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Although it has been more than 20 years since Communism crumbled in Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, many scholars and politicians still wonder what the lifting of the Iron Curtain has really meant for these former Communist countries. And, because these countries were largely closed off to the world for so long, there has yet to be an all-inclusive study on their administrative systems-until now.

In Public Administration in Post-Communist Countries: Former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and Mongolia, expert contributors supply a...

Annabel Ford has everything under control, devoting her time to her twin boys and keeping her household running smoothly. But when her husband of a decade announces that he's leaving, she's blind-sided. And suddenly her world begins to unravel.

Piper Whitley has always done her best to balance it all--raising her daughter Fern by herself while advancing her career as a crime reporter. Only now that she's finally met the man of her dreams, Fern's absentee father...

This book is the first in English to examine irregular migration from post-Soviet states, focusing in particular on migration to the United States. Due to globalization and the end of the Cold War, citizens of the former Soviet Union are on the move as never before. The political, economic, and social changes that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in widespread poverty and unemployment and also created a large pool of potential migrants. Thousands of individuals from poor post-Soviet countries migrate to the West in search of better-paid work in an effort to provide for...

While Allison Parker once savored the dynamic pace of city life, it has sadly lost its allure since her husband's untimely death. Now, back to her hometown in the suburbs of New York accompanied by her ten-year-old son, Logan, Allison is ready to focus on her art career. She doesn't anticipate that her past will resurface. But when the wife of her husband's best friend from summer camp takes her under her wing, things begin to...

Eine Grundfrage der Wissenschaftsvermittlung ist, ob Experten, Vermittler und Offentlichkeit von den gleichen Gegenstanden reden bzw. reden konnen.

Ausgehend von einem Vermittlungsmodell und der handlungssemantischen Analyse eines Korpus zum Thema "Ozonloch" kann folgende Antwort formuliert werden: Wissenschaftliches Wissen wird nicht einfach transferiert, sondern durch die massenmediale Vermittlung - bisweilen entscheidend - verandert. Viele medial thematisierte Glaubwurdigkeitskrisen "der Wissenschaft" konnen so als Folge medialer Wissenstransformationen erklart werden....

This book reflects on the causes of resource-based conflicts and competition, and presents solutions for safely and sustainably providing resources with a focus on material flow management. The contributions from different disciplines highlight issues such as safe access to resources, conflicts over water and energy supplies, waste of strategic mineral resources, sustainable resource consumption, and renewable energy technologies.

This book reflects on the causes of resource-based conflicts and competition, and presents solutions for safely and sustainably providing resources with a focus on material flow management. The contributions from different disciplines highlight issues such as safe access to resources, conflicts over water and energy supplies, waste of strategic mineral resources, sustainable resource consumption, and renewable energy technologies.