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The Reckoning

Book Three of the Niceville Trilogy

By: Carsten Stroud

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The Reckoning

Book Three of the Niceville Trilogy

By: Carsten Stroud

The astonishing final installment in the page-turning trilogy that Stephen King calls “an authentic work of American genius.” Niceville has an almost unearthly beauty when the sun tops the ancient nearby mountain called Tallulah’s Wall and bathes it in soft Southern light. But there’s a reason Native American tribes avoided the place: An absence that inhabits the air and the depthless “sink” atop Tallulah’s Wall. This “Nothing” has long bent time and the desires of a chosen few to her shadowy ends. As THE RECKONING begins, Detective Nick Kavanaugh and his wife, family lawyer Kate, have accepted that reality in Niceville is not normal. Seemingly, they’ve fought Nothing to a draw. But now a buzzing emerges in the heads of some perfectly normal folks. Nothing isn’t finished. Come to Niceville and sink into Carsten Stroud’s inimitable blend of crime and supernatural thriller, as characters you’ll love throw in with bad guys you’ll like way more than you should as they battle evil.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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1101873035

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Cobraville

A Novel

By: Carsten Stroud

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Cobraville

A Novel

By: Carsten Stroud

A prophetic thriller from the author of Cuba Strait, Cobraville follows a covert CIA mission deep in the jungles of the Philippines during a savage civil war. Cole Langan's five-man unit -- in country to repair what they have been led to believe is a vital NSA surveillance monitor -- instead finds itself caught up in a spiraling vortex of lies, spies, and traitors. When the unit collides -- disastrously -- with UN peacekeepers, the surviving CIA agents may face war-crimes trial at the International Criminal Court. On the other side of the Earth, Cole's father, Senator Drew Langan, tries desperately to identify a shadowy group behind the betrayal of his son's CIA unit. An elusive German businessman leads Drew and his femme fatale bodyguard down a rabbit hole of intrigue and corruption that leads all the way to the highest levels of the United Nations. Shot through with Stroud's grimly mordant sense of humor and painstakingly researched, Cobraville cuts deep into the harrowing reality of America's secret wars, in a cautionary book that ought to be read by every spymaster in D.C. and every apparatchik at the UN.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416547398

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9781416547396

Farewell to Shulamit

Spatial and Social Diversity in the Song of Songs

By: Carsten Wilke

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Farewell to Shulamit

Spatial and Social Diversity in the Song of Songs

By: Carsten Wilke

The Song of Songs, a lyric cycle of love scenes without a narrative plot, has often been considered as the Bible’s most beautiful and enigmatic book. The present study questions the still dominant exegetical convention that merges all of the Song’s voices into the dialogue of a single couple, its composite heroine Shulamit being a projection screen for norms of womanhood. An alternative socio-spatial reading, starting with the Hebrew text’s strophic patterns and its references to historical realia, explores the poem’s artful alternation between courtly, urban, rural, and pastoral scenes with their distinct characters. The literary construction of social difference juxtaposes class-specific patterns of consumption, mobility, emotion, power structures, and gender relations. This new image of the cycle as a detailed poetic frieze of ancient society eventually leads to a precise hypothesis concerning its literary and religious context in the Hellenistic age, as well as its geographical origins in the multiethnic borderland east of the Jordan. In a Jewish echo of anthropological skepticism, the poem emphasizes the plurality and relativity of the human condition while praising the communicative powers of pleasure, fantasy, and multifarious Eros.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110498871

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9783110498875

Policy Networks Under Pressure

Pollution Control, Policy Reform and the Power of Farmers

By: Carsten Daugbjerg

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Policy Networks Under Pressure

Pollution Control, Policy Reform and the Power of Farmers

By: Carsten Daugbjerg

First published in 1998, this book examines how established policy networks and the broader context within which they are embedded influence the choice of policy when change has been put on the agenda. It criticises the existing network literature for being predominantly descriptive, for having little to say on the choice of policy and for omitting the analysis of the broader political structures which have consequences for meso-level policy making. In order to reinforce the explanatory power of policy network analysis, the book develops both a meso and a macro-level theoretical model. They help to explain why policy change is more radical in some settings than in others. The theoretical arguments are tested by the use of detailed comparisons of agri-environmental policy making in Denmark and Sweden and of agricultural policy reforms in the European Union and Sweden.

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Routledge

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0429777167

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9780429777165

Syria, Ballots Or Bullets ?

Democracy, Islamism, and Secularism in the Levant

By: Carsten Wieland

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Syria, Ballots Or Bullets ?

Democracy, Islamism, and Secularism in the Levant

By: Carsten Wieland

Bashar al-Asad, unlike any other Arab leader, publicly announced his opposition to the war in Iraq. This made the Syrian president popular in the streets but brought him into open confrontation with the US. For a time it seemed that the US would invade or subvert the regime or institute a killing regimen of sanctions. The assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri made things worse, with observers, including the UN, pointing the finger at Damascus. Syrian troops were forced to withdraw from Lebanon where they had been stationed for nearly three decades. Today, Bashar is facing the toughest challenge of his career?caught between Syrian hardliners and an increasingly impatient opposition. And what of the 18 million people of Syria? Will this country descend into chaos and violence? Or will it progress toward pluralism and economic progress? Syria - Ballots or Bullets delivers surprising insights into one of the most obscure countries in the world.

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Cune Press

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1885942168

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9781885942166

Justice as Message

Expressivist Foundations of International Criminal Justice

By: Carsten Stahn

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Justice as Message

Expressivist Foundations of International Criminal Justice

By: Carsten Stahn

This work is the first to examine the expressive and communicative functions of law in a comprehensive way in the field of atrocity crime. It shows that expression and communication are not only inherent parts of the punitive functions of international criminal justice, but are represented in a whole spectrum of practices.

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0198864183

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9780198864189

A Critical Introduction to International Criminal Law

By: Carsten Stahn

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A Critical Introduction to International Criminal Law

By: Carsten Stahn

Presents theories, practices and critiques alongside each other to engage students, scholars and professionals from multiple fields. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108423205

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9781108423205

Syria and the Neutrality Trap

The Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid through Violent Regimes

By: Carsten Wieland

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Syria and the Neutrality Trap

The Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid through Violent Regimes

By: Carsten Wieland

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance. According to international practice, humanitarian aid should be channelled through a state government that bears a particular responsibility for its population. Yet in Syria, the bulk of relief went through Damascus while the regime caused the vast majority of civilian deaths. Should the UN have severed its cooperation with the government and neglected its humanitarian duty to help all people in need? Decision-makers face these tough policy dilemmas, and often the “neutrality trap” snaps shut. This book discusses the political and moral considerations of how to respond to a brutal and complex crisis while adhering to international law and practice. The author, a scholar and senior diplomat involved in the UN peace talks in Geneva, draws from first-hand diplomatic, practitioner and UN sources. He sheds light on the UN's credibility crisis and the wider implications for the development of international humanitarian and human rights law. This includes covering the key questions asked by Western diplomats, NGOs and international organizations, such as: Why did the UN not confront the Syrian government more boldly? Was it not only legally correct but also morally justifiable to deliver humanitarian aid to regime areas where rockets were launched and warplanes started? Why was it so difficult to render cross-border aid possible where it was badly needed? The meticulous account of current international practice is both insightful and disturbing. It tackles the painful lessons learnt and provides recommendations for future challenges where politics fails and humanitarians fill the moral void.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0755641418

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9780755641413

Being Lutheran Today

A Layperson’S Guide to Our History, Belief and Practice

By: Carsten J. Ludder,Dr. Derald H. Edwards

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Being Lutheran Today

A Layperson’S Guide to Our History, Belief and Practice

By: Carsten J. Ludder,Dr. Derald H. Edwards

Being Lutheran Today: A Laypersons Guide to Our History, Belief and Practice will help the reader understand what Lutherans believe about the basics of the Christian faith. In easy to read language, you are given a historical perspective of the core beliefs of those who count themselves as Lutherans. The book sets forth the tenets of Lutheran doctrine; what Lutherans generally believe in practice; how to read the Bible; what the sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion are about for Lutherans; the basics of Lutheran worship and the faith of the church expressed in the Apostles Creed.

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AuthorHouse

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1546235140

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9781546235149

Set-Theoretic Multi-Method Research

A Guide to Combining QCA and Case Studies

By: Carsten Q. Schneider

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Set-Theoretic Multi-Method Research

A Guide to Combining QCA and Case Studies

By: Carsten Q. Schneider

A state-of-the-art comprehensive exposition of combining Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and case studies, this book facilitates the efficient use and independent learning of this form of SMMR (set-theoretic multi-method research) with the best available software. It will reduce the time and effort required when performing both QCA and case studies within the same research project. This is achieved by spelling out the conceptual principles and practices in SMMR, and by introducing a tailor-made R software package. With an applied and practical focus, this is an intuitive resource for implementing the most complete protocol of SMMR. Features include Learning Goals, Core Points, and Empirical Examples, as well as boxed examples of R codes and the R output it produces. There is also a glossary for key SMMR terms. Additional online material is available, comprising machine-readable datasets and R scripts for replication and independent learning.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009307185

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9781009307185

European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area (EEA)

By: Georges Baur,Michael Sánchez Rydelski,Carsten Zatschler

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European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area (EEA)

By: Georges Baur,Michael Sánchez Rydelski,Carsten Zatschler

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the structure, competence, and management of European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area (EEA) provides substantial and readily accessible information for lawyers, academics, and policymakers likely to have dealings with its activities and data. No other book gives such a clear, uncomplicated description of the organization’s role, its rules and how they are applied, its place in the framework of international law, or its relations with other organizations. The monograph proceeds logically from the organization’s genesis and historical development to the structure of its membership, its various organs and their mandates, its role in intergovernmental cooperation, and its interaction with decisions taken at the national level. Its competence, its financial management, and the nature and applicability of its data and publications are fully described. Systematic in presentation, this valuable time-saving resource offers the quickest, easiest way to acquire a sound understanding of the workings of European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area (EEA) for all interested parties. Students and teachers of international law will find it especially valuable as an essential component of the rapidly growing and changing global legal milieu.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9403500115

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9789403500119

The Emmaus Mystery

Discovering Evidence for the Risen Christ

By: Carsten Peter Thiede

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The Emmaus Mystery

Discovering Evidence for the Risen Christ

By: Carsten Peter Thiede

For centuries, scholars have tried to work out where Emmaus was: where, in other words, the risen Christ walked, ate and revealed himself. It is a crucial location in the map of Christian belief and one of the great missing links of Christian archaeology. This book produces a dramatic find about the lost site of Emmaus, rising again from the soil.

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A&C Black

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0826480675

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9780826480675

The Rise of Fascism, Second Edition

By: F. L. Carsten

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The Rise of Fascism, Second Edition

By: F. L. Carsten

Study of the origins of fascism in Europe during the twenties and thirties, vividly depicting the mass rallies, emotional speeches and street clashes which attended its growth.

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Univ of California Press

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0520046439

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9780520046436

Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development

By: Carlos Alberto Primo Braga,Carsten Fink,Claudia Paz Sepulveda

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Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development

By: Carlos Alberto Primo Braga,Carsten Fink,Claudia Paz Sepulveda

Over the course of history, different legal instruments for protecting intellectual property have emerged. These instruments differ in their subject matter, extent of protection, and field of application, reflecting society's objective to balance the interests of creators and consumers for different types of intellectual works. These legal instruments are just one of the pieces that form a national system of intellectual property protection. Also crucial to the system's overall effectiveness are the institutions administering these instruments, the mechanisms available for enforcing IPRs, and the rules regarding the treatment of non-nationals. To address some of the issues concerning IPRs, this paper defines what they are and attempts to evaluate the relationship between the protection of intellectual property and economic activity in developing countries. It also summarizes the economic effects of IPRs in terms of creation and diffusion of knowledge and information; and market structure and prices. Furthermore, it discusses the reformation of IPRs regimes and makes recommendations for their administration and enforcement. This paper consolidates some of the research from the 'World Development Report 1998/1999: Knowledge for Development' and some contributions made at an Internet-moderated conference conducted by the Bank's TechNet program. It will be of interest to governments, investors, and international organizations.

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World Bank Publications

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082134708X

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9780821347089

Information Systems

Critical Perspectives

By: Bernd Carsten Stahl

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Information Systems

Critical Perspectives

By: Bernd Carsten Stahl

The book gives an overview of critical research in information systems (CRIS), which will give a useful introduction to those students and researchers not familiar with the topic and assist in carrying the debate further on a variety of issues.

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Routledge

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1134080409

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9781134080403

Representations of Algebraic Groups

By: Jens Carsten Jantzen

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Representations of Algebraic Groups

By: Jens Carsten Jantzen

Gives an introduction to the general theory of representations of algebraic group schemes. This title deals with representation theory of reductive algebraic groups and includes topics such as the description of simple modules, vanishing theorems, Borel-Bott-Weil theorem and Weyl's character formula, and Schubert schemes and lne bundles on them.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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082184377X

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9780821843772

Contracting for Public Services

By: Carsten Greve

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Contracting for Public Services

By: Carsten Greve

Insightful and comprehensive and covering new subjects like globalization and IT, this text, international in its approach, provides a thorough introduction to the key phases of the contracting process and the skills required by managers in its implementation. These include: policy for contracting strategic purchasing understanding markets communicating the contracting decision designing and drafting the contract the role of the consumer the regulation of service provision Illustrated throughout with practitioner case-studies from a range of OECD countries, this book presents an important new theoretical ‘contract management model’ and a ‘mature contract model', and explores the mechanisms, formal rules and informal norms that influence the way governments contract for public services. This book is essential reading for all students of public management and all public service managers.

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Routledge

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1134250495

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9781134250493

Comparative Company Law

By: Carsten Gerner-Beuerle,Michael Anderson Schillig

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Comparative Company Law

By: Carsten Gerner-Beuerle,Michael Anderson Schillig

Comparative Company Law provides a systematic and coherent exposition of company law across jurisdictions, augmented by extracts taken from key judgments, legislation, and scholarly works. It provides an overview of the legal framework of company law in the US, the UK, Germany, and France, as well as the legislative measures adopted by the EU and the relevant case law of the Court of Justice. The comparative analysis of legal frameworks is firmly grounded in legal history and legal and economic theory and bolstered by numerous extracts (including extracts in translation) that offer the reader an invaluable insight into how the law operates in context. The book is an essential guide to how company law cuts across borders, and how different jurisdictions shape the corporate lifespan from its formation by way of incorporation to its demise (corporate insolvency) and eventual dissolution. In addition, it offers an introduction to the nature of the corporation, the framework of EU company law, incorporation and corporate representation, agency problems in the firm, rights of stakeholders and shareholders, neutrality and defensive measures in corporate control transactions, legal capital, piercing the corporate veil, and corporate insolvency and restructuring law.

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Oxford University Press

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0191059080

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9780191059087

Role Model and Countermodel

The Golden Age of Iberian Jewry and German Jewish Culture during the Era of Emancipation

By: Carsten Schapkow

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Role Model and Countermodel

The Golden Age of Iberian Jewry and German Jewish Culture during the Era of Emancipation

By: Carsten Schapkow

This book explores the “Golden Age” of Sephardic Jewry on the Iberian Peninsula and its perception in German Jewish culture during the era of emancipation. For Jews living in Germany, the history of Sephardic Jewry developed into a historical example with its distinctive valence and signature against the pressure to assimilate and the emergence of anti-Semitism in Germany. It provided, moreover, a forum to engage in internal dialogue amongst Jews and external dialogue with German majority society about challenging questions of religious, political, and national identity. In this respect, the perception of prominent Sephardic Jews as intercultural mediators was key to emphasizing the skills and values Jews had to offer to civilizations in the past. German Jews invoked this past significance in their case for a Jewish role in present and future societies, especially in Germany.

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Lexington Books

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1498508030

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9781498508032

Religion and Democracy

A Worldwide Comparison

By: Carsten Anckar

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Religion and Democracy

A Worldwide Comparison

By: Carsten Anckar

This important new study empirically assesses the relationship between religion and democracy, looking at the global, regional and individual country picture. Using a wide range of quantitative data, Anckar tests the validity of Huntington’s claim that democracy and religion are tightly connected, and that western Christianity is the only religion capable of supporting democratic institutions. Anckar evaluates both the broader assumptions that the introduction and the stability of a democratic form of government is dependent on the dominating religion in the country at the macro level and the suggestion that at the individual level, religious adherence is related to pro-democratic values. The volume discusses how whilst at first sight Huntington’s theory appears to receive widespread support, on closer evaluation; there data reveals anomalies that merit further discussion. Whilst it appears that Christianity does seem to provide the most supportive environment democracy, Buddhist countries appear to have results similar to those where Islam is the predominant religion. The relationship between Islam and democracy is also subjected to an extensive discussion; key findings such as the fact that democracy seems to have the greatest chances of success in Muslim countries situated far from Mecca and Medina are developed and examined with important new conclusions reached. Examining religions including Christianity, Islam Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Taoism and Judaism, Anckar seeks to demonstrate that the political context is more important than religious affiliation for explaining attitudes towards democracy. Thus, at least from the individual perspective, religion is unimportant as an explanation for democratic values. In contrast to Huntington’s predictions, the results of this study will show that the future of democracy does not look so gloomy after all.

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Routledge

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1136710361

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9781136710360

Jesus, Man or Myth?

By: Carsten Meedom

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Jesus, Man or Myth?

By: Carsten Meedom

Jesus Christ is one of the most revered and, at the same time, maligned figures in human history. What is the truth about him? Can we reliably know anything at all? In this clear and authoritative book, a leading historian and theologian faces head-on the difficult questions about the historical Jesus. He invites readers to lay aside any preconceived ideas that may have and to examine the evidence. They may be surprised at the findings.

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Lion Books

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0745957722

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9780745957722

Go North!

Baltic Sea Region Studies: Past-Present-Future

By: Carsten Schymik,Valeska Henze,Jochen Hille

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Go North!

Baltic Sea Region Studies: Past-Present-Future

By: Carsten Schymik,Valeska Henze,Jochen Hille

HauptbeschreibungGo North was the programmatic title of an international conference on Baltic Sea Region Studies that took place at Humboldt University of Berlin from April 4-6, 2005. It was hosted by the BalticStudyNet project, which is part of the European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme for the global promotion of European higher education. In order to discuss the past, present and future of Baltic Sea Region Studies, the Berlin conference brought together about fifty government representatives and scholars from all Baltic Sea Region countries, including Russia, as well as from the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the USA, Canada, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. The basic idea of the Go North conference was to encourage a fundamental change of perspective - away from intra-regional and towards extra-regional and truly global approaches to the Baltic Sea Region: How is the Baltic Sea region perceived when viewed, let's say, from Australia? What, if anything, would a Chinese student find typical, extraordinary, or even unique when looking at the region? Why should a scholar from Mexico, South Africa or India wish to do research in and/or about the Baltic Sea Region? Consequently, third country views on Europe's North and the Baltic Sea Region were a feature of many of the presentations and panel discussions during the conference, which are documented in this volume.

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BWV Verlag

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3830521251

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9783830521259

ADB International Investment Agreement Tool Kit

A Comparative Analysis

By: Tom Kirchmaier,Carsten Gerner-Beuerle

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ADB International Investment Agreement Tool Kit

A Comparative Analysis

By: Tom Kirchmaier,Carsten Gerner-Beuerle

International investment agreements (IIAs) are important in attracting foreign direct investment, and they are becoming more numerous, varied, and complex. To help policymakers, businesses, and researchers compare and analyze agreements and their implications, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has created an online database of concluded IIAs involving the Asia and Pacific region. The ADB IIA Tool Kit codifies 15 key investment provisions and includes bilateral investment treaties and investment chapters of free trade agreements. This publication introduces the tool kit and provides a comprehensive analysis of investment treaties and arbitration design.

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Asian Development Bank

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9292628380

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9789292628383

The Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State in China

God Above Party?

By: Carsten T. Vala

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The Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State in China

God Above Party?

By: Carsten T. Vala

Among China’s restive religious and social groups, Protestants have arguably created the most sustained structural challenges to the Chinese Communist Party’s ordering of society. By drawing on grassroots fieldwork conducted across the country, this book therefore charts the ambition of the government to restrain Protestant population growth and direct it towards regime purposes. In particular, interviews with key church leaders who founded illegal Protestant congregations with hundreds of participants, reveal how officials and illegal congregational leaders have developed ties of trust and information that have permitted church growth, even as they preserve a public image of Party domination. Thus, by tracing the rise of large, illegal Protestant congregations apart from Party-state structures, this book highlights the importance of the public behaviour of religious actors and regime officials in understanding the dynamics of negotiation, domination, and resistance in 21st century China. Ultimately, The Politics of Protestant Churches and the Party-State in China paradoxically demonstrates that societal actors can alter the boundaries set by the Chinese Communist Party and the ways in which the Party is both more adaptive and resilient in its relations with society than first imagined. Offering the first book-length analysis of how ambitious Protestants have founded large, unregistered churches despite regime pressure, this book will be useful for students and scholars of Chinese Politics, Chinese Religion and Sociology.

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Routledge

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1351712667

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9781351712668

Glossator: Practice and Theory of the Commentary

Open-Topic

By: Carsten Madsen,Louis Bury,Barbara Clayton

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Glossator: Practice and Theory of the Commentary

Open-Topic

By: Carsten Madsen,Louis Bury,Barbara Clayton

Volume 3 of the journal Glossator: Practice and Theory of the Commentary. http: //glossator.org

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Glossator

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1453855815

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9781453855812

China's Economic Culture

The Ritual Order of State and Markets

By: Carsten Herrmann-Pillath

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China's Economic Culture

The Ritual Order of State and Markets

By: Carsten Herrmann-Pillath

China's spectacular rise challenges established economic moulds, both at the national level, with the concept of "state capitalism", and at the firm level, with the notion of indigenous "Chinese management practices". However, both Chinese and Western observers emphasise the transitional nature of the reforms, thereby leaving open the question as to whether China's reform process is really a fast catch-up process, with ultimate convergence to global standards, or something different. This book, by a leading economist and sinologist, argues that "culture" is an exceptionally useful tool to help understand fully the current picture of the Chinese economy. Drawing on a range of disciplines including social psychology, cognitive sciences, institutional economics and Chinese studies, the book examines long-run path dependencies and cultural legacies, and shows how these contribute crucially to the current cultural construction of economic systems, business organisations and patterns of embedding the economy into society and politics.

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Taylor & Francis

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1134651023

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9781134651023

Management Accounting, 6e

By: Will Seal,Carsten Rohde,Ray Garrison,Eric Noreen

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Management Accounting, 6e

By: Will Seal,Carsten Rohde,Ray Garrison,Eric Noreen

Management Accounting, 6e

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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1526847167

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9781526847164

55 Reasons for You to Open a Grand Hotel

By: Carsten K, Rath,Susanne Rath

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55 Reasons for You to Open a Grand Hotel

By: Carsten K, Rath,Susanne Rath

In the thick of it - instead of just being there! Opening a Grand Hotel is more enthralling than many action movies. This is especially true when a team of dedicated hoteliers pursue the goal of guiding the time-honored tradition of the luxury hospitality industry into a new era. Kameha Grand Zurich plays with clichés and also breaks with one or another taboo in the branch. Here hassle is preprogrammed - just as experiences that the guest will not have in any other house in the world. For a Grand Hotel is being opened here that is ultimately unique in its own right. Carsten and Susanne Rath have opened dozens of hotels on four continents. They provide information which we as guests are not privy to even off the record: Are we allowed to check in in flip-flops? How far does freedom actually go in a Grand Hotel? How come that guests in some hotels feel out of place? What trends have a future in the Grand Hotel business, and what relics from old times are the snows of yesteryear?

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3867745072

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The Smyslov Workbook

Improve your ability to find combinations, construct plans, and calculate long, forcing variations

By: Carsten Hansen,Cyrus Lakdawala

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The Smyslov Workbook

Improve your ability to find combinations, construct plans, and calculate long, forcing variations

By: Carsten Hansen,Cyrus Lakdawala

In this book, the authors aim to assist the reader in becoming better at finding combinations, constructing plans, and calculating long, forcing variations. For the purpose of instruction, the material is based on the output of former World Champion Vassily Smyslov (1921-2010), using his endgame compositions from various works and publications as well as several of his practical endgames from games from tournaments and matches throughout his career against players such as Mikhail Botvinnik, Paul Keres, Bent Larsen, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian, and several other world-class players

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CarstenChess

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8793812329

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9788793812321

Rekindling the Word

In Search of Gospel Truth

By: Carsten Peter Thiede

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Rekindling the Word

In Search of Gospel Truth

By: Carsten Peter Thiede

It is Christmas 1994. A distinguished German papyrologist is about to transform our understanding of the Gospels. With little more than the evidence of a few tiny scraps of papyrus, Dr. Carsten Thiede will explain to the world why he believes that the writers of the Gospels actually witnessed the Sermon on The Mount. He will show how precise and accurate study of the Greek on his papyrus samples reveals that these Gospel texts already existed in written form within fifteen years of Christ's death. In Rekindling The Word Thiede provides the full evidence for his startling theory and demonstrates his techniques and considerable talents over numerous New Testament and Qumranic documents and themes. Readers will find detailed analysis on the search for the historical Jesus of Nazareth, Archaeological Rome in New Testament times, the Development of Scroll and Codex in the Early Church, the Multilingualism of the Essenes and Early Christianity and the importance of the Qumran documents from Cave Seven.

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Gracewing Publishing

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1563381362

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Sociology Through the Projector

By: Bulent Diken,Carsten Bagge Laustsen

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Sociology Through the Projector

By: Bulent Diken,Carsten Bagge Laustsen

Sociology through the Projector takes issue with the question of how contemporary film can help answering the general, abstract but still urgent question: what is the social today? This book explains the performative relation to contemporary social theory in which cinema functions as a tool for social diagnosis. There is much to be learned about social theory through an encounter with films as films are part and parcel of the society they portray. Increasingly more lay knowledge about social problems and facts stems from cinema as it offers to large audiences a popular and pedagogical introduction to social knowledge. Social theory cannot avoid a critical engagement with cinema as cinema interprets, invents, displaces and distorts the object of sociological inquiry. This book will provide a deeper understanding of contemporary social theory as the chosen films will work as a pedagogical route into contemporary social theory. The films represent a mix of European and American blockbusters and more aesthetically orientated films. The authors question several dominant topics and concerns within social theory and film studies. Firstly, by cross-examining a series of concepts such as identity, representation, memory and surveillance (filming social behaviour) which are of concern to both film theory and social theory. Secondly, by trying to develop imaginative approaches to standard social concerns such as exclusion, gender roles and inequalities, power, infantilisation and commodification of the social and psychological bonds. This book will be a great resource for students and researchers of Sociology, Contemporary Social Theory, Film Studies and Cultural Studies.

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Routledge

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1134064861

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9781134064861

Advanced Methods of Electrophysiological Signal Analysis and Symbol Grounding?

Dynamical Systems Approaches to Language

By: Carsten Allefeld,Peter Beim Graben,Jürgen Kurths

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Advanced Methods of Electrophysiological Signal Analysis and Symbol Grounding?

Dynamical Systems Approaches to Language

By: Carsten Allefeld,Peter Beim Graben,Jürgen Kurths

What is the origin of meaning? How does the brain achieve symbolic computation? What are the neural correlates of cognitive processes? These challenging questions at the borderline between neuroscience, cognitive science, nonlinear dynamics, and philosophy are related to the symbol grounding problem: How is the meaning of words and utterances grounded in the dynamics of the brain and in the evolution of beings alive interacting with each other and with their environments? Simply by convention? Or is there an inherent correctness of names, of syllables, or even of sounds? This new book examines these important issues and presents probing analyses of the latest research.

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Nova Publishers

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1604560223

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9781604560220

Determinants of the Death Penalty

A Comparative Study of the World

By: Carsten Anckar

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Determinants of the Death Penalty

A Comparative Study of the World

By: Carsten Anckar

Determinants of the Death Penalty seeks to explain the phenomenon of capital punishment - without recourse to value judgements - by identifying those characteristics common to countries that use the death penalty and those that mark countries which do not. This global study uses statistical analysis to relate the popularity of the death penalty to physical, cultural, social, economical, institutional, actor oriented and historical factors. Separate studies are conducted for democracies and non-democracies and within four regional contexts. The book also contains an in-depth investigation into determinants of the death penalty in the USA.

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1134315457

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9781134315451

EBOOK: Management Accounting, 7e

By: Carsten Rohde,Karen Mustard

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EBOOK: Management Accounting, 7e

By: Carsten Rohde,Karen Mustard

Management Accounting is a market-leading textbook that offers comprehensive coverage of cost and management accounting, understanding information for decision making, planning and controlling budgets and reporting, and understanding performance management in a strategic context. The much anticipated seventh edition places special emphasis on employability skills, and spotlights latest environmental, social and governance considerations. The book offers a balanced discussion of management accounting theory and practice and has been tailored specifically to courses across the UK and Europe. Retaining its student-friendly writing style and practical approach, it is the ideal text for students studying management accounting, from introductory through to advanced levels. Key Features: • Clear, user-friendly style • Focus on Practice boxes in every chapter illustrate precisely how management accounting theory affects companies, using examples from well-known companies and industry sectors. • Management Accounting in Action dialogues demonstrate topical issues in real world scenarios. • Chapter links throughout provide quick cross-referencing to show the connections between topics. • Review Questions designed to test you on material learned in a more formal style. New to this Edition: • Brand new Focus on Practice boxes based on the CGMA Competency Framework to showcase the variety of job roles within the field of accountancy, and to highlight key skills they may require. • Updated discussions and new sections on sustainability and corporate social responsibility, big data and data analytics, risk management post COVID-19, and graphing skills. • Fully updated questions, exercises, problems, and cases are categorized by level of difficulty to offer progressive learning for students. • Applying Excel Exercises have been expanded to further support student Excel skills Available on McGraw Hill’s Connect®, the well-established online learning platform, which features our award-winning adaptive reading experience as well as resources to help faculty and institutions improve student outcomes and course delivery efficiency. To learn more, visit mheducation.co.uk/connect

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152684981X

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Improving Computer Science Education

By: Djordje M. Kadijevich,Charoula Angeli,Carsten Schulte

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Improving Computer Science Education

By: Djordje M. Kadijevich,Charoula Angeli,Carsten Schulte

Improving Computer Science Education examines suitable theoretical frameworks for conceptualizing teaching and learning computer science. This highly useful book provides numerous examples of practical, "real world" applications of major computer science information topics, such as: • Spreadsheets • Databases • Programming Each chapter concludes with a section that summarzies recommendations for teacher professional development. Traditionally, computer science education has been skills-focused and disconnected from the reality students face after they leave the classroom. Improving Computer Science Education makes the subject matter useful and meaningful by connecting it explicitly to students' everyday lives.

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