Publications
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The Challenge of Minority Integration. Politics and Policies in the Nordic Nations
(2015)
How is solidarity achieved in highly diverse societies - particularly those that have been until recently characterized by rather homogeneous populations? What are the implications of growing levels of diversity on existing ...
Auf dem Weg zur Normalität. Konflikt und Verständigung in den deutsch-französischen Beziehungen der 1970er Jahre
(2014)
Despite the fortuitous leadership of Giscard and Schmidt, German-French relations during the 1970s experienced a series of major conflicts. There were a number of different governmental and societal forces that sought to ...
Auf der Suche nach einem anderen Deutschland. Das Verhältnis Frankreichs zur DDR im Spannungsfeld von Perzeption und Diplomatie
(2014)
In France, the notion of the other Germany was at once myth and model. How else do we explain France's intensive contact with East Germany? Using a broad range of sources, Christian Wenkel examines the basic specifics of ...
Aspects of the Performative in Medieval Culture
(2010)
The volume assesses performative structures within a variety of medieval forms of textuality, from vernacular literature to records of parliamentary proceedings, from prayer books to musical composition. Three issues are ...
Aspects of Linguistic Variation
(2019)
This volume brings together papers on linguistic variation. It takes a broad perspective, covering not only crosslinguistic and diachronic but also intralinguistic and interspeaker variation, and examines phenomena ranging ...
Big Data Security
(2019)
After a short description of the key concepts of big data the book explores on the secrecy and security threats posed especially by cloud based data storage. It delivers conceptual frameworks and models along with case ...
Aging between Participation and Simulation. Ethical Dimensions of Socially Assistive Technologies in Elderly Care
(2020)
This publication aims to initiate an interdisciplinary discourse on the ethical, legal, and social implications of socially assistive technologies in healthcare. It combines practically relevant insights and examples from ...
Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions. Emotions associated with Jewish prayer in and around the Second Temple period
(2015)
This collection of essaysoffers ananalysis of central texts in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic relating to emotions within literary prayers. Their discussions touch upon such diverse topics as relations with God, exegesis, ...
Aufbau der Materie
(1981)
Die Begründung des Rechts als historisches Problem
(2000)
Die Begründung oder Legitimation des Rechts ist eine Aufgabe, welche die Menschen verschiedener Zeitalter in unterschiedlicher Weise zu lösen versuchten. Das in diesem Band dokumentierte wissenschaftliche Kolloquium ...
Auslegung und Hermeneutik der Bibel in der Reformationszeit
(2016)
The significance of the Bible for the Reformation is undisputed. Employing various perspectives, this volume reflects on biblical interpretation and hermeneutics during the time of the Reformation. It discusses the Wittenberg ...
Barriers to Play and Recreation for Children and Young People with Disabilities. Exploring Environmental Factors
(2017)
This report reviews international research into the barriers to play for children with disabilities. The authors come from different disciplinary backgrounds, in Sociology, Social Policy, Anthropology, Occupational Health ...
Being Jewish in 21st-Century Germany
(2015)
An unexpected immigration wave of Jews from the former Soviet Union mostly in the 1990s has stabilized and enlarged Jewish life in Germany. Jewish kindergartens and schools were opened, and Jewish museums, theaters, and ...
Behold Our Moral Body. Psychiatry, Duns Scotus and Neuroscience
(2013)
For centuries, science and religion have been on the opposite sides of the debate about the moral nature of human beings. Now science is confirming what people of faith have long known: human morality is embedded in our ...
Burgund und das Reich. Spätmittelalterliche Außenpolitik am Beispiel der Regierung Karls des Kühnen (1465-1477)
(2002)
Die Regierungszeit Karls des Kühnen von Burgund (1465/67-1477) zählt zu den Wendezeiten der europäischen Geschichte. Im Dauerkonflikt mit seinen Lehnsherren, König Ludwig XI. von Frankreich und Kaiser Friedrich III., strebte ...
Ageing in Europe. Supporting Policies for an Inclusive Society
(2015)
SHARE is an international survey designed to answer the societal challenges that face us due to rapid population ageing. How do we Europeans age? How will we do economically, socially and healthwise? How are these domains ...
Biological Invasions in Changing Ecosystems. Vectors, Ecological Impacts, Management and Predictions
(2015)
When organisms are deliberately or accidentally introduced into a new ecosystem a biological invasion may take place. These so-called ‘invasive species’ may establish, spread and ecologically alter the invaded community. ...
Bird Ringing Station Manual
(2015)
In an attempt to standardize elements of the station routine, the book describes the procedures used in passerine and wader ringing stations. It offers a comparative analysis of versatile evaluation techniques such as ...
The Boundaries of Europe. From the Fall of the Ancient World to the Age of Decolonisation
(2015)
Europe`s boundaries have mainly been shaped by cultural, religious, and political conceptions rather than by geography. This volume of bilingual essays from renowned European scholars outlines the transformation of Europe`s ...
Children disengaged from armed groups in Colombia. Integration Processes in Context
(2013)
An in-depth study of the complex situation in Colombia; extensive research involving a broad range of participants. Drawing on a broad research on historical, geographical and socio-political context of the Colombian ...
Communication and Materiality. Written and Unwritten Communication in Pre-Modern Societies
(2015)
This volume reconsiders literacy and communication in pre-modern societies, focusing especially on how material form affects the way textual artefacts are understood and interpreted. By bringing together scholars from ...
La connaissance du Saint-Empire en France du baroque aux Lumières 1643-1756
(2010)
Das föderale Alte Reich gilt heute wie auch im zeitgenössischen Frankreich in Vielem als vorbildlich. Guido Braun befasst sich mit seinem Bild bei den französischen Staatsmännern, Diplomaten, Juristen, Historikern und ...
A COPD Primer
(2015)
In 2012 we received a grant from the Veterans Health Administration Office of Specialty Care entitled, “Patient-Centered Model for the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.” The grant’s goals were to enhance ...
Copular Clauses and Focus Marking in Sumerian
(2014)
This work is the first comprehensive description of Sumerian constructions involving a copula. Using around 400 fully glossed examples, it gives a thorough analysis of all uses of the copula, which is one of the least ...
Cosmopolitan Responsibility. Global Injustice, Relational Equality, and Individual Agency
(2020)
The world we live in is unjust. Preventable deprivation and suffering shape the lives of many people, while others enjoy advantages and privileges aplenty. Cosmopolitan responsibility addresses the moral responsibilities ...
Data Loam. Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft. The Future of Knowledge Systems
(2021)
As an urgent response to the continually growing flood of information to which libraries, search engines, and cultural institutions are exposed, Data Loam combines radical approaches and strategies from the international ...
Bilingualism and Deafness. On Language Contact in the Bilingual Acquisition of Sign Language and Written Language
(2016)
This book examines sociolinguistic, educational and psycholinguistic factors that shape the path to sign bilingualism in deaf individuals and contributes to a better understanding of the specific characteristics of a type ...
The Book of Job. Aesthetics, Ethics, Hermeneutics
(2015)
The Book of Job has held a central role in defining the project of modernity from the age of Enlightenment until today. Why has Job`s response to disaster become a touchstone for modern reflections on catastrophic events? ...
Brauchen wir ein drittes Geschlecht? Reformbedarf im deutschen (Familien-)Recht nach Einführung des § 22 Abs. 3 PStG
(2015)
In 2013, § 22, para. 3 of the Civil Status Act (PStG) made clear that the civil status of intersexual persons could be entered in birth records without an indication of gender affiliation. However, German family law is ...
Building Europe. A History of European Unification
(2015)
Relying on internal sources, Wilfried Loth analyses the birth and subsequent development of the European Union, from the launch of the Council of Europe and the Schuman Declaration until the Euro crisis and the contested ...
Contemporary Debates in Bioethics: European Perspectives
(2019)
The volume aims to capture a European gist of theoretical sensibilities, conceptual resources, and research interests, but not in an adversarial way, as opposed to American bioethics. The volume gathers contributions from ...
Biochemistry Laboratory Manual For Undergraduates. An Inquiry-Based Approach
(2014)
Biochemistry laboratory manual for undergraduates – an inquiry based approach by Gerczei and Pattison is the first textbook on the market that uses a highly relevant model, antibiotic resistance, to teach seminal topics ...
Der Briefwechsel
(2016)
The correspondence between Meinong and Kazimierz Twardowski highlights the relationship between two philosophers who influenced the history of philosophy and psychology in Austria and Poland. The two correspondents discuss, ...
Bringing Buddhism to Tibet. History and Narrative in the DBA' BZHED Manuscript
(2021)
Bringing Buddhism to Tibet is a landmark study of the Dba’ bzhed—a seminal history recounting the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet. Preserved in a single copy, the Dba’ bzhed stands at the head of a long tradition of ...
Commercial Orchids
(2015)
Orchids account for a large share of global floriculture trade both as cut flowers and as potted plants, and are estimated to comprise around 10% of international fresh cut flower trade. The average value of fresh cut ...