This book, which represents probably the most comprehensive discussion of the emergence of modem social science yet produced, is of far more than merely historical interest. The contributors set out to rewrite the history of the social sciences and to show the limitations of conventional conceptions of their development. These tasks they accomplish with great success and much distinction. Yet in so doing they contribute in a direct way to our understanding of the relation between social analysis and the nature of human societies today. The brilliant and distinctive perspective of the papers...

Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung: Eine der wichtigsten Aufgaben im Handel ist die Aufteilung der knappen Regal- und Verkaufsflachen auf die Vielzahl der konkurrierenden Produkte. Nicht selten haben groe Supermarkte aus uber 60000 verschiedenen Artikeln zu wahlen, von denen sie auf Tagesbasis ca. 45000 fuhren. Die meisten Handelsbetriebe haben zudem „...einen bestimmten Anteil ihrer Verkaufsflache, wenn nicht sogar den groten Anteil, SB-Prasentationen gewidmet. Die SB-Prasentationen schaffen einen Kaufrahmen, in dem die Produkte und Marken eigenstandig die Nachfrage der Kunden stimulieren mussen...

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This monograph provides the theoretical foundations needed for the construction of fundamental solutions and fundamental matrices of (systems of) linear partial differential equations.

What is the 'Global South' and where is it?

The term 'Global South' marks a new attempt a providing order and meaning in the current global political constellation, replacing the term 'Third World'. But the term 'Global South' is fraught with many ambiguities.

These eight essays explore the possible meanings of this new distinction and assess the advantages and disadvantages of adopting it. They cast a wide exploratory net, looking beyond the dominant politico-economic meaning to how the way that we interpret the world has changed over time and the wider culturalintellectual...

This book explores the possible meanings of the 'Global South' and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting it for understanding the contemporary world. It casts a wide exploratory net, addressing historical transformations of world-interpretation and wider cultural-intellectual meanings.