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.