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Incentives and Performance: Governance of Research Organizations
This book contributes to the current discussion in society, politics and higher education on innovation capacity and the financial and non-financial incentives for researchers. The expert contributions in the book deal with implementation of incentive systems at higher education institutions in order to foster innovation. On the other hand, the book also discusses the extent to which governa…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-09784-8
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- XXV, 488
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- 360 INC
Cultural and linguistic minorities in the Russian Federation and the European…
This is the first comprehensive volume to compare the sociolinguistic situations of minorities in Russia and in Western Europe. As such, it provides insight into language policies, the ethnolinguistic vitality and the struggle for reversal of language shift, language revitalization and empowerment of minorities in Russia and the European Union. The volume shows that, even though largely unknown…
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- 1
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- 9783319104553
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- XIX, 340
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- Multilingual Education
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- 370
New Horizons in Spanish Colonial Law : Contributions to Transnational Early M…
Spanish colonial law, derecho indiano, has since the early 20th century been a vigorous subdiscipline of legal history. One of great figures in the field, the Argentinian legal historian Víctor Tau Anzoátegui, published in 1997 his Nuevos horizontes en el estudio histórico del derecho indiano. The book, in which Tau addressed seminal methodological questions setting tone for the discipline…
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- 9783944773025
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- 266 halaman
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- Global Perspectives on Legal History vol. 3
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- 340 DUV n
India and China in the Emerging Dynamics of East Asia
Though considerable research literature is now available on China–India relations, most of it still follows a conventional narrative, viewing the relationship through the narrow conflictual prism limited to South Asia than in the new, larger perspective, especially in the context of emerging East Asian dynamics. This book offers comprehensive analyses of some of these issues in papers address…
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- 1
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- 978-81-322-2137-1
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- XIII, 178
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- 330 IND
A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture
The Oxford bookseller and publisher John Henry Parker (1806–84), a supporter of the Tractarian movement and a friend of Cardinal Newman, was also a historian of architecture, and first published this glossary in 1836. Reissued here is the enlarged third edition of 1840. The work is ordered alphabetically, and illustrated with 700 woodcuts by various artists. As stated in the first edition's p…
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- 9781107446144
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- -
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- Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
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Culture and Content in French : Frameworks for Innovative Curricula
Instructors in today’s language classrooms face the challenge of preparing globally competent and socially responsible students with transcultural aptitude. As classroom content shifts toward communication, collaboration, and problem solving across cultural, racial, and linguistic boundaries, the teaching of culture is an integral part of foreign language education. This volume offers nontrad…
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- 9781643150260
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- 376 halaman
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- 370 CHE c
Lawmaking for Development. Explorations into the Theory and Practice of Inter…
This volume discusses how legislation (the product) and lawmaking (the process) function in developing countries, and how legislation contributes to development and how lawmaking and legislation can be improved either by the country itself or by donor assisted projects. It covers topics including legal transplantation, legislative quality, linkages between legislation and implementation, and th…
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- 9789087280468
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- -
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The German-Jewish Experience Revisited
This volume includes both historical treatments of differing German-Jewish understandings of their experience – their relations to their Judaism, general culture and to other Jews – and contemporary reflections and competing interpretations as to how to understand the overall experience of German Jewry.
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- 9783110393323
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Handbook of Writing, Literacies, and Education in Digital Cultures
At the forefront of current digital literacy studies in education, this Handbook uniquely systematizes emerging interdisciplinary themes, new knowledge, and insightful theoretical contributions to the field. The chapter topics identified through academic conference networks, rigorous analysis, and database searches of trending themes are organized in five thematic sections: Digital Futures; Dig…
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- 9781315465258
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Age and Work Advances in Theory, Methods, and Practice
"Research on age(ing) and work often draws upon lifespan development perspectives to explain how adults “age successfully,” managing developmental gains and losses and maintaining well-being and functioning over time. There are a multitude of similar theories to consider to this end, which is both a blessing and a curse for researchers. In this chapter, we introduce a conceptual integration…
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- 9781003089674
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