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Discussions of personal identity frequently ignore the basic metaphysical nature of human people. What Are We? is the first general study of this important question. It explains the question's meaning, considers in detail the main possible answers to it, and suggests how the problem might be solved.

Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers? Rittberger develops an original and compelling theory of delegation to representative institutions, and demonstrates just how and why the European Parliament has become so powerful.

The book treats microfluidics theory and its applications to lab-on-a-chip systems. It covers fluid dynamics and how to control flows and solutions in microsystems with various external fields. Containing a broad range of exercises, the text is developed for advanced undergraduates, intending to enable the students to confront real problems.

Although America is unquestionably a nation of immigrants, its immigration policies have inspired more questions than consensus on who should be admitted and what the path to citizenship should be. In Americans in Waiting, Hiroshi Motomura looks to a forgotten part of our past to show how, for over 150 years, immigration was assumed to be a transition to citizenship, with immigrants essentially being treated as future citizens--Americans in wa...

Davis discusses the increasing role of interest groups, the press, and the public, whose role is not prescribed in the Constitution, in the selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices and how it affects the process. First he examines in detail the history and nature of the process, then he looks at the role and impact of other players. His conclusions about how non-political actors affect the outcome of Supreme Court justice selection...

Part of the prestigious Debates in Indian History and Society series, this volume presents the key argument of the debates, along with a selection of writings that made pioneering interventions in the study of the 18th century in Indian history.

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1, 3, Verwaltungs- und Wirtschafts-Akademie Bochum gGmbH (FB Wirtschaftswissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Diplomarbeit werden die Auswirkungen der Gesundheitsreform 2004 auf die Angebotsstrukturen am Beispiel des Arzneimittelmarktes analysiert. Bedingt durch demografische als auch durch monetäre Gründe, die sich unter anderem in hohen Arzneimitt...

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for SATB choir, cor anglais (or clarinet, or viola) and organThis reflective setting of verses from Psalm 139 was composed in memory of George Guest and first performed by the choir of St John's College, Cambridge, on Ash Wednesday, 2007. The work makes a highly effective Lenten or contemplative anthem.

for SATB choir, cor anglais (or clarinet, or viola) and organThis reflective setting of verses from Psalm 139 was composed in memory of George Guest and first performed by the choir of St John's College, Cambridge, on Ash Wednesday, 2007. The work makes a highly effective Lenten or contemplative anthem.

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The number-shy biology student is a common species. This introductory text shows how to apply simple mathematical principles to a range of biological examples to reveal vital insights and understanding. Packed with questions and calculations and covering the whole range of biology, this is for all maths-shy biologists, from first-year undergraduates to graduates.

Justice brings together in one indispensable volume essential readings on justice and moral reasoning. With readings from major thinkers from the classical era up to the present, the collection provides a thematic overview of the concept of justice. Moreover, Sandel's organization of the readings and his own commentaries allow readers to engage with a variety of pressing contemporary issues. Looking at a host of ethical dilemmas, including aff...

Collapse of the Habsburg Empire from the perspective of everyday life in the capital city.

This book offers an extended reinterpretation of English policy in Ireland over the sixteenth century. It seeks to show that the major conflicts between Tudor governors and native lords which characterised the period were not the result of a deliberate Tudor strategy of confrontation, but arose from a failed experiment in legal reform and cultural assimilation which had been applied with remarkable success elsewhere in the Tudor dominions. The...

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The emergence of a common security and foreign policy has been one of the most contentious issues accompanying the integration of the European Union. Using extensive empirical evidence drawn from interviews, case studies, official documents and secondary sources, Michael Smith examines the specific ways foreign policy cooperation has been institutionalized in the EU. This perceptive and well-informed analysis will appeal to scholars and resear...

A collection of essays on Renaissance drama including work by Kyd, Jonson, Webster and Shakespeare.

Janis Caldwell investigates the links between the growing scientific materialism of the nineteenth century and the persistence of the Romantic literary imagination. Through closely analyzing literary texts from Frankenstein to Middlemarch, and examining fiction alongside biomedical lectures, textbooks and articles, Caldwell argues that the way "Romantic materialism" influenced these disciplines compels us to revise conventional accounts of the...

Der Klassiker: der Jahresrückblick von Horst Haitzinger. Bundes- und weltpolitische Ereignisse werden wie gewohnt witzig, spritzig und manchmal bissig dargestellt. Der Band zeigt eine Sammlung der besten politischen Karikaturen des Jahres.