary democracy. Many other features has
been left by other regimes; thus France owes her general principles
of common law and her administrative divisions to the Revolution.
Every business should introduce new technologies to improve their
performance? The only way to innovate is to think outside of the
box? And obviously, having a Chief Strategy Officer is a guarantee
of success. Really? The reality is that there are no magic recipes
for success. If there were, every company would use them, and no
single company would be outstanding. Business strategy is messy,
requires hard graft and is difficult to get right. And yet the
world of strategy is dominated by management consultants and
business gurus making sweeping generalizations, oversimplifying
business thinking and peddling their own unfounded ideas. But do
these methods actually work? Myths of Strategy debunks thirty of
these most common strategy sagas, cutting through consultant
hyperbole and provide you with tried and test business ideas that
will make your company more successful. About the Business Myths
series... The Business Myths series tackles the falsehoods that
pervade the business world. From leadership and management to
social media, strategy and the workplace, these accessible books
overturn out-of-date assumptions, skewer stereotypes and put
oft-repeated slogans to the test. Entertaining and rigorously
researched, these books will equip you with the insight and
no-nonsense wisdom you need to succeed.
Every business should introduce new technologies to improve their
performance? The only way to innovate is to think outside of the
box? And obviously, having a Chief Strategy Officer is a guarantee
of success. Really? The reality is that there are no magic recipes
for success. If there were, every company would use them, and no
single company would be outstanding. Business strategy is messy,
requires hard graft and is difficult to get right. And yet the
world of strategy is dominated by management consultants and
business gurus making sweeping generalizations, oversimplifying
business thinking and peddling their own unfounded ideas. But do
these methods actually work? Myths of Strategy debunks thirty of
these most common strategy sagas, cutting through consultant
hyperbole and provide you with tried and test business ideas that
will make your company more successful. About the Business Myths
series... The Business Myths series tackles the falsehoods that
pervade the business world. From leadership and management to
social media, strategy and the workplace, these accessible books
overturn out-of-date assumptions, skewer stereotypes and put
oft-repeated slogans to the test. Entertaining and rigorously
researched, these books will equip you with the insight and
no-nonsense wisdom you need to succeed.
What exactly is "breakthrough leadership"? Quite simply, it's an
approach to performance aimed at transcending limitations and
maximizing team potential. As the author points out, the process of
innovation and high performance is not random or haphazard. The
limitations and barriers that commonly get in the way of success
can be overcome-if we use the right leadership techniques.
And that's just what Dr. Bart Barthelemy, one of the nation's
leaders in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics, discusses in
The Sky Is Not the Limit-leadership techniques that work, and work
consistently. Barthelemy has used his years of management
experience to come up with a practical, results-driven guide to
leadership based on the ideas of competitive collaboration and
structured flexibility.
Whether you're a manager, supervisor, team leader or consultant,
The Sky Is Not the Limit can help you achieve significant
breakthroughs in performance and productivity. You can use its
proven tips and techniques to lead your teams to new heights of
excellence. Remember, the sky is not the limit-not for airplanes,
not for this planet, not for our organizations and not for any of
us
What exactly is "breakthrough leadership"? Quite simply, it's an
approach to performance aimed at transcending limitations and
maximizing team potential. As the author points out, the process of
innovation and high performance is not random or haphazard. The
limitations and barriers that commonly get in the way of success
can be overcome-if we use the right leadership techniques. And
that's just what Dr. Bart Barthelemy, one of the nation's leaders
in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics, discusses in The Sky
Is Not the Limit-leadership techniques that work, and work
consistently. Barthelemy has used his years of management
experience to come up with a practical, results-driven guide to
leadership based on the ideas of competitive collaboration and
structured flexibility. Whether you're a manager, supervisor, team
leader or consultant, The Sky Is Not the Limit can help you achieve
significant breakthroughs in performance and productivity. You can
use its proven tips and techniques to lead your teams to new
heights of excellence. Remember, the sky is not the limit-not for
airplanes, not for this planet, not for our organizations and not
for any of us!
The most up-to-date research in the period from the Anglo-Saxons to
Angevins. The latest volume of the Haskins Society Journal presents
recent research on the Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and Angevin
worlds broadly conceived, and includes topics ranging from the
origins of Welsh law and the evidence for the development of the
chivalric tournament in the Norman chroniclers to the use of saints
to cement regional power, the reception of Dudo of St Quentin, the
regional divides in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, and more. The
volume is particularly noteworthy for several studies that bring
together historical and archaeological evidence in new and
challenging ways. Contributors: DOMINIQUE BARTHELEMY, ROBIN CHAPMAN
STACEY, ROBIN FLEMING, BERNARD BACHRACH, AUSTIN MASON, ALECIA
ARCEO, PETER BURKHOLDER, PAUL OLDFIELD, KATHERINE LACK, SAMANTHA
HERRICK, NICOLE MARAFIOTI, DAVID BACHRACH
A series which is a model of its kind. Edmund King, History The
wide-ranging articles collected here represent the cutting edge of
recent Anglo-Norman scholarship. Topics include English kingship,
legends of the Battle of Bouvines, ideas of empire, the
practicalities of child kingship, and female rulership in Brittany.
The volume continues in its proud tradition of source analysis:
there are studies of northern French urban franchises, and Norman
charters and a logistical take on the making of the Domesday Book,
while narrative sources are represented in the vernacular by a
study of Herman of Valenciennes' Bible and in Latin by the
historiography of Robert of Torigni and Ralph Niger. Further
contributions focus on the twelfth-century ecclesiastical officers
Abbot Peter the Venerable and Archbishop Thomas Becket, and the
volume is completed with an analysis of the concept of economic
resources with respect to Normandy. Contributors: Mathieu Arnoux,
JamesBarnaby, Dominique Barthelemy, Thomas Bisson, Scott G. Bruce,
Francis Gingras, Frederique Lachaud, Anne E. Lester, C.P. Lewis,
Amy Livingstone, Fanny Madeline, Nicholas Vincent, Emily Ward
A newly expanded edition of the defining book on one of French
Romanticism's most influential and elusive painters Eugene
Delacroix (1798-1863) was a solitary genius who produced stormy
Romantic works like The Death of Sardanapalus as well as more
classically inspired paintings such as Liberty Leading the People.
Over the long span of his career, he responded to the literary
fascination with Orientalism, the politics of French imperialism,
and the popular interest in travel, painting everything from
sweeping, epic tales to intimate interiors. In this beautifully
illustrated book, Barthelemy Jobert delves into all facets of
Delacroix's life and art, providing an unforgettable portrait of
perhaps the greatest and most elusive painter of the French
Romantic movement. Bringing together large canvases, decorative
cycles, watercolors, and engravings, Jobert explores the inner
tensions and contradictions that drove the artist, re-creating the
political and cultural arenas in which Delacroix thrived and
enabling readers to fully appreciate the extraordinary range of his
artistic production. He reveals how Delacroix successfully
navigated the Salons of Paris and the halls of government,
socialized with George Sand and Victor Hugo, engaged in intense
philosophical discussions about art with Baudelaire, and maintained
a lively repartee with the press. He vividly describes Delacroix's
journey to Morocco, which unexpectedly led him to rediscover his
classical roots, and shows how Delacroix profoundly influenced
later painters such as Cezanne and Picasso. This new and expanded
edition of Jobert's acclaimed book includes a thoroughly updated
introduction and conclusion, and a wealth of new information and
illustrations throughout.
This book provides a complete introduction into spatial networks.
It offers the mathematical tools needed to characterize these
structures and how they evolve in time and presents the most
important models of spatial networks. The book puts a special
emphasis on analyzing complex systems which are organized under the
form of networks where nodes and edges are embedded in space. In
these networks, space is relevant, and topology alone does not
contain all the information. Characterizing and understanding the
structure and the evolution of spatial networks is thus crucial for
many different fields, ranging from urbanism to epidemiology. This
subject is therefore at the crossroad of many fields and is of
potential interest to a broad audience comprising physicists,
mathematicians, engineers, geographers or urbanists. In this book,
the author has expanded his previous book ("Morphogenesis of
Spatial Networks") to serve as a textbook and reference on this
topic for a wide range of students and professional researchers.
A series which is a model of its kind EDMUND KING, HISTORY This
latest collection reflects the full range and vitality of the
current work on the Anglo-Norman period. It opens with the R. Allen
Brown Memorial Lecture for 2009, a wide-ranging reflection by the
distinguished French historian Dominique Barthelemy on the Peace of
God and the role of bishops in the long eleventh century. Economic
history is prominent in papers on the urban transformation in
England between 900 and 1100, on the roots of the royal forestin
England, and on trade links between England and Lower Normandy. A
close study of the Surrey manor of Mortlake brings in topography,
another aspect of which appears in an article on the representation
of outdoor space by Normanand Anglo-Norman chroniclers. Social
history is treated in papers dealing with the upbringing of the
children of the Angevin counts and with the developing ideas of
knighthood and chivalry in the works of Dudo of Saint-Quentin and
Benoit of Sainte-Maure. Finally, political ideas are examined
through careful reading of texts in papers on writing the rebellion
of Earl Waltheof in the twelfth century and on the use of royal
titles and prayers for the king inAnglo-Norman charters.
Contributors: Dominique Barthelemy, Kathryn Dutton, Leonie Hicks,
Richard Holt, Joanna Huntington, Laurence Jean-Marie, Dolly
Jorgensen, Max Lieberman, Stephen Marritt, Pamela Taylor
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