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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...

This is the first comprehensive, worldwide bibliography of racism. It contains references on some 135 countries and extends from ancient times to the present. The first part of the work consists of references dealing with single countries. More than 10,000 citations are organized according to country from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. The second part contains references to areas or regions or to related bibliographies. Some 2,000 non-duplicated citations are provided here. While the vast majority of entries are to English-language materials, a number of German, French, Spanish, and other...

Just as Henry David Thoreau "traveled a great deal in Concord," Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg sees much of the world from the window of his study overlooking Lake Austin. In Lake Views Weinberg, considered by many to be the preeminent theoretical physicist alive today, continues the wide-ranging reflections that have also earned him a reputation as, in the words of New York Times reporter James Glanz, "a powerful writer of prose that can illuminate--and sting."

This collection presents Weinberg's views on topics ranging from problems of cosmology to...

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....