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How has the discussion of climate change affected interstate relations? How do international climate politics influence domestic politics, and vice-versa? This book explores national responses to climate change, analyzes implications for economics and security, and proposes equitable and just schemes for fostering international cooperation.

This volume analyses how the use of referendums affects the central functions and characteristics of representative democracy and provides a balanced account on the interaction between referendums, representative institutions and actors.

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Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature Series Editors: Ian Brown & Thomas Owen Clancy This series offers new insights into Scottish authors, periods and topics drawing on contemporary critical approaches. Each volume: * provides a critical evaluation and comprehensive overview of its subject * offers thought-provoking original critical assessments by expert contributors * includes a general introduction by the volume editor(s) and a selec...

The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry Edited by Matt McGuire and Colin Nicholson This is the first book to take political devolution as an organising context for the presentation and discussion of main currents in contemporary Scottish poetry. The book combines thematic chapters with in-depth analysis of key poets writing in English, in Gaelic and in Scots, to address the central issues raised in work that is responding to ch...

This volume considers the major themes, texts and authors of Scottish literature of the twentieth and, so far, twenty-first century. It identifies the contexts and impulses that led Scottish writers to adopt their creative literary strategies. Moving beyond traditional classifications, it draws on the most recent critical approaches to open up new perspectives on Scottish literature since 1900.The volume's innovative thematic structure ensures...

One day Jane was a comedy scriptwriter with a successful career in British television and hopes for her future in Hollywood. The next she's reduced to interviewing celebrities for British magazines for three years. She is saved by a crush on peacemaker John Prendergast after seeing his photograph in Vanity Fair. She will do anything to get a date, even following him to Uganda - only to discover he'd already left and she was alone in a war zone...

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The fundamental science and the latest developments in carbohydrate-based vaccines The relatively new field of glycoimmunology has emerged from the marriage of glycobiology and immunology, in recognition of the important role carbohydrates play as antigenic determinants. Carbohydrate-Based Vaccines and Immunotherapies comprehensively reviews the state of this exciting field, offering a single source for both the fundamental science and the la...

Sensation and Perception, Fifth Edition" maintains the standard of clarity and coverage set in earlier editions, which make the technical scientific information accessible to a wide range of students. Retaining its traditionally clear writing style, this new edition boasts a thoroughly revised art program and over a thousand new references. It features strong pedagogy, abundant student-friendly examples, and an engaging, conversational style.

Das Relief der Erde ist ständigen endogenen wie exogenen Formungsprozessen ausgesetzt. Klima, Vegetation und vor allem der Mensch formen die Gestalt und das Aussehen der Erdoberfläche. Die Geomorphologie bildet damit die Grundlage für weitere geographische Fragestellungen. Gerade ökologische Wirkungsgefüge können so in ihrem breiten Beziehungsgeflecht diskutiert werden. Welche physikalischen, chemischen und mechanischen Faktoren prägen und ver...

A comprehensive treatment of ultrafast optics This book fills the need for a thorough and detailed account of ultrafast optics. Written by one of the most preeminent researchers in the field, it sheds new light on technology that has already had a revolutionary impact on precision frequency metrology, high-speed electrical testing, biomedical imaging, and in revealing the initial steps in chemical reactions. Ultrafast Optics begins with a su...

Basic Process Measurements Cecil L. Smith A unique resource for process measurement Basic Process Measurements provides a unique resource explaining the industrial measuring devices that gauge such key variables as temperature, pressure, density, level, and flow. With an emphasis on the most commonly installed technologies, this guide outlines both the process variable being measured as well as how the relevant measuring instruments functio...

Die Reihe wurde speziell für das Profilfach Technik und Management an Technischen Gymnasien in Baden-Württemberg entwickelt und verknüpft technische Inhaltsschwerpunkte mit wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Kenntnissen.Band 3: Projektmanagementmit Beispielprojekt (Schulkalender)handlungsorientierter Aufbauleicht nachvollziehbar durch Fallbeispiele, Problemstellungen oder Rückgriffe auf bereits behandelte InhalteZu diesem Titel sind passende Lösung...

You CAN find a job in a bad economy--but not with conventional search strategies To win a job now, you need a recession-proof plan. Get the Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring explains why your chances are better than you think, gives you the strategies to land your dream job, and includes: * The twenty habits of effective job-hunters in a down market * Why your resume is your least important job-search tool * Tips on building an online c...

The Blackwell Handbook of Language Development provides a comprehensive treatment of the major topics and current concerns in the field. Covering new academic terrain in areas such as brain development, computational skills, bilingualism, education, and cross-linguistic comparisons, this volume explores the progress of twenty-first century research in language development while considering its precursors and looking towards promising research ...

Der Band "Geoökozonen" bietet Schülerinnen und Schülern der Oberstufe, aber auch Studierenden der Fachrichtung Geographie einen Überblick über die terrestrischen Geoökozonen und ihre inhaltliche Kennzeichnung.Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte sind u.a.:ein großräumiges Ordnungsmodell der Erde, die unter dem Blickwinkel eines Natur- und Lebensraumes gesehen wird, Geoökozonen als Landschaftszonen/-gürtel, bei denen komplexe Zusammenhänge zwischen Geo- un...

This new edition of a well-regarded book provides a concise and exceptionally clear introduction to Habermas's work, from his early writings on the public sphere, through his work on law and the state, to his more recent discussion of science, religion and contemporary Europe. Outhwaite examines all of Habermas's major works and steers a steady course through the many debates to which they have given rise. A major feature of the book is that i...

Reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, this study shows cancer for what it is.

John Henry Newman (1801-1890) umfasst in seinem Leben und mit seinem Werk zentrale Positionen der kirchengeschichtlichen und kirchenpolitischen Entwicklung des 19. Jahrhunderts: Reform der Anglikanischen Kirche (Oxford-Bewegung), Erneuerung der christlichen Spiritualität, Kampf gegen die Säkularisierung und Relativierung des Christentums. Er ist der Schöpfer der Theorie von der Entwicklung der christlichen Lehre (1845). Er gründet eine katholi...