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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...

Die dramatische Geschichte einer jungen Frau, die für das Überleben ihrer Kinder kämpft

Berlin, Westsektor, 1948. Nora schafft es kaum noch, ihre Kinder mit genügend Lebensmitteln zu versorgen, geschweige denn sich selbst. Westberlin ist abgeriegelt. Ihr Ehemann gilt seit Jahren als vermisst. Wird er je zu ihr zurückkommen? Noras Verzweiflung wächst mit jedem Tag, den ihre hungernden Kinder schwächer werden. Sie hört nicht auf zu kämpfen, bis sie endlich Arbeit als Übersetzerin bei den US-Alliierten am Flughafen Tempelhof findet. Dort trifft sie...

This volume represents the most comprehensive book-length bibliography on the subject of racism available in the United States. Compiler Meyer Weinberg has surveyed a wide-ranging group of material and classified it under 87 subject headings, drawing on articles, books, congressional hearings and reports, theses and dissertations, research reports, and investigative journalism. Historical references cover the long history of racism, while the heightened awareness and activity of the recent past is also addressed in detail. In addition to works that fit the narrow definition of racism as a...