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Title: Migrantenjugendliche zwischen Schule und Beruf: Individuelle Übergänge und kommunale Strukturen der Ausbildungsförderung Author(s): AYBEK, Can Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Book
Title: Our Man in Rome: Henry VII and his Italian Ambassador Author(s): FLETCHER, Catherine Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: 1527. Gregorio 'The Cavalier' Casali is Henry VIII's man in Rome. An Italian freelance diplomat, he charmed his way into the English service before he was twenty. But now he faces an almighty challenge. Henry wants a divorce ...
Title: Performing the Past. Memory, History, and Identity in Modern Europe Author(s): TILMANS, Karin; VAN VREE, Frank; WINTER, Jay Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Performing the Past is an investigation of the multiple social and culture practices through which Europeans have negotiated the space between their history and their memory over the past 200 years. In museums, in opera ...
Title: Perspectives on Power. An Inter-Disciplinary Approach Author(s): MORGAN, Heather M.; LETNAR CERNIC, Jernej; MILLIGAN, Lindsay Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Although ‘power’ can appear a vague term, the dichotomy between haves and have-nots, the desire to gain autonomy, and the dire consequences of subjugation, are three issues that resound across the arts and social sciences. ...
Title: The Politics and Memory of Democratic Transition: The Spanish Model Author(s): ALONSO, Gregorio; MURO, Diego Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Spain's political transition to democracy is often lauded as the benchmark by which many other countries explicitly declared to have measured their own democratic progress. 2008 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Spanish ...
Title: A Recuperação Judicial de Sociedade por Ações: A preservação da empresa na lei de recuperação e falência Author(s): NEDER CEREZETTI, Sheila Christina Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: O tema da recuperação da empresa apresenta algumas peculiaridades e diversos dilemas. Pode-se optar por uma sociedade - e uma empresa - que se preocupa com sua autopreservação. Nessa hipótese, não há como não advertir e ...
Title: Richelieu Author(s): D'ALBIS, Cécile Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Il est très difficile de connaître un homme dont ses flatteurs ont dit tant de bien, et ses ennemis tant de mal », écrivait Voltaire. Cardinal et ministre de Louis XIII pendant près de vingt ans, Richelieu a dirigé la ...
Title: Shaping Rule of Law through Dialogue: International and supranational experiences Author(s): FONTANELLI, Filippo; MARTINICO, Giuseppe; CARROZZA, Paolo Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Book
Title: Socioeconomic Differences in Old Age Mortality Author(s): HOFFMANN, Rasmus Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Social differences in health and mortality constitute a persistent finding in epidemiological, demographic, and sociological research. This topic is increasingly discussed in the political debate and is among the most ...
Title: Survey on Research Funding for the Social Sciences in Europe Author(s): MARIMON, Ramon; GUARDIANCICH, Igor; MARIATHASAN, Mike; ROSSI, Eva Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: From mid-2010 through early 2011, the Academic Careers Observatory (ACO) of the Max Weber Programme (MWP) carried out three separate surveys of economists, sociologists and political scientists, the majority of whom held ...
Title: Written Culture in a Colonial Context. Africa and the Americas, 1500-1900 Author(s): DELMAS, Adrien; PENN, Nigel Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The circulation of manuscripts and books between different continents played a key role in the process of the first globalization from the 16th century onwards. This book explores the extent to which the control over the ...