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In recent years, social and economic pressures have combined to affect the traditional role of the homemaker. With emphasis being placed on the world of work as opposed to the life of home, many people now struggle to fulfil several functions simultaneously. This increasingly busy and hectic climate has led to an apparent downgrading of the work of the homemaker. Taking a spiritual perspective inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, Veronika van Duin suggests that homemaking needs to be undertaken consciously as an honoured and valued task - as nothing less than a ''social art''. If we are to enjoy happy and contented family and home lives, the role of homemaker ought to be regarded highly. Without claiming that there is a blueprint for perfect homemaking, the author offers principles and observations based on a study of the seven ''life processes'' and how they work on us. She addresses the significance of rhythm, relationships, artistic environment, caring, self development, and much more besides in this invaluable book.

An innovative contribution to debates on the internationalization and globalization of the social sciences, this book pays particular attention to their theoretical and epistemological reconfiguration in the light of postcolonial critiques and critiques of Eurocentrism. Bringing together theoretical contributions and empirical case studies from around the world, including India, the Americas, South Africa, Australia and Europe, it engages in debates concerning public sociology and explores South-South research collaborations specific to the social sciences. Contributions transcend established critiques of Eurocentrism to make space for the idea of global social sciences and truly transnational research. Thematically arranged and both international and interdisciplinary in scope, this volume reflects the different theoretical and thematic backgrounds of the contributing authors, who enter into dialogue and debate with one another in the development of a more inclusive, more representative and more theoretically relevant stage for the social sciences. A rigorous critique of the contemporary state of the social sciences as well as an attempt to find another way of doing transnational sociology, Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences will appeal to scholars of sociology, political science and social theory with interests in the production of social scientific knowledge, postcolonialism and transnationalism in research.

At present, the Sibe language is the only oral variety of Manchu which is actually in use. With some 20,000 to 30,000 speakers it is also the most widely spoken Tungusic language. The Sibe people, who live at the North-Western border of the present-day Sinkiang Uyghur Autonomous province of China, are descendants of the garrison men of the Manchu army from 18th century. They were sent there after the area was annexed by the Manchus with the task to guard the newly established border between the Manchu Empire and Russia. Being soldiers of an alien army they remained isolated from the indigenous Turkic and Mongolian peoples, which resulted in an allmost miraculous preservation of the language. In the 1990s, when the oral varieties of Manchu in historical Manchuria became either extinct or at the verge of extinction, Sibe kept surviving as a language spoken by all generations of Sibe people in the Chapchal Sibe autonomous county, and by the middle and older generations in virtually all other Sibe settlements of Xinjiang. By now, although the percentage of Sibe-Chinese bilingualism is high, the number of speakers, including young people, is still significantly great. The present description of the grammatical functioning of the two main inflected word classes – nouns and verbs – is documented by examples and sample texts, and provided with the basic general information about the Sibe language and its speakers. The intention of this work is to offer the reader a more complex image of the Sibe language as it is used at present on its historical and cultural territory.

Als die ehemalige Polizistin und Wiener Detektivin Stella Marini zwei neue Fälle übernimmt, ahnt sie nicht, dass die ihr ganzes Leben für immer verändern werden. Plötzlich besteht ihre Frau-plus-Hund-Detektei noch aus einer Sekretärin, ehemals Tänzerin in Nachtclubs, dem amerikanischen Partner Barry Denton, der aussieht wie ein Model für Indianerfilme und dem arbeitslosen Hacker Tippi.Mit dieser Truppe stolpert das Büro Denton-Marini bei den Ermittlungen zu einem verschwundenen Ehemann und dem Mord an einem Wissenschaftler in die undurchsichtige Welt der US-Geheimdienste. Barrys Schwester Sam, die als Reporterin in Afghanistan einem fiesen Agenten der USA auf der Spur ist, bringt weiteres Licht in die Sache, als sich herausstellt, dass der vermutlich auch in Stellas Ermittlungen eine Rolle spielt. Das Aufdröseln der Kriminalfälle, die anscheinend zusammenhängen, führt das Team und ihre Mitarbeiter von Wien über Ramstein bis nach Washington. Und was Sam in Afghanistan aufdeckt, beschäftigt sie bis in die Gegenwart – dem unrühmlichen Abzug der Besatzer und Blitzübernahme des Landes durch die Taliban.

Documents the scientific explorations of Antarctica, examining its unique climate, natural environment, and native life forms, and discusses how these studies can affect research in climate change, microbiology, and life on other planets.

This book combines well-known theoretical elements of various disciplines to form a broad picture of the role of ideologies in conflicts, in particular "the supply and demand side" of the ideological market: namely, why individuals choose particular ideologies and how radical groups, and organizations use them to address individuals'' specific needs for the purpose of recruitment. This allows better understanding of the socio-psychological dynamics of social conflicts--why adopting particular ideologies is reasonable given certain socio-economic conditions; why individuals stick to destructive ideologies; and why they embrace major personal risks to join radical groups and advance the goals of these groups.

Each chapter examines the correspondence of a particular psycho-analyst with a particular author.

The newest title in the series Survivor Stories, this book tells the story of Paul Allen, a photographer who likes opera and was a good baritone singer. At the age of 56 he sustained a stroke that left him paralysed and speechless. He has Locked-In Syndrome (LIS), a rare consequence of brain damage. Although Paul is fully conscious and his cognitive abilities are intact, he is unable to move or speak due to the paralysis of nearly all his voluntary muscles. However, Paul is keen to communicate and through his eye movements he tells his story, from his early life, career, singing and other interests, to the details of his stroke and the effects it has had on his life. The book also includes contributions from Paul’s wife Liz, who tells the story from her point of view, along with Paul’s physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, psychologists and others from the Raphael Hospital who have assisted in Paul’s rehabilitation. In telling of his frustrations, his successes, his views on life and how he sees his future, Paul raises awareness of the quality of life possible for those with LIS. Combining scientific knowledge with personal narrative, this unique and optimistic book is of huge importance to any professional involved in the care of someone with a brain injury, and to the individuals and families touched by LIS.

The study represents the first book-length treatment of lesbian text and discourse, focusing on the changing notions of lesbian community as expressed in non-fictional texts published in the UK and the US between 1970 and 2004

This Element provides an introduction to the hiddenness argument, as presented by John Schellenberg, and its up-to-date discussion in a comprehensible way. It concludes with a brief assessment of where things stand, from the author''s point of view, and why divine hiddenness should not reduce a reflective theist''s confidence in theism.

This Element shows how two social movements, lesbian separatism and Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), reflect the changing and complex (anti-)feminist ideologies of their time. The authors outline the historical and political background of those discourses and how they are influencing contemporary gender relations. The materials analysed comprise ten manifestos, which are examined with a combination of data-led discourse analysis and theory-led argumentation analysis. The manifestos are similar in that both sets of authors construct homogenous in-groups and out-groups as well as dichotomies between them. There are some differences though in how this is linguistically realised and who is classified as an out-group. Both groups cast social actors in particular roles and establish ethical norms, but strategic planning and utopias are more prominent among lesbian separatists. Freedom, advantage and authority are central in each group''s argumentation, but lesbian separatists also stress humanitarianism while MGTOW focus on financial matters.

Lexigrams Volume 2 contains 50 cleverly illustrated word-cards to supercharge your vocabulary. Have fun while you learn, and never forget a word again. See it. Learn it. Done. The following words are included in Lexigrams Volume 2: abridge, abscond, albatross, apoplectic, approbate, bellicose, bellwether, bombast, bombinate, cache, caterwaul, celerity, corpulent, decorticated, disport, epigone, euthenics, gadarene, garrulous, gesticulate, hardliner, herpetologist, insular, jettison, juggernaut, milieu, numismatics, ossify, panacea, parboil, pillory, precocious, quack, quandary, roil, ruminate, sage, salad days, saturnine, spurious, stymie, surreptitious, torrefy, umbrage, vacillate, vituperate, wanderlust, xenophobia, yuppie, zealot

What are the attitudes of online media users to the vast collection of personal data held by commercial platform companies? Do previous experiences of state surveillance have an impact on these attitudes? Do they differ for those brought up in the surveillance regime of Estonia during the Soviet Union era, or who experienced the surveillance apparatus in Portugal under authoritarian dictatorship? Do Swedish media users without authoritarian surveillance experiences differ in their attitudes to commercial surveillance? These questions are discussed in this final report from the project Social Media Surveillance and Authoritarianism (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, 2020-2023), a three-country comparative study (Estonia, Portugal, Sweden). The project aimed to analyse the role of past experiences of state surveillance on attitudes to dataveillance, that is, the commercial surveillance stemming from online media that is at the heart of data capitalism. The report accounts for the aims, objectives, theoretical and methodological points of departure and and presents empirical examples of the results.

EN // Global History Dialogues: Border-Crossing aims to provide a platform for showcasing the role that oral history can play in diversifying the vantage points from which, about which, and through which we approach global history. Border crossing is conceptualized as extending beyond the mere physical act of traversing administrative and political boundaries. It encompasses social, and cultural, real and imagined, material and intellectual crossings, providing a nuanced understanding of the multifaceted nature of border dynamics. This open access book purses three goals. Firstly, it enables student-researchers from South America, Asia and Europe, to uncover microhistories that are close to their hearts and communities and yet resonate with global border-crossings. Secondly it provides space for educators of oral global history to reflect on their practice in nontraditional classrooms. Thirdly, it holds space for guest contributors from the University of Potsdam, who share intimate reflections on displacement, emplacement and life across borders. These conversations generate innovative deliberations about the possibilities and limits of the nexus between oral history, global history, student-research, and pedagogy. The medley of voices included in this volume speaks from multiple perspectives. The linchpin bringing many of the authors together is the Global History Dialogues project of the Global History Lab at the University of Cambridge. This timely intervention contributes to rethinking the way we tell and teach global history and oral history and, in the process, invites the reader to consider multiple ways of negotiating, overcoming, and transforming borders. DE // Grenzüberschreitungen // Global History Dialogues: Border-Crossing bietet eine Plattform für Forschungsansätze, die die Rolle der Oral History zur Diversifizierung der Perspektiven hervorhebt, wie wir Globalgeschichte betrachten und verstehen können. Grenzüberschreitungen werden dabei nicht nur als das physische Überschreiten administrativer und politischer Grenzen verstanden. Vielmehr werden in diesem Band soziale und kulturelle, reale und imaginierte, materielle und intellektuelle Grenzen ins Zentrum des Interesses gestellt. So wird ein differenziertes Verständnis der facettenreichen Formen von Grenzdynamiken geboten. Dieser Open-Access-Band verfolgt drei Ziele. Erstens ermöglicht er studentischen Forschenden aus Südamerika, Asien und Europa, Mikrogeschichten zu entdecken, die ihnen und ihren Gemeinschaften nahestehen und zugleich mit globalen Grenzüberschreitungen in Resonanz stehen. Zweitens schafft es Raum für Lehrende der Globalgeschichte, die auf die Methoden der Oral History zurückgreifen, um ihre Praxis in unkonventionellen Kursräumen zu reflektieren. Drittens bietet es Gastautor:innen der Universität Potsdam die Möglichkeit, persönliche Reflexionen über Entwurzelung, Verortung und das Leben über Grenzen hinweg zu teilen. Diese Beiträge regen zu innovativen Überlegungen über die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Zusammenspiels von Oral History, Globaler Geschichte, studentischer Forschung und Geschichtsdidaktik an. Das zentrale Element, das viele der Autor:innen zusammenführt, ist das Projekt Global History Lab an der Universität Cambridge. Dieser innovative Band trägt dazu bei, die Art und Weise, wie wir Globalgeschichte und Oral History begreifen und lehren, zu überdenken, und lädt Lesende ein, über verschiedene Möglichkeiten nachzudenken, wie Grenzen verhandelt, überwunden und transformiert werden können. --- The series Global History Dialogues is edited by Marcia C. Schenck. Editor of the Global/Oral History Conversations section: Johanna Wetzel https://globalhistorydialogues.org/

In this second volume of the new franchise crime series - The Swiss Franchise Detectives - Lars Van de Velde is called to the Zug headquarter of the Happy People, a fitness franchise. It relies heavily on robotics and artificial intelligence, but is being blackmailed. Obviously, not all franchisees act in accordance with the system. During his investigations, with his assistant Morita Miramoto, in Berlin and Hamburg (Germany) as well as Unterägeri and Zug (Switzerland), Lars has to experience first-hand how robots can help, but also endanger human lives. The main protagonists Loretta Lombardi and Lars Van de Velde are always on the case when black sheep appear in the franchise economy. The multicultural investigators and their colorful team of assistants solve mysterious cases and fight for the good in franchising - with wit, humor and physical commitment. An entertaining crime-franchise.

Veronika Groke interrogates the concept of the comunidad indígena (indigenous community) in the context of the history and social life of a Guaraní community in eastern Bolivia. While this institution is today firmly embedded in Bolivian politics and society, different people and interest groups have varying understandings of its meaning and purpose. By showing the comunidad to be a multifaceted complex of diverging and sometimes competing ideas, desires, and agendas, Groke provides new insight into contemporary political tensions related to culture, identity, and development

Virginia Woolf as a Process-Oriented Thinker: Parallels Between Woolf’s Fiction and Process Philosophy introduces Virginia Woolf as a nondualist and process-oriented thinker whose ideas are, despite no direct influence, strikingly similar to those of Alfred North Whitehead. Veronika Krajíčková argues that in their respective fields, literature and philosophy, Woolf and Whitehead both criticized the materialist turn of their time and attempted to reattribute importance to experience and undermine long-rooted dualisms such as subject and object, the animate and the inanimate, the human and the nonhuman, or the self and the other. By erasing the gaps between these dualities, the two thinkers anticipated the poststructuralist thought with which Woolf has been anachronically associated in the last decades. Krajíčková shows that there is no need to analyze Woolf’s fiction via critical and philosophical theories that developed much later. This book demonstrates that Woolf and Whitehead’s ideas may help us adopt more ecologically friendly, selfless, intersubjective, and harmless modes of being in the present day. Both figures emphasize the intrinsic value and importance of each constituent of reality and teach us to appreciate the aesthetic values dispersed throughout our environment.

A new, exciting and entertaining crime series from the Swiss city of Zug. The Swiss franchise detectives Loretta Lombardi and Lars Van de Velde are always on the case when black sheep appear in the franchise economy. The multicultural investigators fight for justice with wit, humor and physical commitment, supported by a colorful team of assistants. An entertaining crime novel set in the franchise economy with plenty of Swiss ambience. The first case, The Disappearance of Alexander Schober, involves innovative bio-hacking and sustainable brother rooster chicks for a food franchise in Zug and Ascona/Ticino, as well as private and professional relationship entanglements.

The collection of scientific articles and papers in art, culture, and cultural hetitage of Lebanon, Bulgarian, Romanian and Russian scientists.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Didaktik für das Fach Englisch - Literatur, Werke, Note: 1,0, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig (Englisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Utopia – Dystopia, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In 1979, Barry N. Malzberg remarks about Ursula K. Le Guin that “she is, as the date of this essay, the most important contemporary writer of science fiction, and this field cannot be understood if she is not” (9). Indeed, Le Guin takes an exceptional posi- tion among writers of science fiction in the 1960s and 1970s. First, Le Guin can be re- cognized as a highly active writer during that period of time, as ten texts from her Hain- ish Cycle were published between 1966 and 19741. Among these texts are prize-win- ning novels like The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and The Dispossessed (1974), which were both winners of the Hugo Award and the Nebula award and thus made her “not only the first woman to receive the Hugo and Nebula for the year''s best novel, but the only writer to receive both awards twice for the best novel” (De Bolt, 22). Second, Le Guin also is a crucial person in the development of science fiction as a genre. Her novel The Dispossessed bears the subheading An Ambiguous Utopia. With this novel Le Guin reunites two genres which have “many close and evident connections[,] [...] [but also] exceptionally complex [interrelations]” (Williams, 52). These two genres are utopian fiction and science fiction. In The Dispossessed Le Guin also laid the technolo- gical foundation for her whole Hainish universe: She led her main character Shevek to the invention of the ansible, a means of immediate interstellar communication. My thes- is is that this technological invention, the ansible, is the crucial, but ambivalent element which makes Lu Guin''s work science fiction and utopian fiction at the same time and moreover bears utopian as well as dystopian characteristics. In order to prove my thesis, I will first state and explain definitions of utopian fic- tion and science fiction. Secondly, I will give a short overview on Le Guin''s biography and the works in her Hainish Cycle. Furthermore, I will analyze five novels from this cycle on the importance of the ansible. These works are Rocannon''s World (1966), Planet of Exile (1966), The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), The Word for World is For- rest (1972) and The Dispossessed (1974).

This book argues that the recent political mobilizations in Eastern Europe have been underpinned by a class struggle between a more conservative and a more radical line of contention. The latter line, the book contends, is designed by and for subaltern groups whose anti-systemic programme calls for not just the eradication of corruption, but for more participatory forms of democracy, for social justice, and for freedom from want. The former, on the other hand, is designed by powerful groups of intellectuals, for the middle classes whom the intellectuals see as the historical strata capable of advancing the ‘catch-up’ projects of modernization and Europeanization which they zealously champion. Based on a critical examination of recent political struggles, including a detailed case study of the 2013 protests in Bulgaria which focuses particularly on their internal antagonisms and drawing on the social theories of Antonio Gramsci and Ernst Bloch, the book provides shrewd insights into class antagonisms in political mobilizations, the distortive nature of ideological constructions and utopian longings, and the factors which propel many people to support projects for social change.

Diploma Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, grade: 1,3, University of Augsburg (Prof. Dr. Möllers), course: Diplomarbeit, language: English, abstract: The economic analysis of the duty of ad-hoc disclosure and related issues in this paper led to the following conclusions: Due to information asymmetries between issuers and investors, a regula-tion of the rules of disclosure is necessary, which reduces the incentive for individual investors to costly gather information, and transfer this in-formation process onto issuers. The legislator‟s goal for such reason can be found in the safeguarding of capital market efficiency as to both correct pricing and liquidity (or sufficient investor participation). The duty of ad-hoc disclosure should fully be transferred to the issuer, as it is the cheapest cost avoider and has sufficient own interests to provide correct and timely information. Nevertheless, legislation must avoid that the issuer can be held liable for information as if it was advice by detail-ing which information has to be given in which form. Furthermore, it must be ensured that investors are not flooded with information, but that only a sensible amount of pertinent information as opposed to advertising information is published. For the lesion of this duty of disclosure, not only the issuer as an entity, but as well the board members should be held liable, as this introduces additional incentives for compliance and adds liable capital for possible damaged parties. Nevertheless, both legislator and jurisdiction will have to limit the risk of abusive investor claims, which are likely to occur in such a constellation. If liability for defective ad-hoc disclosure can be established, the awarded damage should be out-of-pocket measure, as it limits liability to the actual amount of damage and does not transfer the risk of an investment in a way inconsistent with the general principles of the capital market. Further

Works from the collection of the History Museum, Tallinn, Estonia (Ajaloomuuseum) in collaboration with the State Museum of Ethnology, Munich, Germany, 7 July-23 December 2004. The Galleria Gottardo, continuing its collaboration with museums of ethnography, presents more than 150 original ethnographic pieces from the Russian possessions in the North Pacific which were administered by the Russian-American Company until 1867. These works from the History Museum in Tallinn are being shown for the first time in Western Europe and retrace a long forgotten passage in Russian history and of European colonial expansion. Until now these exhibition pieces were carefully stored in the repository of the Tallinn Museum, one of the most breathtaking Gothic buildings in Estonia''s capital city. Before the exhibition could be organised, the works were carefully cleaned and restored by the experts from the State Museum of Ethnology in Munich. The necessary works were completely financed by the Galleria Gottardo, a non-for-profit foundation of Banca del Gottardo for the promotion of cultural activities.

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Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, grade: 1,3, Furtwangen University, course: Latin American Economy, language: English, abstract: [...] In the first part socio-cultural background of indigenous people is reviewed. The ethnically diverse Ecuadorian society is analyzed as well as the representation of indigenous people in it. In the second part of the paper the socio-economic profile of indigenous people is analyzed in terms of the degree of poverty and labor market participation. The indigenous people labour market participation is viewed in terms of occupation and sectors; and determinants of employment. In the following part government policies and programmes are seen at more historical view through the development and integration of indigenous people in the Ecuadorian society. In the last part the levels of social organization are analyzed with the inclusion of social networks, which plays an important role for the indigenous people’s employment.

This study discusses texts, written between the first and fifth centuries AD, that address Christian conduct with respect to food, eating and fasting, by setting them into the historical and social contexts in which their authors lived. From Feasting to Fasting, the Evolution of a Sin traces the early history of conflicting attitudes to food. It will be of interest not only to historians of late antiquity, but also to those searching for historical roots of modern attitudes.

Stories convey more than just knowledge. They touch, inspire, and create closeness. Stories reveal something of ourselves and can thus guide us when we encounter similar situations. In this book, 30 authors share their experiences from the world of Agile. They are experienced Product Owners, Scrum Masters, executives, Agile Coaches, consultants, and organizational developers. They tell true stories from their everyday work and personal lives: about the first steps and tensions in teams, conducive and obstructive leadership, losses and fears, amazing developments, clear values, and attitudes. These stories invite us, the readers, to learn from each other as human beings. With the purchase of this book, you support Flying Hope e.V.

An introduction to gardening that provides tips and information on choosing the right kind of plants, preparing the soil, caring for the plants, and other related topics.

This new study reconciles cognitive metaphor theory with Critical Discourse Analysis to offer a fresh approach to the study of metaphor. In applying this framework to a substantial corpus of texts from business magazines, the author shows how metaphors of war, sports and evolutionary struggle are used to construct business as a masculinized social domain. In view of the subtle but pervasive socio-cognitive impact of these metaphors, the study raises the question of possible alternatives and the scope for change in business media discourse.

Global geopolitical tensions have risen in recent years, and European energy prices have been volatile following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some analysts have suggested that these shifting conditions may significantly affect FDI both to and from Germany. To shed light on this issue and other factors affecting German FDI, we leverage two detailed and complementary FDI datasets to explore recent trends in German FDI and how it is affected by geopolitical tensions and energy prices. In doing so, we also develop a new measure of geopolitical alignment. Our main findings include the following: (i) the post-pandemic recovery in Germany’s inward and outward FDI has been weaker than in the US or the rest of the European Union (EU27) as a whole; (ii) Germany’s outward FDI linkages with geopolitically distant countries have been weakening since the Global Financial Crisis; (iii) the relationship between Germany’s outward FDI and geopolitical distance has become more pronounced over the last six years; (iv) Germany’s outward FDI to China-Russia bloc countries is more sensitive to recent geopolitical developments compared with that to US-bloc countries; and (v) Germany’s outward FDI in energy-intensive sectors decreases as destination countries’ energy costs increase, but energy costs do not appear to have a statistically significant effect on outward FDI in non-energy intensive sectors.

Viral Language considers a range of different types of public communication and their discussion of the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to investigate health communication. The authors introduce and apply a range of approaches informed by linguistic theory to investigate experiences of the pandemic across a variety of public contexts. In doing so, they demonstrate how experiences of health and illness can be shaped by political messaging, scientific research, news articles and advertising. Through a series of case studies of Covid-related texts, the authors consider aspects of language instruction, information and innovation, showcasing the breadth of topics that can be studied as part of health communication. Furthermore, each case study provides practical guidance on how to carry out investigations using social media texts, how to analyse metaphor, how to track language innovation and how to work with text and images. Viral Language is critical reading for postgraduate and upper undergraduate students of applied linguistics and health communication.

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Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Allgemeine Psychologie, Note: 1,0, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit Aufmerksamkeitsverzerrungen, die psychische Störungen mit sich bringen können. Behandelt werden schwerpunktmäßig die Folgen von Depression und Angststörungen.

This book addresses an under-researched area within populism studies: the discourse of supporters of populist parties. Taking the 2019 European elections as their case study, the authors analyse how supporters in eleven different countries construct identities and voting motivations on social media. The individual chapters comprise a range of methods to investigate data from different social media platforms, defining populism as a political strategy and/or practice, realised in discourse, that is based on a dichotomy between “the people”, who are unified by their will, and an out-group whose actions are not in the interest of the people, with a leader safeguarding the interests of the people against the out-group. The book identifies what motivates people to vote for populist parties, what role national identities and values play in those motivations, and how the social media postings of populist parties are recontextualised in supporters’ comments to serve as a voting motivation.

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 1,3, Furtwangen University; Villingen-Schwenningen, language: English, abstract: The paramount goal of intercultural management is to revise organizational patterns in order to provide an understanding of the different approaches used by managers worldwide. Identifying significant differences in management in Germany and China is established through comparison of socio-cultural and managerial variables. Chinese leadership is characterized by more authorial rather than participative management style. This is explained by Chinese historical and cultural background. The Confucius heritage, legacy of communism, synthetic view of the world and interrelatedness of life in China are some of the essential determinants of managerial styles and social roles at all. Rationalism and objectivism, search for certainty, traditional individualism and analytical thinking are some of the key variables to shape the German managerial styles. Socio-cultural differences are examined in terms of way of thinking and perception of the world; contextual meaning and degree of group-orientation. Managerial differences are divided into three categories: organizational structure, managing processes and interpersonal relations.