Peter Lang: 4879 books
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
The case studies in this book, many of which have won national or international awards, represent an impressive scope of public relations practice—from public diplomacy to corporate social responsibility to crisis communications to social justice issues and special events. These chapters take a...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Smart people make a smart city. This volume presents a collection of papers on the concept of smartness, smart development and the international practices in the field. There are five key topic areas: the conceptual, smart economy, smart specialisation, smart city and public governance. The concept...
by Augie Fleras
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Citizenship in a Transnational Canada offers a distinct look at the prospect of rethinking citizenship in a contested world of shifting narratives, evolving models, ongoing challenges, and future possibilities. The book’s central theme embodies a critical awareness that we no longer live in a national...
Estimation of Uncertainty of Wind Energy Predictions
With Application to Weather Routing and Wind Power Generation
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Currently, a new generation of fuel-efficient ships, which use wind force in addition to conventional propulsion technology, is being developed. This study describes a mathematical method for a probabilistic estimate of the wind propulsion force on a ship route. The method is based on quantile regression,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
The Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014, the fourth in the series, provides a dynamic and up-to-date overview of the measures Italy has taken to adapt its legislation and policies to international human rights law and to comply with commitments voluntarily assumed by the Italian Government at the...
The Rhetoric of PNoy
Image, Myth, and Rhetorical Citizenship in Philippine Presidential Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Political speeches don’t just mirror what transpires in the world; they have the potential to change people’s minds, move them into action, reinforce existing assumptions, and reshape cultures. They define public participation and are the ‘nexus points’ of disparate discourses, both nationally...
by Mario A. Rivera, James D. Ward
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Institutional racism may be described as a self-perpetuating and opaque process where, either intentionally or unintentionally, barriers and procedures which disadvantage ethnic minority groups are supported and maintained. It is often the direct linkage and thus the underlying cause for the lack...
by Preston C. Russett, James W. Chesebro, David T. McMahan
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This textbook examines the Internet as a communication system – the single most pervasive, involving, and global communication system ever created by human beings, with a host of political, economic, cognitive, and sociocultural implications. The Internet crosses all cultural boundaries and is the...
Gamify Your Classroom
A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
This book is a field guide on how to implement game-based learning and «gamification» techniques to the everyday teaching. It is a survey of best practices aggregated from interviews with experts in the field, including: James Paul Gee (Author, What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
The book analyses the attitudes of non-EU countries towards European integration in historical and contemporary perspectives. The authors study a range of actors in Europe and beyond to explain the impact of the creation of the European Communities on the international system and how the EU is perceived...
Ownership Structure and Corporate Performance
A Panel Data Analysis for the German Market
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
The book sheds new light on the relation between equity ownership and corporate performance. Empirical studies presented in this book are based on a large panel data set and model the impact of concentrated ownership on performance, with nonlinear effect shapes being estimated through cubic splines....
Sustainable and Solidary Education
Reflections and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
This volume of thematic studies offers multifaceted interpretations of education for sustainable and solidary development (ESSD). It is a joint work of academics, teachers and researchers covering the domain of education from the perspective of economy, social sciences, language studies, communication...
A Promising Reality
Reflections on Race, Gender, and Culture in Cuba
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
A Promising Reality: Reflections on Race, Gender, and Culture in Cuba is a compilation of the reflections of a group of chief diversity officers, faculty, and educators from the United States about Cuba. As part of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education delegation to Cuba...
Chinas New 21st-Century Realities
Social Equity in a Time of Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
China’s New 21st-Century Realities: Social Equity in a Time of Change examines the new social justice realities in China. Often when people think of China they think of a very rigid, patriarchal society where oppression is the order of the day. However, this book aims to debunk some of those preconceived...