Peter Lang: 4879 books
Der Kunst ausgesetzt
Beitraege des 5. Internationalen Kongresses fuer Kirchenmusik, 21.25. Oktober 2015 in Bern
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Ein reiches Programm mit Konzerten und Gottesdiensten, Referaten und Diskussionen prägte den 5. Internationalen Kirchenmusikkongress, der Ende Oktober 2015 in Bern stattfand. Dabei wurde das Verhältnis von Religion, Kirche und Liturgie zur Musik aus musikwissenschaftlicher, historischer und theologischer...
by Keratso Georgiadou
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
This book explores the Muslim minority women’s perceptions of how computer education can lead them to social participation. Moreover, it discusses the contribution of (administrative) members of the community to this effort. The analysis of quantitative findings shows that Muslim women in Greek...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
This book examines recent debates on the political dynamics of cosmopolitanism, particularly in its connection with European civil society and the public sphere. The aim of the volume is to trace to what extent cosmopolitanism corresponds to «second modernity», with the latter concept referring...
Paternalism
Moral Theory and Legal Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
This book explores and critically evaluates conceptual and justificatory models related to paternalism in the context of moral philosophy. Paternalistic interventions promoting someone’s good or protecting the person from self-harming actions raise controversial questions from a legal and an ethical...
Clifford Geertzs Interpretive Anthropology
Between Text, Experience and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Over the last decades Clifford Geertz’ interpretive anthropology has played an important role in the field of socio-cultural anthropology. The study presents the critical reception of his thoughts in Western countries and Polish anthropology. Interpretive anthropology is based on the category of...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
The sixth volume in the series of the Central and Eastern European Forum for Legal, Political, and Social Theory Yearbook is focused on the effects of globalisation and global governance on state, law and society. It addresses the great structural and systemic changes in the fundamental constitutional...
Urban Communication Regulation
Communication Freedoms and Limits
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
Cities are where the majority of people in the world live. As such, it is critically important to understand cities when seeking to address quality-of-life issues. While the concentration of people in cities presents many complex issues that warrant attention, the focus of this book is on urban communication...
by Gábor Soós
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Why are local political organizations enduring in certain municipalities and ephemeral in others? This book explores the systematic factors that influence the level of Local Party Institutionalization (LPI). The analysis of LPI in Hungary, a new democracy, shows that LPI there mainly depends on the...
History of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
State Society Culture Editorial work by Iwo Hryniewicz Translated by Grażyna Waluga (Chapters IV) and Dorota Sobstel (Chapters VIX)
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
The book presents an outline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 16th to the 18th century and offers a view of the realities of political life, organization of the judiciary, the economy, coexistence of different ethnic groups and religions, high and popular culture and achievements of...
Curriculum Studies Guidebooks
Volume 2- Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Curriculum Studies Guidebooks treat the (Post)reconceptualization of curriculum studies. The literature reviewed in this volume reflects current issues and discussions taking place in education. This volume is about the intersections among curriculum studies and aesthetics; spirituality; cosmopolitanism;...
Uncovering Black Heroes
Lesser-Known Stories of Liberty and Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Uncovering Black Heroes: Lesser-Known Stories of Liberty and Civil Rights is a series of stories regarding real people who are not so well known in the mainstream of American freedom and civil rights discussions. These people have made a difference by the events of their lives and by the deliberate...
Pass or Fail?
Assessing the Quality of Democracy in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
In recent years, growing concerns over the strength of South Africa’s democracy appear to indicate a population increasingly disillusioned and dissatisfied with the quality of its implementation. This book assesses the quality of democracy in South Africa after 20 years of democracy in order to...
Psychological Machinery
Experimental Devices in Early Psychological Laboratories
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
The book covers the topic of experimental instrumentation at the turn of the 20th century. The authors introduce the role of instruments in the process of establishing psychology as a science. They concentrate on identifying historical devices and problems with rediscovering their functionality. The...
Populist Parties and the Failure of the Political Elites
The Rise of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe)
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
The author analyses the reasons behind the electoral success of European right-wing populist parties. Using the Austrian Freedom Party under Jörg Haider as a case study and with a richness of primary material, he argues that their success is only partly caused by «racism». It is also, and more...