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This book provides the reader with a state-of-the-art view of research on sustainable development. Its emphasis lies on the transformative dimension of this research: sustainable development can only be realized through a far-reaching transformation of the situation humankind finds itself in at the beginning of the third millennium. The contributions are written by leading world experts in the conceptualisation and actual practice of sustainable development. The book provides a timely overview of ideas and methods as well as a variety of original learning examples on the most innovative...

Peter F. Drucker may be best known as a writer on business and management, but these subjects were not his foremost intellectual concern. Drucker's primary concerns were community, in which the individual has status, and society, in which the individual has function. Here he has assembled selections from his vast writings on these subjects. This collection presents the full range of Drucker's thought on community, society, and political structure and constitutes an ideal introduction to his ideas.

The volume is divided into seven parts. The selections in parts 1 and 2 were mostly...

Highlighting potential threats and their countermeasures, this volume covers what is now recognized as a growing threat to international political stability the use of environmental hazards such as pollutants to harm and frighten vulnerable populations.

Highlighting potential threats and their countermeasures, this volume covers what is now recognized as a growing threat to international political stability the use of environmental hazards such as pollutants to harm and frighten vulnerable populations.

Materials listed include a wide variety of subject areas inthe humanities, social sciences, and the arts, among the most important of which are history, language, religious studies, literature,...

Die Stellung von nationalen Parlamenten und dem Europaischen Parlament in der Europaischen Union ist nach wie vor ein ungelostes Problem. Die Untersuchung greift eine alte Streitfrage der deutschen Staatslehre auf, namlich die Frage nach der Vereinbarkeit von parlamentarischer Demokratie und exekutiv dominiertem Foderalismus, und beleuchtet die aktuelle europaische Problematik im Spiegel des historisch wie theoretisch reflektierten deutschen Beispiels. Historisch und komparativ angereichert, die Diskussionsstande von Rechts- und Politikwissenschaft zusammenfuhrend, skizziert die Arbeit...

Das Gesundheitswesen befindet sich im Umbruch. Steigende Anspruche der Patienten stehen restriktiver Ausgabebereitschaft der offentlichen medizinischen Versorgung gegenuber. Kurzfristige budgetorientierte -Gesundheitspolitik- macht vernunftige Reformen zum Wohle Aller beinahe unmoglich. Der Mut zu notwendigen, tief greifenden Veranderungen fehlt sowohl der Politik wie auch den Sozialversicherungstragern und den Arztekammern. Die Folge sind unzufriedene Patienten und uberforderte Arzte. Die -Zweiklassenmedizin- hat sich bereits etabliert, was die immens steigende Anzahl der Wahlarzte...

Thucydides has long been celebrated for the unflinching realism of his presentation of political life. And yet, as some scholars have asserted, his work also displays a profound humanity. In the first thorough exploration of the relation between these two traits, Clifford Orwin argues that Thucydides' humanity is not a reflection of the author's temperament but an aspect of his thought, above all of his articulation of the central problem of political life, the tension between right and compulsion.

This book provides the most complete treatment to date of Thucydides' handling of...