Peter Lang: 4879 books
WTO Dispute Settlement: a Check-up
Time to Take Stock
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
The dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organisation has been referred to as the jewel in the crown of the WTO. Reviewing more than
twenty years of the system’s operation, this volume takes stock by providing an in-depth analysis of key issues that have emerged. The book collects and updates...
Agriculture and Food in the 21 st Century
Economic, Environmental and Social Challenges- Festschrift on the Occasion of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. P. Michael Schmitz 65 th Birthday
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
This Festschrift in honour of Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. P. Michael Schmitz covers theoretical as well as empirical works on challenges prevailing in the food and agricultural sector. Discussions of conflicts between social and ecological requests of citizens and market outcomes are provided. The contributors...
The Strength of Culture for Development
Why Culture Matters in International Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
On the global scale, the challenges surrounding development are massive and complex, as inequalities in living conditions between the richest and poorest countries become greater. Development is a global challenge on a par with the financial crisis and environmental concerns. The participation of...
by Edward Lee Lamoureux
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Very little in the American way of life functions adequately under surveillance. Democracy itself may be at mortal risk due to the loss of privacy and the increase in surveillance.
Examining challenges in a wide range of contexts, this book investigates and critically examines our systems of...
Intellectual Property Law and Interactive Media
Free for a Fee
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
The digitizing of intellectual property and the ease and speed with which it can be copied, transmitted, and globally shared poses legal challenges for traditional owners of content rights, for those who create new media, and for those who consume new media content.
This informative and accessible...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Reimagining Education Reform and Innovation provides scholars and laymen with an assortment of theoretical and practical perspectives for questioning contemporary practices and forging new methods of education reform and innovation. This volume is the leading collection of contemporary essays by the...
Multilateralism in Global Governance
Formal and Informal Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
The aim of this edited volume is to bring back multilateralism in global governance research by going beyond the state-centric and formal models of multilateralism of the 1990s and deeper into the informal private agents and structures of global governance. The volume is situated within the third...
Integration of the Self and Awareness (ISA) in Learning and Teaching
A case study of French adult students learning English the Silent Way
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
The successful acquisition of a second or foreign language requires focus, motivation, and positive feedback. This case study of French adult students of English illustrates that Gattegno’s Silent Way is more than a teaching methodology. It is a science of education that integrates the self and...
Network Neutrality
Switzerlands role in the genesis of the Telegraph Union, 18551875
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This book uses new sources to indepth the early history of the Telegraph Union (today the International Telecommunication Union) and focuses on the key role – political, diplomatic, economic and technical – Switzerland played in promoting its birth and managing its structures during the ten years...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
This book explores two strands of Audiovisual Translation referred to as «research» and «use». As their points of convergence as well as divergence are brought to light, the contributors show that the two tend to overlap and cross-pollinate. The volume’s inquiries of linguistic, cultural, sociological,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
This book examines Scotland from a great variety of international and disciplinary perspectives, offering viewpoints from ordinary citizens as well as experts in culture, history, literature, sociology, politics, the law, and the media. The texts investigate the mental processes, dispositions, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
This study explores various intersections between the traditional utopian discourse and such media as music, comic books, TV series, feature films, documentaries, fan fiction, computer games and web projects, bringing to focus the transformative role of the media used for the presentation and implementation...
Winning Through Boundaries Innovation
Communities of Boundaries Generate Convergence
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
At present, many companies consider «knowledge» the most important element and the benchmark for maintaining an enduring competitive advantage. The process of strategically acquiring both new boundaries knowledge and convergence knowledge to generate boundaries innovation becomes an important element...
Molefi Kete Asante
A Critical Afrocentric Reader
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Conceptually, Molefi Kete Asante: A Critical Afrocentric Reader is a reflexive analysis of the editor’s space in higher education over the past three decades. As a historical assessment, this reader is a narrative that offers a constructive perspective of Afrocentricity, as the sheer mention of...