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Social Theory

A Textbook

By: Carsten Bagge Laustsen,Lars Larsen,Mathias Nielsen,Tine Ravn,Mads Sørensen

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Social Theory

A Textbook

By: Carsten Bagge Laustsen,Lars Larsen,Mathias Nielsen,Tine Ravn,Mads Sørensen

This textbook offers a new approach to understanding social theory. Framed around paired theoretical perspectives on a series of sociological problems, the book shows how distinctive viewpoints shed light on different facets of social phenomena. The book includes sociology’s "founding fathers", major 20th-century thinkers and recent voices such as Butler and Zizek. Philosophically grounded and focused on interpretation and analysis, the book provides a clear understanding of theory’s scope while developing students’ skills in evaluating, applying and comparing theories.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317329724

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Evolutionary Perspectives on Enhancing Quality of Life

By: Mads Larsen,Nina Witoszek

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Evolutionary Perspectives on Enhancing Quality of Life

By: Mads Larsen,Nina Witoszek

Positive psychology is a thriving field with increasing political influence, yet there are few evolutionary studies that have had a tangible impact on rethinking mechanisms of well-being. This Element reviews existing literature and proposes synthesizing insights into human flourishing under an umbrella of multilevel selection (MLS). Conceptualizing quality of life as 'Happiness + Meaning = Well-being' draws attention to how people navigate between individual and group needs, and how they reconcile selfish pursuits with altruism and cooperation. We define happiness as the cluster of affects that reward individuals for solving adaptive challenges. We approach meaning as a reward that individuals experience when contributing to their community. By way of examples, we critically examine the Nordic well-being societies whose ethos and education advance prosocial values and practices and strike a balance between individualist and communitarian ideals. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Cambridge University Press

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100937852X

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9781009378529

Mapping World Literature

International Canonization and Transnational Literatures

By: Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

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Mapping World Literature

International Canonization and Transnational Literatures

By: Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

Thomsen develops the concept of constellations of books based on particular formal and thematic traits and shows how this works in relation to literature written by migrant writers and literature on genocides, wars and catastrophes.

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A&C Black

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1847061230

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9781847061232

Ulrich Beck

An Introduction to the Theory of Second Modernity and the Risk Society

By: Mads Peter Sørensen,Allan Christiansen

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Ulrich Beck

An Introduction to the Theory of Second Modernity and the Risk Society

By: Mads Peter Sørensen,Allan Christiansen

In Ulrich Beck, Mads P. Sørensen and Allan Christiansen provide an extensive and thorough introduction to the German sociologist's collected works. Focusing on the theory outlined in Beck's chief work, Risk Society, and on his theory of second modernity, Sørensen and Christiansen explain the sociologist's ideas and writing in a clear and accessible way.

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210

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Routledge

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0415693691

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Referendums and Ethnic Conflict

By: Mads Qvortrup,Matt Qvortrup

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Referendums and Ethnic Conflict

By: Mads Qvortrup,Matt Qvortrup

Although referendums have been used for centuries to settle ethnonational conflicts, there has yet been no systematic study or generalized theory concerning their effectiveness. Referendums and Ethnic Conflict fills the gap with a comparative and empirical analysis of all the referendums held on ethnic and national issues from the French Revolution to the 2012 referendum on statehood for Puerto Rico. Drawing on political theory and descriptive case studies, Matt Qvortrup creates typologies of referendums that are held to endorse secession, redraw disputed borders, legitimize a policy of homogenization, or otherwise manage ethnic or national differences. He considers the circumstances that compel politicians to resort to direct democracy, such as regime change, and the conditions that might exacerbate a violent response. Qvortrup offers a clear-eyed assessment of the problems raised when conflict resolution is sought through referendum as well as the conditions that are likely to lead to peaceful outcomes. This original political framework will provide a vital resource in the ongoing investigation into how democracy and nationalism may be reconciled.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812245806

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9780812245806

The New Human in Literature

Posthuman Visions of Changes in Body, Mind and Society after 1900

By: Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

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The New Human in Literature

Posthuman Visions of Changes in Body, Mind and Society after 1900

By: Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

Twentieth-century literature changed understandings of what it meant to be human. Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, in this historical overview, presents a record of literature's changing ideas of mankind, questioning the degree to which literature records and creates visions of the new human. Grounded in the theory of Niklas Luhmann and drawing on canonical works, Thomsen uses literary changes in the mind, body and society to define the new human. He begins with the modernist minds of Virginia Woolf, Williams Carlos Williams and Louis-Ferdinand Celine's, discusses the society-changing concepts envisioned by Chinua Achebe, Mo Yan and Orhan Pamuk. He concludes with science fiction, discussing Don DeLillo and Michel Houellebecq's ideas of revolutionizing man through biotechnology. This is a study about imagination, aesthetics and ethics that demonstrates literature's capacity to not only imagine the future but portray the conflicting desires between individual and various collectives better than any other media. A study that heightens reflections on human evolution and posthumanism.

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A&C Black

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1441114068

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Reality Lost

Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation

By: Vincent F. Hendricks,Mads Vestergaard

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Reality Lost

Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation

By: Vincent F. Hendricks,Mads Vestergaard

This open access book looks at how a democracy can devolve into a post-factual state. The media is being flooded by populist narratives, fake news, conspiracy theories and make-believe. Misinformation is turning into a challenge for all of us, whether politicians, journalists, or citizens. In the age of information, attention is a prime asset and may be converted into money, power, and influence – sometimes at the cost of facts. The point is to obtain exposure on the air and in print media, and to generate traffic on social media platforms. With information in abundance and attention scarce, the competition is ever fiercer with truth all too often becoming the first victim. Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation is an analysis by philosophers Vincent F. Hendricks and Mads Vestergaard of the nuts and bolts of the information market, the attention economy and media eco-system which may pave way to postfactual democracy. Here misleading narratives become the basis for political opinion formation, debate, and legislation. To curb this development and the threat it poses to democratic deliberation, political self-determination and freedom, it is necessary that we first grasp the mechanisms and structural conditions that cause it.

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159

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Springer

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3030008134

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Food Redistribution in the Nordic Region

Phase II: Identification of best practice models for enhanced food redistribution

By: Gram-Hanssen, Irmelin,Hanssen, Ole Jørgen,Hultén, Johan,Silvennoinen, Kirsi,Werge, Mads,Stenmarck, Åsa,Aare, Ane Kirstine

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Food Redistribution in the Nordic Region

Phase II: Identification of best practice models for enhanced food redistribution

By: Gram-Hanssen, Irmelin,Hanssen, Ole Jørgen,Hultén, Johan,Silvennoinen, Kirsi,Werge, Mads,Stenmarck, Åsa,Aare, Ane Kirstine

The Nordic Food Redistribution Project investigates food waste reduction through the redistribution of surplus food. The project goal is to increase and improve redistribution activities from donors to food banks and charity organisations in order to enhance both environmental and social sustainability in the Nordic region. The phase II report proposes best practice models concerning legislation, organisation, quality assurance and registration of food. Report recommendations are addressed at redistribution and food-serving actors, donors and authorities and focus on how to improve the quality of redistributed food, how to enhance collaboration between the various actors as well as how to prioritize and secure funding for redistribution activities. The report is part of the Nordic Prime Ministers’ green growth initiative: “The Nordic Region – leading in green growth.”

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Nordic Council of Ministers

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9289344490

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9789289344494

Multi-Pitch Estimation

By: Mads Christensen,Andreas Jakobsson

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Multi-Pitch Estimation

By: Mads Christensen,Andreas Jakobsson

Periodic signals can be decomposed into sets of sinusoids having frequencies that are integer multiples of a fundamental frequency. The problem of finding such fundamental frequencies from noisy observations is important in many speech and audio applications, where it is commonly referred to as pitch estimation. These applications include analysis, compression, separation, enhancement, automatic transcription and many more. In this book, an introduction to pitch estimation is given and a number of statistical methods for pitch estimation are presented. The basic signal models and associated estimation theoretical bounds are introduced, and the properties of speech and audio signals are discussed and illustrated. The presented methods include both single- and multi-pitch estimators based on statistical approaches, like maximum likelihood and maximum a posteriori methods, filtering methods based on both static and optimal adaptive designs, and subspace methods based on the principles of subspace orthogonality and shift-invariance. The application of these methods to analysis of speech and audio signals is demonstrated using both real and synthetic signals, and their performance is assessed under various conditions and their properties discussed. Finally, the estimators are compared in terms of computational and statistical efficiency, generalizability and robustness. Table of Contents: Fundamentals / Statistical Methods / Filtering Methods / Subspace Methods / Amplitude Estimation

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141

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Springer Nature

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303102558X

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9783031025587

EU Presidencies between Politics and Administration

The Governmentality of the Polish, Danish and Cypriot Trio Presidency in 2011-2012

By: Mads Dagnis Jensen,Peter Nedergaard

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EU Presidencies between Politics and Administration

The Governmentality of the Polish, Danish and Cypriot Trio Presidency in 2011-2012

By: Mads Dagnis Jensen,Peter Nedergaard

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis after the Lisbon Treaty came into force of the EU Presidency's impact on national administrations in the Member States of Poland, Denmark and Cyprus before, during and after the Presidency. Placing the practical issues facing officials and policy-makers into a "governmentality" framework, it analyses the impact on the daily activities of bureaucrats and ministers. The book utilises comprehensive and novel empirical material including around 100 interviews with key officials, documentary sources and academic literature. It uncovers the kind of negotiations, management and coordination triggered by the immense challenge of presiding over the EU –including being a part of a Trio. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students of political science, European Union studies and public administration, as well as more broadly to Comparative Politics and International Relations. It will also be of interest to officials and policy members in EU Member states approaching the Presidency.

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Routledge

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1317427424

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9781317427421

Compiler Generators

What They Can Do, What They Might Do, and What They Will Probably Never Do

By: Mads Tofte

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Compiler Generators

What They Can Do, What They Might Do, and What They Will Probably Never Do

By: Mads Tofte

The OrIgIn of this monograph is a course entitled "Semantics directed Compiler Generation" which Professor Neil D. Jones gave in 1982 at Copenhagen University, where I was a student at the time. In this course, he described a compiler generator, called CERES, which he was developing. I immediately felt attracted to the unusual combination of mathematical reasoning about com pilers and the small intricate building blocks that made up the running system. As I came to understand the system I discovered that within the existing mathematical framework one could express compiler generation as a special case of compilation; this led to a specification of a compiler generator which was bootstrapped on itself resulting in a machine-generated compiler generator. The purpose of this monograph is to describe the CERES system we produced in 1983-84 and compare it with other systems, includ ing more recent ones. Also, it is as relevant today as it was then to discuss the role of compiler generators as an aid in the design and implementation of programming languages; this I do in Chap. 5. This monograph is a strongly revised version of the cando scient.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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364261504X

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Literature and the World

By: Stefan Helgesson,Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

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Literature and the World

By: Stefan Helgesson,Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

Literature and the World presents a broad and multifaceted introduction to world literature and globalization. The book provides a brief background and history of the field followed by a wide spectrum of exemplary readings and case studies from around the world. Amongst other aspects of World Literature, the authors look at: New approaches to digital humanities and world literature Ecologies of world literature Rethinking geography in a globalized world Translation Race and political economy Offering state of the art debates on world literature, this volume is a superb introduction to the field. Its critically thoughtful approach makes this the ideal guide for anyone approaching World Literature.

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180

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1351203657

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9781351203654

Heartcore - New Thoughts on Leadership

By: Mads Øvlisen,Mikael R. Lindholm

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Heartcore - New Thoughts on Leadership

By: Mads Øvlisen,Mikael R. Lindholm

In their 100th year of doing business, and more than twenty years after his retirement as CEO, Novo Nordisk still practices the leadership principles formulated by Mads Øvlisen. This elite practice of leadership - which he calls ‘heartcore’ - originated in Danish culture, and still continues to create success globally. This book is written to be a source of inspiration for all leaders who aim at fostering a better world. Mads Øvlisen delves deep into his thoughts on leadership, which have contributed to making Novo Nordisk one of the world’s leading companies. ‘Heartcore’ is a leadership practice that fosters extraordinary growth and renewal by setting high standards for mutual respect, creativity, talent, and freedom. He outlines how one can meet greater targets by balancing ‘soft’ values with hard results, and by creating an equilibrium between expected economic surplus, social responsibility, and environmental quality. Mads Øvlisen was the CEO of Novo Nordisk from 1981 to 2000, and after retiring, he continued as chairman of the board until 2006. He has simultaneously held board positions in a handful of corporations, among others, LEGO and the Royal Theatre. Mads has been an advisor to the UN Global Compact, which works with corporations to create a sustainable future with economic growth and prosperity for all. Furthermore, he has held several public positions in Denmark, advising the Council for Social Responsibility as well as the Council of the Arts. He has received numerous awards and honours such as becoming Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, one of Denmark’s two senior orders bestowed by the sovereign.

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Saxo

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9798891214576

Food waste and date labelling

Issues affecting the durability

By: Møller, Hanne;Hagtvedt, Therese;Lødrup, Nina,Andersen, Jens Kirk,Madsen, Pernille Lundquist,Werge, Mads,Aare, Ane Kirstine,Reinikainen, Anu,Rosengren, Åsa,Kjellén, Jimmy,Stenmarck, Åsa,Youhanan, Lena

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Food waste and date labelling

Issues affecting the durability

The purpose of the project has been to identify how date labelling legislation on food is practised in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and how the durability can be affected in the food supply chain. The project recommends enhanced guidance for manufacturers, retailers and consumers. When prolonging the durability of the product, the retail waste decreased significantly. The results show that the type of packaging gas and storage temperature is of great importance for the durability of food products. Consumer studies reveal a need for guidance on how long products may be eaten after opening of the package. The individual consumer needs clearer and more easily accessible information on different labelling, storage temperature and durability of products.

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Nordic Council of Ministers

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9289345578

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9789289345576

Borders of Belonging

Experiencing History, War and Nation at a Danish Heritage Site

By: Mads Daugbjerg

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Borders of Belonging

Experiencing History, War and Nation at a Danish Heritage Site

By: Mads Daugbjerg

In an era cross-cut with various agendas and expressions of national belonging and global awareness, “the nation” as a collective reference point and experienced entity stands at the center of complex identity struggles. This book explores how such struggles unfold in practice at a highly symbolic battlefield site in the Danish/German borderland. Comprised of an ethnography of two profoundly different institutions – a conventional museum and an experience-based heritage center – it analyses the ways in which staff and visitors interfere with, relate to, and literally “make sense” of the war heritage and its national connotations. Borders of Belonging offers a comparative, in-depth analysis of the practices and negotiations through which history is made and manifested at two houses devoted to the interpretation of one event: the decisive battle of the 1864 war in which Otto von Bismarck, on his way to uniting the new German Empire, led the Prussian army to victory over the Danish. Working through his empirical material to engage with and challenge established theoretical positions in the study of museums, modernity, and tourism, Mads Daugbjerg demonstrates that national belonging is still a key cultural concern, even as it asserts itself in novel, muted, and increasingly experiential ways.

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Berghahn Books

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0857459775

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9780857459770

Social Theory

A Textbook

By: Carsten Bagge Laustsen,Lars Larsen,Mathias Nielsen,Tine Ravn,Mads Sørensen

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By: Carsten Bagge Laustsen,Lars Larsen,Mathias Nielsen,Tine Ravn,Mads Sørensen

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Social Theory

Social Theory

Evolutionary Perspectives on Enhancing Quality of Life

Evolutionary Perspectives on Enhancing Quality of Life

Mapping World Literature

Mapping World Literature

Ulrich Beck

Ulrich Beck

Referendums and Ethnic Conflict

Referendums and Ethnic Conflict

The New Human in Literature

The New Human in Literature

Reality Lost

Reality Lost

Food Redistribution in the Nordic Region

Food Redistribution in the Nordic Region

Multi-Pitch Estimation

Multi-Pitch Estimation

EU Presidencies between Politics and Administration

EU Presidencies between Politics and Administration

Compiler Generators

Compiler Generators

Literature and the World

Literature and the World

Heartcore - New Thoughts on Leadership

Heartcore - New Thoughts on Leadership

Food waste and date labelling

Food waste and date labelling

Borders of Belonging

Borders of Belonging

Social Theory

Social Theory

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