Peter Lang: 4879 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
In social science outstanding results are yielded by advanced simulation methods, based on state of the art software technologies and an appropriate combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. This book presents examples of successful applications of modelling and computing in social science:...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Tax management and tax evasion represent an intrinsic element of economic turnover, an area of interest both to the institutional and to the real spheres of national economy. These problems, beyond any doubt, should become the focus of interest for all states having a common market, e.g. the European...
Prelude to Disaster
George III and the Origins of the American Revolution, 17511763
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Prelude to Disaster is the most comprehensive account of the fateful decision to tax American colonists. Unlike other studies, it emphasizes the central role of the young George III in the process. Central to this examination are George’s principles of statecraft and government, his thoughts on...
The Convention on the Future of Europe
How States Behave in a New Institutional Context of Negotiation
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
The negotiation of new treaties, containing important institutional innovations and reforms, has been a constant challenge for the EU ever since the 1950s. When compared with the classic intergovernmental conferences, the Convention on the Future of Europe stands as a Copernican revolution that radically...
Citizenship and Solidarity in the European Union
From the Charter of Fundamental Rights to the Crisis, the State of the Art
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
This book attempts to address an important question: where is the European project going?
As Europe struggles with the most profound economic and social crises in recent history, what happens to the promises of freedom, democracy, equality and respect for the inviolable and inalienable rights of the...
La Revolución mexicana
Miradas desde Europa
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Este volumen tiene como objetivo revisar algunos puntos de vista que han circulado en los países europeos acerca de la Revolución mexicana. La primera sección del libro trata de la historia y de la prensa en Bélgica, España, Francia y Noruega. Demuestra de qué manera las interpretaciones con...
Public Relations Strategy, Theory, and Cases
Praxis at Its Best
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Presenting a robust introduction to public relations strategy, this book helps readers explore their perceptions of what strategy is or might be; highlights influencers of strategic decision making such as distinctions among B2B, B2C, and B2G as well as public relations roles and organization types;...
Riding the Fifth Wave in Higher Education
A Survival Guide for the New Normal
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
The Fifth Wave in higher education is breaking on American shores. Unlike the four waves that preceded it from colonial times through the post-WWII mega-versity expansion, this wave is disrupting all sectors of the higher education industry. It will sweep away those institutions—be they public,...
Communication and Political Crisis
Media, Politics and Governance in a Globalized Public Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Communication and Political Crisis explores the role of the global media in a period of intensifying geopolitical conflict. Through case studies drawn from domestic and international political crises such as the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, leading media scholar Brian McNair argues that...
Belle Necropolis
Ghosts of Imperial Vienna
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Since coming to public notice through major museum catalogues and the work of Carl Schorske around 1980, fin de siècle Vienna has been cast as the final bloom of a dying culture. Yet this assessment is itself a historical construct, deriving from the politics of the twentieth century. This volume...
History of the Swiss Watch Industry
From Jacques David to Nicolas Hayek- Third edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
This book tackles the history of the Swiss watch industry in a global perspective: it gives particular attention to rival nations such as the United Kingdom, the USA and Japan. The author demonstrates how Swiss watchmakers succeeded in facing various challenges: the industrialization of production...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In the European Union, competition law has expanded and matured, assuming a key role in the promotion of consumer welfare, economic progress and public interest in general. Nevertheless, several issues remain open. Should the European Union remain faithful to antitrust public enforcement or fully...
Federalism
A Political Theory for Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
This volume is a collection of essays published between 1999 and 2015 in the review The Federalist Debate. The book highlights the issue of federalism intended as a theoretical paradigm to interpret the major problems of our age, and in particular the issues of peace and war in a world characterized by an uncontrolled globalization.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Given the increasing presence of nonprofit organizations and their impact upon American society, colleges and universities are recognizing the need to offer courses and programs to train current and future employees, volunteers, and supporters of the nonprofit sector.
This volume, featuring empirically-based...