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Coping With Terror argues that strategic responses to terrorism must focus on managing this serious problem rather than solving it outright. Author Ira Sharkansky describes personal and collective stresses associated with terror, and examines the idea of coping as the key to understand how policymakers, military personnel and ordinary citizens deal with these stresses.

E-government is more about government than about "e". The spread of new information and communication technologies has spurred major changes at all levels of society and notably in citizen expectations. Governments have also been integrating those tech

As an intellectual movement, entrepreneurial studies began about the same time as the Austrian revival. The beginnings of the entrepreneurship movement might be dated to sometime before 1978 when Babson College established its Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, the first such center in the US.

Today, many states look to the California experience to assess whether the ALRA can serve as a model for their own farm labour relation laws. In Martin's view, California's efforts to grant rights to farm workers so that they can help themselves have failed because of continued unauthorized migration and the changing structure of farm employment. Martin argues that alternative policies would make farming profitable, raise farm worker wages and...

Today, many states look to the California experience to assess whether the ALRA can serve as a model for their own farm labour relation laws. In Martin's view, California's efforts to grant rights to farm workers so that they can help themselves have failed because of continued unauthorized migration and the changing structure of farm employment. Martin argues that alternative policies would make farming profitable, raise farm worker wages and...

I use violence as it is. It's ugly, brutalizing, and bloody...awful." Vilified for his violent vision of the American West as presented in films such as The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, the artistry of Sam Peckinpah's work was largely overlooked in his lifetime. Dismissed by critics, he was essentially ignored in the decade following his untimely death in 1984 at the age of fifty-nine. However, with the publication of a biogra...

Vor dem Hintergrund globaler Trends des Wandels in der Gesellschaft werden die daraus folgenden Herausforderungen für Unternehmen und insbesondere für deren Führung vorgestellt. Anschließend wird an einigen Feldern des Führungshandelns verdeutlicht, welche Handlungsmöglichkeiten für die Führungskräfte bestehen.- Was sind die wichtigen Trends des Wandels?- Was sind die Konsequenzen für die Führung?- Wie kann man den Wandel gestalten?

This volume provides the most comprehensive presentation, to date, of the phenomenology, clinical aspects and cognitive therapy of persistent depression. The text is highly readable, replete with illustrative case material and highlighted by concise summaries at the end of each chapter. The treatment approach, already validated in the famed Cambridge-Newcastle clinical trial, is an invaluable contribution.' Aaron T. Beck, M.D. Drawing on ext...

Softly padding through the darkness, Moonlight explores the world on her favorite night, Halloween.The town and countryside glow with shining stars. The wide yellow moon lights pumpkins, racoons, and children out having fun. . . .Told in eloquently simple, lyrical words, with dazzling, luminous paintings, Moonlight evokes not just the excitement of Halloween, but something more -- the reassuring warmth and friendliness that is a special part o...

Von Praktikern für Praktiker geschrieben: Die Autoren verfügen über langjährige Erfahrungen mit der Gründung und dem Aufbau von Niederlassungen in den USA. Sie vereinen die Sichtweisen von Handelsattaché, Rechtsanwalt und Unternehmensberater, so dass die verschiedenen Aspekte einer erfolgreichen Unternehmensgründung in den USA ausführlich besprochen und analysiert werden. Speziell aufbereitete Checklisten und Fallbeispiele helfen, kostenintens...

Considered a classic in the field, Troy Duster's Backdoor to Eugenics was a groundbreaking book that grappled with the social and political implications of the new genetic technologies. Completely updated and revised, this work will be welcomed back into print as we struggle to understand the pros and cons of prenatal detection of birth defects, gene therapies, growth hormones, and substitute genetic answers to problems linked with such groups...

Campbell, winner of the 2001 Pushcart Prize, is a storyteller every bit as gifted as Larry Brown or Eudora Welty, a social commentator and wordsmith of the first order. This novel shows what happens when a hardscrabble town meets modern development.

Der französischste aller Engländer - Julian Barnes Ob Charme oder Chanson, Kunst oder Küche, französische Lebensart oder Literatur - Julian Barnes weiß fast alles über Frankreich. Er schreibt darüber mit Esprit und großer Kenntnis und lädt den Leser ein zu einer vielseitigen Tour de France. Julian Barnes ist schon als Junge mit seinen Eltern als Tourist nach Frankreich gereist. Auf den Fahrten im Familienwagen durch die Provinz nahm er das ...

Persönlich, anschaulich, fesselnd: ein Leben wie ein Roman! Es ist ein einzigartiges Leben, und es ist die Geschichte einer ganzen Generation: eine Kindheit im Krieg, eine grausame Flucht, ein mühsamer Neuanfang, eine unvollständige Ausbildung, eine rasante Karriere - und eine große, lebenslange Liebe. In seinen Erinnerungen macht uns Peter Härtling zu Zeugen einer Anverwandlung: Wir treffen ihn an seinem Schreibtisch und folgen ihm in die V...

Japanese retailing has long been regarded as traditional or even backwards, when in reality it has constantly demonstrated its innovativeness and dynamism. This book highlights these developments by looking at: innovations and underlying driving forces, responses of Japanese retailers to deregulation, increasing competition, changes in consumer behaviour, and internationalization during the 1990s. All of these factors are analyzed through a th...

An innovative and accessible work that introduces readers to the main arguments for and against the use of violence in politics. Indeed, the problem of political violence has acquired new salience in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Written by an experienced teacher and scholar of the subject, the book has been specially designed to engage readers by encouraging them to assume the role of impartial jurors in a simulated trial ...

Password sniffing, spoofing, buffer overflows, and denial of service: these are only a few of the attacks on today's computer systems and networks. At the root of this epidemic is poorly written, poorly tested, and insecure code that puts everyone at risk. Clearly, today's developers need help figuring out how to write code that attackers won't be able to exploit. But writing such code is surprisingly difficult. Secure Programming Cookbook fo...

Critical Praise forThe Alchemy of Finance "The Alchemy of Finance joins Reminiscences of a Stock Operator as a timeless instructional guide of the marketplace." --Paul Tudor Jones From the Foreword to the First Edition "An extraordinary . . . inside look into the decision-making process of the most successful money manager of our time. Fantastic." --The Wall Street Journal "A breathtakingly brilliant book. Soros is one of the core of master...

Nestled in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania are the twin towns of Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg. Discover the history, people, and places of this community in an unprecedented collection of images. Authors and local historians Marie and Frank Summa have compiled fascinating images with a carefully researched and informative text to tell the story of the Stroudsburgs and the Poconos from the time of the Native Americans ...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Zweifellos stellt die wichtigste Ressource eines Unternehmens sein Personal dar. Selbst ein Betrieb mit einem hohen Technologisierungsgrad würde nichts herstellen ohne jegliche Mitarbeiter. Sie sind das Öl in einem großen Motor. Ohne Öl kommt es zum Stillstand. Ein Unternehmen funktioniert umso reibungsloser im Sinne von erfolgreicher, je motivierter und engagierter seine Beschäftigten sind. Diese Diplomarbeit ¿Grun...