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Contemporary Housing Struggles
We would like to dedicate this book to Professor Chris Pickvance, who passed away in autumn of 2021. As an urban sociologist and one of the first scholars to lead a comparative research project on housing movements in Central and Eastern Europe just after 1989, Chris has been a great inspiration for our work. He also generously commented on our draft manuscript as part of our advisory …
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- 9783030974053
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- IX, 243
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Theory and Practice of Sociosensitive and Socioactive Systems
We would like to thank our project executing agency VDI/VDE-IT and especially Constantin von Dewitz for their constructive collaboration, as well as the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for its support, especially Katrin Nostadt and Annette Eickmeyer-Hehn. Cornelius Höller participated in the project as a substitute for parental leave, after previously also contributing as an …
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- 9783658369460
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- XV, 166
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Personalentwicklung in Schulen als Führungsaufgabe
Im Zuge der schrittweisen Verlagerung von Gestaltungsspielräumen von der Systemebene auf die operative Ebene (Altrichter und Maag Merki 2010; Füssel und Leschinsky 2008) sind auch Aufgaben der schulischen Personalentwicklung in den Verantwortungsbereich der Schulen übergegangen (Buhren und Rolff 2002; Meetz 2007; Brauckmann und Eder 2019). Dienstvorgesetztenfunktion und Weisungsbefugni…
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- 9783658369255
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- XII, 377
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The Forum of Federations Handbook of Fiscal Federalism
This volume, The Forum of Federations Handbook on Fiscal Federalism, we consider to be an important contribution to the study of federalism. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from across the globe, it seeks to broaden and update current understandings of the state of fiscal federalism within 11 country case studies, and by so doing attempts to tease out some extrapolatory l…
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- 9783030972585
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- XXVI, 483
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Handbook of Digital 3D Reconstruction of Historical Architecture
This chapter provides a brief overview of the history of digital 3D reconstruction. It shows in which contexts the first research projects were undertaken and how the resulting 3D models were presented to the public. It sheds light on the institutionalization of 3D reconstruction in research at universities, presentations at conferences, and specialization of architectural companies
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- 9783031433634
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- XV, 204
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Youthquake 2017
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates the reasons behind the 2017 youthquake – which saw the highest rate of youth turnout in a quarter of a century, and an unprecedented gap in youth support for Labour over the Conservative Party – from both a comparative and a theoretical perspective. It compares youth turnout and party allegiance over time and trac…
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- 9783319974699
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The Future of Financial Systems in the Digital Age
Despite the global nature of finance, the institutions and business of finance have until today retained national features that are clearly discernible. These are so distinct and important that financial systems are in fact often considered a key element in the characterization of national systems of capitalism (Dore, 2000; Hall & Soskice, 2001). We should therefore expect that the digital tran…
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Who Will Be the Next President?
Michael is a foreign news reporter covering stories from around the world. He is especially interested in conflict and refugee welfare. Since 2020 he has conducted data analysis of English Channel crossings and reported extensively on issues facing people making the dangerous journey.
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Weißbuch Gelenkersatz
Dieses Weißbuch beschreibt die Versorgungssituation bei endoprothetischen Hüft- und Knieoperationen in Deutschland. Gelenkersatzoperationen im Bereich der Hüfte und des Knies zählen zu den häufigen Operationen, die zumeist wegen eines altersbedingten Gelenkverschleißes, der Arthrose oder bei Schenkelhalsfrakturen, notwendig sind. Angesichts des demografischen Wandels werden die Ansprüche…
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- 9783662532607
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Science of Societal Safety
This open access book covers comprehensive but fundamental principles and concepts of disaster and accident prevention and mitigation, countermeasures, and recovery from disasters or accidents including treatment and care of the victims. Safety and security problems in our society involve not only engineering but also social, legal, economic, cultural, and psychological issues. The enhancement …
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