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Football is the most popular sport in the world. Globalisation and commercialisation of the game, however, have created new conflicts and challenges. This book explores the role of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) within the rising significance of football in Asia, drawing on three key theoretical perspectives: globalisation, neo-institutionalism and governance, as well as comprehensive data from interviews and archive material. It explores the organisational structure of AFC, its decision-making processes, relations with other actors, and policies put forward. To understand the...

Wars over food. Legions of homeless. Dwindling resources amid a growing, out-of-control population. The American dream of prosperity could be the death of us as early as 2020.

At least that's what Maj. Stone Rogers must believe-and what he must convince others to believe. His mission? To find a way to make suicide seem patriotic-to make the ill and troubled truly believe in dying with dignity, to believe that their willful deaths will help their nation thrive.

When Maj. Stone hires the famous advertising agency of Abbott and Hastings to make the pitch to the people, it falls upon...

With this first supplement to his world bibliography, which was published in 1981, Weinberg continues his efforts to retrieve and provide access to the many invaluable contributions on the subject of educating the world's poor and minority children that are frequently overlooked in the prevailing emphasis on mainstream educational and institutional concerns. Covering the literature that appeared between 1979 and 1985 in some 20,000 entries, this volume offers a detailed introduction to schooling as it is affected by the social, economic, and political forces around it.

Wer kann einem Halt geben in stürmischen Zeiten?

Juli 1924 bei Kiel. Marillas Welt liegt in Scherben. Als ihre große Liebe sie verlassen hat, hat die junge Frau auch ihren Lebensmut verloren. Am liebsten würde Marilla gar nicht mehr vor die Tür gehen, doch das lassen ihre Schwestern nicht zu. Marillas Hilfe wird auf dem Gut der Familie gebraucht. Sie beugt sich dem Druck der Familie und muss schon bald feststellen, dass ihr die frische Luft, die Nähe zu den Pferden und die Natur guttun. Besonders der nebenan lebende Leonhard ist ihr eine Stütze in dieser Zeit....