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Located in the far-western Tarai region of Nepal, Kailali has been
the site of dynamic social and political change in recent history.
The Partial Revolution examines Kailali in the aftermath of Nepal's
Maoist insurgency, critically examining the ways in which
revolutionary political mobilization changes social relations-often
unexpectedly clashing with the movement's ideological goals.
Focusing primarily on the end of Kailali's feudal system of bonded
labor, Hoffmann explores the connection between politics, labor,
and Mao's legacy, documenting the impact of changing political
contexts on labor relations among former debt-bonded laborers.
Over the last decade, Nepal has witnessed significant urban growth
and an expanding urban middle class. Glimpses of Hope tells the
story of the people who enable some of the middle-class consumer
practices in urban Nepal. The book focuses on workers in areas such
as modern food-processing, water-bottling, housebuilding, and
sand-mining industries and explores how workers see such forms of
work, where union organization can help, and how work opportunities
emerge along lines of gender and ethnicity. Although global labor
relations have been mostly in decline for decades, this ethnography
offers insights and glimpses of hope in terms of labor dynamics and
the opportunities various jobs may afford.
The volume scrutinizes the fundamentally uneven character of
industrial production and working class formation by bringing
together anthropologists specializing on industrial labour in
various locations from South America, Western and Eastern Europe,
North Africa, and South Asia. Through their engagement with Leon
Trotsky’s concept of ‘uneven and combined development’ the
authors unravel the complex relations that connect (and disconnect)
labour in their sites of research with workers in other places and
other times. As the contributions likewise reveal, the unevenness
and combination inherent in industrial developments shape and are
at the same time also shaped by the different politics workers in
an unequal world pursue, as well as the historical experiences and
future expectations of workers that inform these. With the
attention the authors pay to the specificities of ethnographic
detail as well as to broader regional and global developments the
volume demonstrates the value of long-term ethnographic research
and is of interest to a wide audience ranging from specialists in
the fields of anthropology, history, sociology and development
studies to students and activists.
This ground breaking title presents the many different neurologic
syndromes and vastly expanding data in the brain sciences from an
evolutionary, or neuro-archeological, perspective, as well as a
clinical one. The neuro-archeological perspective offers a more
thorough picture of the field - providing hindsight that leads to
great insight and foresight. It thus provides the reader with the
core foundational aspects of many perplexing neurologic syndromes.
Authored by a noted authority in cognitive neurology and including
ample tables, diagrams and images, the book covers the full range
of behavioral neurological, psychological and neuropsychiatric
syndromes, as well as their underlying disease states, relevant
neuropsychological tests and contemporary neuroimaging, both
structural and functional. The evolutionary approach offers a
comprehensive, novel, and completely updated overview of each
topic. An invaluable title unlike any other in the field,
Cognitive, Conative and Behavioral Neurology: An Evolutionary
Perspective is a landmark resource and will be of great interest to
neurologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and trainees in all
fields.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th
Annual European Symposium on Algorithms, ESA 2007, held in Eilat,
Israel, in October 2007 in the context of the combined conference
ALGO 2007.
The 63 revised full papers presented together with abstracts of
three invited lectures address all current subjects in algorithmics
reaching from design and analysis issues of algorithms over to
real-world applications and engineering of algorithms in various
fields.
Evocative of Option B by Sheryl Sandberg, Life Worth Living shines
the light on the topic of resilience and shows widows and sole
parents that they can still have dreams of their own. Having walked
this journey, Michelle Hoffmann shares guidance on how to deal with
the unthinkable like removing one's wedding ring, adjusting social
media, and finding the right surrogate to represent at the
father-daughter dance. Within Life Worth Living, Michelle shows
ways to take care of oneself and their children while moving
through grief and rebuilding their future. In Life Worth Living
widows and sole parents learn: The top things they need to do to
avoid losing their assets, job, and children Techniques to support
grieving children in the areas where they are most vulnerable The
reasons they get stuck in grief and how to get through it Tips to
enjoy life's celebrations and milestones without their spouse How
to support and comfort others while they are figuring out what
happens next Healthy coping strategies to communicate with and
answer children's questions
Das in der Betriebsverfassung nur fragmentarisch gezeichnete
Verhaltnis vom Arbeitnehmer zum Betriebsrat bildet die
Kernuntersuchung dieses Werks. Der fehlende Schutz des einzelnen
Arbeitnehmers vor nachteiligen Entscheidungen der
Interessenvertretung lasst sich dabei als Systemproblem der
Betriebsverfassung begreifen. Die vorliegende Monographie
adressiert diese Problematik erstmals umfassend. Unter Heranziehung
des anerkannten Auslegungskanons und rechtsgebietsubergreifender
sowie rechtsvergleichender Aspekte lasst sich nach Ansicht des
Autors daruber hinaus bereits de lege lata eine Verbesserung der
Rechtsstellung des Arbeitnehmers erreichen. Den Kern der
UEberlegung bildet dabei 75 BetrVG.
This ground breaking title presents the many different neurologic
syndromes and vastly expanding data in the brain sciences from an
evolutionary, or neuro-archeological, perspective, as well as a
clinical one. The neuro-archeological perspective offers a more
thorough picture of the field - providing hindsight that leads to
great insight and foresight. It thus provides the reader with the
core foundational aspects of many perplexing neurologic syndromes.
Authored by a noted authority in cognitive neurology and including
ample tables, diagrams and images, the book covers the full range
of behavioral neurological, psychological and neuropsychiatric
syndromes, as well as their underlying disease states, relevant
neuropsychological tests and contemporary neuroimaging, both
structural and functional. The evolutionary approach offers a
comprehensive, novel, and completely updated overview of each
topic. An invaluable title unlike any other in the field,
Cognitive, Conative and Behavioral Neurology: An Evolutionary
Perspective is a landmark resource and will be of great interest to
neurologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and trainees in all
fields.
Trotz der uberragenden Bedeutung der Ingenieurwissenschaften fur
den Wirtschafts- und Wissenschaftsstandort Deutschland herrscht
Mangel an Ingenieuren. Auf einer gemeinsam von Politik, Wirtschaft
und Wissenschaft veranstalteten Fachkonferenz (14./15.07.2008)
wurde eine Verpflichtungserklarung zur Zukunft der
Ingenieurwissenschaften beschlossen. Diese dokumentiert das Buch
zusammen mit allen Vortragen und bietet damit Argumentationshilfen,
Fakten, Fallstudien und nicht zuletzt Anregungen fur die Zukunft
der ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Ausbildung."
Michael Hoffmann untersucht den Einfluss des Ersten Weltkriegs auf
die Geburt einer gemassigten parlamentarischen Rechten in
Frankreich, die zum ersten Mal alle burgerlich-nationalen Krafte in
einer Fraktion und ab 1924 in einer Partei, der Federation
Republicaine, gruppiert. Der Autor konzentriert sich besonders auf
das Verhaltnis von politischer Kultur und Parteibildungsprozess, da
sich die parlamentarische Rechte aus zwei verschiedenen
Traditionslinien speist, einer nationalliberalen und einer
konservativ-katholischen. Die "liberal-konservative Sammlung"
entwickelte sich in den 1920er Jahren zu einem Pfeiler der
republikanischen Ordnung, was die Akzeptanz der laizistischen
Republik durch die Katholiken voraussetzte."
Mammals of Africa is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. This is the first time that such extensive coverage has ever been attempted, and the volumes incorporate the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of Africa's mammals.
With 1,160 species and 16 orders, Africa has the greatest diversity and abundance of mammals in the world. The reasons for this and the mechanisms behind their evolution are given special attention in the series. Each volume follows the same format, with detailed profiles of every species and higher taxa. The series includes some 660 colour illustrations by Jonathan Kingdon and his many drawings highlight details of morphology and behaviour of the species concerned. Diagrams, schematic details and line drawings of skulls and jaws are by Jonathan Kingdon and Meredith Happold. Every species also includes
a detailed distribution map.
Extensive references alert readers to more detailed information.
- Volume I: Introductory Chapters and Afrotheria (352 pages)
- Volume II: Primates (560 pages)
- Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits (784 pages)
- Volume IV: Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats (800 pages)
- Volume V: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses (560 pages)
- Volume VI: Pigs, Hippopotamuses, Chevrotain, Giraffes, Deer and Bovids (704 pages)
Iceberg!: The (Mis)Adventures of Kjokje, Pjokje, and Pengu! The
story of 3 unlikely friends and their adventures. It addresses the
problem of global warming and suggests ways that we, as humans, can
work to stop it.
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