Peter Lang: 4879 books
by Sven Scheibmayr
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Finding and understanding the right requirements is essential for every software project. This book deals with the challenge to improve requirements engineering in distributed software projects. The use of graphical user interface (GUI) prototypes can help stakeholders in such projects to elicit and...
Translating Audio Description Scripts
Translation as a New Strategy of Creating Audio Description
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Translating audio description scripts from foreign into source language seems to be a tempting alternative strategy of creating audio description scripts in those countries where audio description is still scarce. This book presents the results of a three-stage study. This study was conducted to test...
Health Communication
Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Promotion of healthy behaviors and prevention of disease are inextricably linked to cultural understandings of health and well-being. Health communication scholarship and practice can substantially and strategically contribute to people living safer, healthier, and happier lives. This book represents...
by Izabela Grabowska
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
The author examines social mobility in the enlarged EU by analysing the work sequences of 1865 movers and stayers in Poland. Using indicators of upward and downward social mobility, she explores the role of migration in careers. Her research shows that migration adds dynamism to work paths and contributes...
Colonial Extensions, Postcolonial Decentrings
Cultures and Discourses on the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
The essays assembled in this volume explore the meaning of the term "postcolonial" through various theoretical perspectives and disciplinary fields of expertise. They address issues ranging from culture, politics and history to literature and the arts, with particular emphasis on colonialist...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
As organisations seek legitimacy in a fast-moving, interconnected and changing world, how do public relations help them to manage their identity, responsibilities and impact on society? In a more interactive society, organisations need to align their actions with social demands and values. If the...
Changing Configurations in Adult Education in Transitional Times
International Perspectives in Different Countries
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Change and transition are prominent buzzwords in the discourse upon adult education. International conferences like the European ESREA triennial research conference 2013 in Berlin focused on these terms. But is to deal with change and transitions really something new for adult education? What is new?...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
The way sociology frames the relation between formality and informality is not only complex and multifaceted, but has also evolved over time. This volume offers contributions by international authors that illustrate distinct types of theoretical framings and present various sites of inquiry. It proposes...
History of Vocational Education and Training in Europe
Cases, Concepts and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Understanding today’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems requires a comprehension of the rise and development, i.e. of the foundations of topical VET. This book provides a comparative view of its development in Europe. The contributions of renowned authors give insight into conceptual questions, cases and challenges in this field.
What Is Sustainable Journalism?
Integrating the Environmental, Social, and Economic Challenges of Journalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
This edited volume, which elaborates on the idea and concept of sustainable journalism, is the result of a perceived lack of integral research approaches to journalism and sustainable development. Thirty years ago, in 1987, the Brundtland Report pointed out economic growth, social equality and environmental...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Communication is ubiquitous and information is abundant. Political and economic markets are more open than they have ever been. Yet, there is no escaping the fact that communication continues to flow across fields where power is distributed unevenly. This collection of articles analyzes and responds...
European and Asian Sustainable Towns
New Towns and Satellite Cities in their Metropolises
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
In the face of growing needs and problems around urbanization, the sustainable development of cities does not lie only in technology, research and innovation. Sustainable local development also results from a combination of different elements related to the development of social cohesion, the local...
The Challenges of Policy Transfer in Vocational Skills Development
National Qualifications Frameworks and the Dual Model of Vocational Training in International Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
In the context of renewed global interest in the development of vocational skills, policy makers in many countries as well as representatives of technical organisations often hope to reform existing training systems by borrowing models and policies that seem to work elsewhere. One of these prominent...
Designing Democracy
Re-education and the America Houses (19451961)- The American Information Centers and their Involvement in Democratic Re-education in Western Germany and West Berlin from 1945 to 1961
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
How can firmly established democracies aid and support emerging democracies? Historically, where has this been done? This book looks at the American Information Centers and their involvement in democratic re-education in Western Germany and West Berlin from 1945 to 1961. Referred to as America Houses...