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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Pflegewissenschaft - Palliative Care, Note: 1,0, Fachhochschule Erfurt, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In den folgenden Punkten wird von daher besonders auf den Umgang mit den Patienten und seinen Angehörigen eingegangen. Weiterhin wird auf die Situation des/ der SozialarbeiterIn im Kontext dieses Arbeitsfeldes Bezug genommen und mögliche psychische Belastungen bis hin zum Burnout-Syndrom beleuchtet.Zum Schluss der Arbeit werden Möglichkeiten aufgezeigt, wie der/die SozialarbeiterIn befriedigend und kompetent mit Hilfe von Entlastungsstrategien seiner Arbeit in diesem anspruchsvollen aber auch erschöpfenden Bereich nachgehen kann. 40 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Pflegewissenschaft - Palliative Care, Note: 1,0, Fachhochschule Erfurt, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In den folgenden Punkten wird von daher besonders auf den Umgang mit den Patienten und seinen Angehörigen eingegangen. Weiterhin wird auf die Situation des/ der SozialarbeiterIn im Kontext dieses Arbeitsfeldes Bezug genommen und mögliche psychische Belastungen bis hin zum Burnout-Syndrom beleuchtet.Zum Schluss der Arbeit werden Möglichkeiten aufgezeigt, wie der/die SozialarbeiterIn befriedigend und kompetent mit Hilfe von Entlastungsstrategien seiner Arbeit in diesem anspruchsvollen aber auch erschöpfenden Bereich nachgehen kann. 40 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Musikwissenschaft, Note: 1,2, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock (Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Musikpädagogik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Karel Reiner, einer der wichtigsten Vertreter der tschechischen Avantgarde-Musik, war unter zwei Diktaturen aus unterschiedlichen Gründen politischer Verfolgung bzw.Diskriminierung ausgesetzt. Die vorliegende Arbeit versucht, am Beispiel der Biografieund des Klavierwerkes dieses jüdischen Komponisten die komplexen Zusammenhänge von politischen Rahmenbedingungen und dem Schaffen dieses Künstlers aufzuzeigen und zu erörtern. Ausgehend von Selbstzeugnissen Karel Reiners und Aussagen engster Vertrauter undFreunde sowie umfangreicher Archivrecherchen, werden in der vorliegenden Arbeit biografisch und künstlerisch relevante Stationen des Werdeganges eines Opfers zweier Diktaturen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven untersucht.In der Darstellung werden bewusst biografische und werkanalytische Gesichtspunkte miteinander verflochten, da auf diesem Wege die Beantwortung der Frage nach den wechselweisen Zusammenhängen von politischem Kontext, Entstehungsgeschichte undKomponistenintention am ehesten realisierbar scheint.Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit soll auch kritisch hinterfragt werden, warum die Musik Karel Reiners, der als Komponist und Pianist im Ghetto Theresienstadt wirkte, bis heute kaum Beachtung im Rahmen sich ständig mehrender Gedenkkonzerte findet. Diese Gedenkkonzerte werden nur allzu oft mit Bezeichnungen, wie 'Musik aus Theresienstadt' etikettiert und wirken damit gelegentlich sogar der eigentlichen Intention solcher Veranstaltungen kontraproduktiv entgegen, indem sie den Fokus auf die zweifelloszahlreichen kulturellen Aktivitäten hinter Stacheldraht richten, nicht jedoch auf die eigentliche von Elend und Tod geprägte Lagerrealität. 112 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,1, Fachhochschule Mannheim, Hochschule für Sozialwesen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Geburtenrate sinkt, die Zahl der Alten steigt an - Deutschland hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, kinderfreundlicher zu werden, um die Zahl der Geburten zu erhöhen.Familienministerin Ursula von der Leyen verfolgt in diesem Zusammenhang die Umsetzung einer echten Wahlmöglichkeit zwischen Kinderbetreuungsalternativen. Vorrangig durch den Ausbau von Betreuungsplätzen für unter Dreijährige sei die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie, die Chancengleichheit auf dem Arbeitsmarkt und die Gleichberechtigung von Mann und Frau zu erreichen. Statistiken belegen den Betreuungsnotstand.So wurden in jüngster Zeit Gesetze zum Ausbau der Kindertagesbetreuung erlassen, die sowohl eine flächendeckende Versorgung als auch eine Sicherstellung der Qualität der Betreuungseinrichtungen beinhalten.Grund genug für eine öffentliche Diskussion. Auf der einen Seite ist die Befürwortung dieses Betreuungsausbaus mit Schlagworten wie Frühförderung, mehr Gleichberechtigung zwischen Mann und Frau sowie Prävention vor Kindeswohlgefährdung untermauert. Auf der anderen Seite warnen Fremdbetreuungsgegner vor den Auswirkungen solch früher Fremdbetreuung und befürchten die Abkehr vom (traditionellen) Modell Familie einerseits sowie die Verstaatlichung der Kindererziehung andererseits.Ein absolutes 'Richtig' in diesem Zusammenhang gibt es wohl nicht. Allerdings lassen sich die verschiedenen Aspekte, die für oder gegen diesen Tagesbetreuungsausbau sprechen, genauer untersuchen.Dies soll in der vorliegenden Arbeit geschehen. Sowohl die Grundlagen der Bindungstheorie, die bedeutend für die Entwicklung von Kindern ist, als auch die möglichen Auswirkungen von institutioneller Fremdbetreuung auf die kindliche Entwicklung werden erörtert. Die Grundlage für den Ausbau bieten verschiedene Gesetze, welche durch die momentane politische und gesellschaftliche Richtung geprägt sind. Zudem gibt es verschiedene Merkmale, die laut aktuellem Forschungsstand maßgeblich für eine gelingende Fremdbetreuung sind. Hauptteil dieser Arbeit ist eine Untersuchung über die tatsächliche Einstellung von Eltern über die Betreuungsalternativen, welche anschließend durch die Benennung von möglichen Alternativen zum Betreuungsausbau ergänzt wird. 112 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, .), grade: 1,7, University of Bayreuth, language: English, abstract: Some European countries, especially in Eastern Europe, for example the Czech Republic and Slovakia, recently introduced a 'flat tax' system. Furthermore in other European countries like Germany and Switzerland there are controversial discussions about introducing a flat rate tax system. The aim of this essay is to analyse a flat rate tax system and to try to figure out if a flat rate tax system is indeed inferior to a progressive tax rate system with respect to justice in taxation. 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 20 / 20, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano , course: Theory of International politics, language: English, abstract: This paper wants to emphasize the relevance of new information and communication channels created by Internet technology for shaping the international relations landscape. As method it will approach the argument comparing and connecting the notions of Globalization and Glocalization as well as of Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony and analyze these frameworks in context to Internet information flows. Furthermore, to complete the argument, it will be discussed if and how national and transnational nongovernmental players gain globalvisibility and importance through using Internet information technologies. 24 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Essay from the year 2005 in the subject African Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 'none', Lund University, course: Development Studies, language: English, abstract: The following exposition on the World Bank and the projects they fund in some African Countries is like agreeing to lend your friend your gun knowing fully well they intend to commit suicide with it They only difference between the World Bank and the projects they fund vis- a- vis my suicide- committing friend is that the projects are real weapons that kill people while my suicide- committing friends remain figments of my imagination.In this paper, I have argued that the World Bank, for 'oily' reasons, have funded projects in Africa not because they sought to assist in developing the continent but more so they can benefit and take African oil home. I have used evidence from different sources that include the World Bank itself to fault this selfish capitalist mode of unsustainable operation. This paper notes that the problems ensuing from the foregoing are further compounded by the involvement of corrupt African leaders. It is my contention that to a large extent the World Bank is most guilty since they provide the 'pistol' used by African leaders to impoverish the poor masses. In more recent times the situation of the poor around the globe has become an international issue. The right of the poor to good standards of living as noted in the UN declaration on human rights has contributed to increased global concerns on the situation of the poor. I conclude by stating that proper development should focus on the people, and that the World Bank should live up to what it stands for as expounded in it claims that the poor need to be offered means to security, opportunity and empowerment. 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Seminar für Englische Philologie, Anglistik), course: Metaphysical Poets, language: English, abstract: This paper will discuss the role of death in three poems of the Welsh metaphysical poet Henry Vaughan, who lived from 1621 to 1695. Among other things quotations from critics such as the one from David Reid: 'As a visionary, Vaughan is a poet of death.' (179) and the frequent appearance of the preoccupation with death in Vaughan's poems show the importance of death in the works this metaphysical poet. In the seventeenth- century it was a common Christian belief that life meant separation from God and that only death was able to bring man in front of God, so that after life the soul of man could exist in the presence of Him. Death at that time was also seen as the leveller of pride and as the breaking of the beauty as the motifs 'carpe diem' and 'memento mori' show. The reason for the author of this paper to choose this special topic was Vaughan's beautiful and overwhelming way to describe his longing for death. This kind of longing suggests that Vaughan loves death. The task of this paper is to demonstrate this attitude of Vaughan towards death with the help of the interpretation of three of his poems, so that the author of this paper in the end has answered the question: Does Vaughan see death as the gate to God This paper will discuss the poems 'They Are All Gone into the World of Light!', 'The Water- fall' and 'The Night'. Every poem will be interpreted with a focus on death and after that the author of the paper will explain what death means for Vaughan depending on the poem. The writer would like to mention that in literature the poems of Vaughan are rarely analysed with the focus on death. Because of that the author of the paper discussed the poems mainly by herself. 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (FTSK, Abteilung Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Anglophonie ), course: Graduate Seminar American Cities: The Urban Experience in Literary Texts and Translations, language: English, abstract: The present work is about urbanism and about how it is typifying the turn-of-the-century American way of life.The first chapter of this term paper contains a plot synopsis on the novel Strong Motion by Jonathan Franzen depicting the main characters. The second chapter is about Post-modernism. It describes what the term means in fact. A main feature of our post-modern times are cities or urban regions. In the second chapter you will find an interpretation of their meaning and importance in relation to Post-modernism. After this rather general insight in the present urban spirit of the age I will proceed by pointing out passages from the novel Strong Motion that document facts about urbanism and Post-modernism, about certain features of Boston, the Boston area and about the way people live in these places. The topics are going to be gentrification, the quaternary sector, the widening gap between rich and poor, fast occurring changes, heterogeneity and cars. The conclusion will give an outlook on what we may have to expect in the future from urban regions in a globalized world. 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject History - Australia, Oceania, grade: A, La Trobe University Melbourne (Faculty of Humanities and Social Science), course: Outwest and Downunder, language: English, abstract: In my essay I argue about the question if the bush in rural Australia in the 19th century is barbarising its settlers. While I am answering this question I am trying to give a representative insight into the life of selectors in Victoria.Based on the statements of Manning Clark1 and J.W. McCarty2 I will show that even though there were a lot of different problems which made life hard for selectors, there was indeed a new kind of freedom and even a 'progress towards happiness' for the early settlers. Looking at different primary sources (including collected data from selectors in the parishes of Kalkee) I finally want to disagree with Manning Clark's statement that the continent itself is barbarising people. To understand the circumstances of living and to support my opinion I will also write about the problems that early settlers were confronted with as well as about the role of women and family. 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, grade: 1,0, University of Bayreuth, course: Religion and Media in selected West-African Countries, language: English, abstract: Since the 1990's West-African video films enjoy increasing popularity, especially those produced in Ghana and Nigeria. They are an important part of modern African popular culture and have often displaced Hollywood films.These films cover a wide spectrum of different genres. They range from comedy, romance and horror to religious films. Often the various genres are mixed but all of the films got something in common: They reflect the modern urban life in contemporary western Africa and are an account of the current process of social change in many societies.This paper mainly concentrates on religious films, especially those produced by charismatic Pentecostal Churches. 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 2,0, University of Siegen, course: Migration Matters 2, language: English, abstract: Since the 1990s, in Juárez, Mexico, there have taken place scores of murders of young Mexican women. They are chased by their murderers on their ways home from the so called 'maquiladoras', which are factories where they work for a little sum of money and produce TVs or computers for the USA at the assembly lines. The young women are violated and raped by their kidnappers and later their dead bodies are buried somewhere in the desert of Mexico. Nevertheless, the police and the whole government of Juárez try to camouflage these events. The number of victims, published by the police, is about 375 women, whereas the estimated number of unreported cases is about 5000.Gregory Nava made these true events to the story of his movie Bordertown from 2006. The tortures the women of Juárez have to experience and the underlying topic of border-crossing are the essential subjects of Bordertwon. Furthermore, within his movie, he has chosen a special way of communicating these topics to the viewer: he makes use of media, respectively investigative media, in order to show how hard it is to explore this subject. So, not only he himself uses media as an organ of communication but he moreover embeds the investigation of certain matters into his movie.Nowadays media is the most important institution of distributing and communicating information and of transmitting one's own perspective about certain topics. This is not only done by directors like in the case of Gregory Nava but by everyone who stands in the centre of a certain field - for instance politicians or celebrities. As Wilma de Jong, Martin Shaw and Neil Stammers have formulated in their introduction of Global Activism, Global Media (2005):'Media appear to be increasingly globalised, as national television, press, etc. are subsumed in gigantic worldwide flows of information and ideas, symbolized by the internet which offers social and political actors new opportunities for more direct communication.' So, media - in our time better said 'mass media' - stands for a direct but widely spread transmission of information to the audience. People, who decide to transmit certain messages through media - in this case for instance Gregory Nava and his protagonists from Bordertown - have a special aim by acting this way: they want to make a change within the field they are working for. Whether Nava did this successfully or not will be discussed later on in this paper. [.] 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Sociology - War and Peace, Military, University of Manchester (Political Science), language: English, abstract: The following paper will examine one of the more recently militarily implemented technological advances, namely precision guided munitions (PGMs), which have become an integral part of the strategy of today's undisputed technological forerunner in military hardware, the U.S. Armed Forces. This technology uses both high-end military technology as well as civilian technology, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) to navigate by. One of the aims of this paper is to show how these changes in technology is an indicator of a more humane focus on 'our' soldier, i.e. a decreasing willingness to put these soldiers' life on the line. It will be argued that the use of such weaponry as PGMs, seemingly, in a techno-fetishist way, has made war more humane, but that the rhetoric surrounding them also has had the effect of privileging the wielders of these in a highly asymmetrical way. 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Potsdam (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: Text and Context: Important Documents in American History, language: English, abstract: When in 1619 the first 20 blacks arrived in Virginia, nobody could even guess what consequences would arise from this arrival. This event should be the beginning of a yoke of suppression of blacks lasting nearly 250 years in order to work for the 'white man's' fortune in the newly founded colonies in North America and the West Indies. In this 'dark chapter' of history many of the slaves were driven to death by starving, exhaustion, beating or diseases. Legally they were not even considered as humans, but as mere properties.Regarding the American and Caribbean Colonies, certain differences occurred in economies, life conditions and social structure of slaves. Consequently my research will deal with the description and the comparison of 'black history' from the beginnings (early 17th century) until the end of slavery in America and the West Indies. After having a look at the historical background, I intend to examine some crucial questions, for instance: Why did slavery in America develop in a different way than in the Caribbean Or: Why did so many elements of the African culture survive until today on the West Indies, whereas an 'African-American Culture' developed in North America 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject History - Asia, grade: B+ (2), The American Central University (Department of History), course: The Historian's Craft, language: English, abstract: The Soviet Union, by the time of its creation, was the first modern state that had to confront the rising issue of nationalism. With a progressive nationality policy, it systematically promoted the national consciousness of its ethnic minorities and established for them institutional forms comparable of a modern state. In the 1920s, the Bolsheviks, seeking to defuse national sentiment, created hundreds of national territories. They trained new national leaders, established national languages, and financed national cultural products. This was a massive historical experiment in governing a multiethnic state. Later under Stalin, these policies had to be revised to comply with emerging domestic and international problems, which resulted from those once progressive policies.This paper will present the issue of Russian nationalism and nationality policy in the Soviet Union. The analysis will be based on six different monographs dealing with the issue at different periods of Soviet history. Each has a different approach and at times a different thesis on Russian nationalism or an interpretation of the political events accompanying the Soviet nationality policy.First, on the following pages, I will give a brief summary of the six books discussed in this paper. Then, I will tell the main thesis of each book and underlie it by the author's arguments. In the conclusion, I will compare the book's arguments in a historiographical manner and see where similarities between the arguments exist, where the books complement each other and at which points they disagree with each other. At the end, I will try to give a comprehensive overview of the issue discussed, due to the frame and limited space of this paper. 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Miscellaneous, grade: 1, University of Vienna (Politikwissenschaft), course: Ageing and Pension Reform Around the World, language: English, abstract: In the last decade, the discussion about the role of social protection emerged in the context of development cooperation and therefore started to gain importance in many countries in the developing world. Several developing countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia began to implement social protection measures, like for example (conditional) cash transfers to protect the poorest and especially vulnerable groups against shocks and risks in difficult stages of life, like for example childhood, motherhood or old age.In this context, non-contributory old age pensions financed via taxes and provided by the state - especially for those not involved in other state old age insurance schemes - emerged and gained of importance in developing countries in the last few years. Donors and international institutions as well as governments of the respective countries recognized and emphasized on the importance of such schemes and their role in protecting poor old people.This paper deals with the given conditions that enable and the driving forces behind the implementation of universal non-contributory social pension schemes. It wants to explore what the main factors for their implementation in different developing countries were in the last few years. Thereby, the focus of the analysis lies on the international discourse and external forces, which push for the implementation of a specific pension scheme. Evidence was collected from the poorest developing countries with a universal pension scheme where a universal pension scheme was implemented in the last two decades: from Bolivia, Lesotho and Nepal, and partly from other countries where such schemes already exist, namely Namibia, Mauritius, and Botswana. 32 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,2, University of Göttingen, language: English, abstract: With his 'Theory of the Leisure Class' (1899), which is nowadays considered one of his most popular works, Veblen made himself a social outsider because his criticism of society was harsh and provoking. Although he accepted utilitarianism and praised the industrial efficiency of the engineering professions, he rejected what Mills calls the American value of the 'heraldry of the greenback' and the 'pecuniary fanatism of the business chieftain'. Still his work was widely read and many of the problems which he saw in contemporary American society are even nowadays still quite relevant.Dreiser's first successful novel 'Sister Carrie' was written in 1900, only one year after Veblen's main work had been published. This fact, as well as the widespread interest in Veblen's theories throughout America may have influenced Dreiser at least indirectly. More important though, is whether there is some textual evidence to prove their agreements and disagreements concerning their critique of society.In contrast to Veblen, Dreiser did not have a solid educational background and was in fact 'almost a generation behind the sweep of American intellectual life' (Noble, 'Dreiser and Veblen and the Literature of Cultural Change'), so many of his explanations of human hehaviour were made in terms of 'chemisms' (Noble 149). Dreiser at times tended to believe Spencer's theories of social-Darwinism and that man was not much more than a 'machine' and mainly controlled by physical laws, while Veblen had rather moved beyond such notions (Noble 149). On a deeper level though, Noble considers the supposedly post-Spencerian Veblen to have unconsciously clinged to Spencer's belief in optimistic progressivism, while Dreiser had in fact transcended such notions and raised some doubts about the belief in inevitable and controlled progress in his works (Noble 148). Noble states that the 'America described by Dreiser in Sister Carrie is an entirely different world from that of Thorstein Veblen.' (Noble 150). In contrast to this position, Eby states that many of the behaviours and motivations of the protagonists in 'Sister Carrie' are in accordance to Veblen's concepts. She even calls Hurstwood's fall the 'Tragedy of Noninvidiousness' (Eby 128).In how far the characters in Dreiser's 'Sister Carrie' actually behave accordingly to Veblen's concepts or not, is the topic of this work. Through my findings I will form a conclusion, in how far Veblen's and Dreiser's views of America are congruent. 36 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: International Organisations, grade: 1,7, University of Potsdam, language: English, abstract: Die Ursprünge und aktuelle Problemstellungen des multilateralen Handelssystems.The multilateral trade Regime, the World Trade Organization, arrived, asso often in its past, at a cross road. The Doha Development Agenda is now in its7th year, once again cancelled and once again tried to be revitalized. How come On the one hand a broad consensus exists, saying that free trade is better foreveryone. From farmers and fishermen to bankers and C.E.O.'s, everybody fromwhite to blue-collar is supposed to gain welfare from global free trade. And thosewho don't even have collars can get some through trading. China's rise in the lastdecades is not imaginable without global trade. Almost 1 billion people profitfrom that and that is just one country!But on the other hand there are protectionist measures, bilateraloverreaching treaties, subsidies for bankrupt industries and non-tariff barriers totrade installed from those countries that benefitted the most of the liberalizationsof the past decades.Today the small ones, the former colonies, the developing countries try topick their piece of the pie and are not willing to let the industrialized countriesbreak the rules they used to engage years ago. They are not willing to take theinequality anymore and raise their voices in one of the only forums they have,where they're treated on a one to one basis.This essay will give an overview about the historic development from theGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to the World Trade Organization. Theirstructures as well as their development will be pointed out. After exploringlibraries full of literature to the topics of GATT and WTO, the remarkable text byRobert Winham about 'The evolution of the global trade regime' appeared to bethe most comprehensive, intelligible and workable. Therefore it is one of the mainsources of this essay. Last but not least regionalization and preferentialism will beexplained in their different facets, concluding with two contrary empiricalexamples for economic and political integration.[.] 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Law - Miscellaneous, grade: A3, University of Abertay Dundee (Centre for energy, petroleum and mineral law and policy), language: English, abstract: With high cost and negative publicity associated with litigation, mediation has been embraced as a popular means of resolving local disputes. In the international sphere however, arbitration seems to be the preferred option for solving disputes. Due to the fact that arbitration is an expensive process, there is need for a viable alternative for resolving disputes without the adversarial nature of litigation and arbitration, but with the involvement of a neutral third party, the mediator. This paper will discuss what mediation means and how the mediation process works. The issue of relevance of mediation to international disputes will be explored. An attempt will be made to argue that mediation is better than arbitration in resolving international disputes. The conclusion will highlight the limits of the mediation process 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Main Differences between British English and American English, language: English, abstract: 'Mus tek cyear a de root fa heal de tree.' This proverb meaning 'you need to take care of the root in order to heal the tree' offers one of many examples of the regional variation of English known as Gullah. This language is as unique as its speakers combining people of different African tribes, descendants of the British immigrants, or those who came to America as indentured servants in the early 17th century. Out of this 'melting pot,' the Gullah variation developed - more than just a language or dialect, but a rich culture with a wonderful tradition of storytelling among other ways of life. Gullah, serving a vital example of original Creole language, revokes a great interest of the linguists from all over the world. For years, linguists referred to Gullah as a dialect of Standard English, but in the 1940s, as African-American linguist Lorenzo Turner researched African languages, it became apparent that Gullah did indeed have its roots in Africa. Following Turner's ground-breaking research, numerous other linguists considered an interest in study of the variation. One such linguist and professor who will be further discussed in this paper is Salikoko Mufwene, a native speaker of several Bantu languages originating from the Congo. Aside from the research of Turner and Mufwene, this paper will also explain the origins and history of Gullah, its phonology, its grammatical structures, and the threats of the extinction of Gullah. 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, grade: 1.0, Vilnius University (Institute of International Relations and Political Science), language: English, abstract: The Kaliningrad region captures since the Middle Age a place as a trading center. The text describes its economical development since the Second World War until today and gives an overview about the actual economical conditions. Followed by an analysis over future economical trends for the region and the chances which can occur through a closer cooperation with the European Union. 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: 1,7, University of Siegen, course: Serial TV, language: English, abstract: Desperate Housewives is an American comedy-drama serial created by Marc Cherry. After its premiere on October the 3rd, 2004 on 'abc' the serial had altogether 111 episodes in six seasons. Desperate Housewives won several awards since its broadcast, like the Emmy, the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award. In April 2007 the serial was awarded as most popular show with an audience of over 119 million viewers. The fictional setting of Wisteria Lane in Fairview is the home of a group of women protagonists: Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria), Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross), Edie Britt (Nicolette Sheridan) and Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany) are the main female characters that are more or less friends. All of them have their own specialties and problems in their lives. The plot of each episode follows these struggles they have to deal with in their family lives in domestic surroundings. But with every episode it becomes clearer that even in beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhoods lots of secrets, crimes and mysteries are buried. The answers to these mysteries are mostly given by another friend of them - Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) - who died in the pilot episode of Desperate Housewives because she committed suicide.Mary Alice Young nevertheless appears in the series - but as the narrator of each episode. Her voice leads the viewer through the happenings and through the plot of Desperate Housewives and structures the series with her pro- and epilogues. The following composition is going to deal with the narration of Mary Alice Young and is based on the presentation to the according topic of Desperate Housewives in the seminar 'Serial TV'. This term paper will first concentrate on the tradition of voice-over narration and afterwards on general facts of the voice-over narration in Desperate Housewives. In a final step the narration of Mary Alice Young will be discussed. 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Potsdam (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: Faith and Beauty: Varieties of Religious Poetry in English Literature, language: English, abstract: When William Wordsworth wrote 'Upon Westminster Bridge' in September 1802, London was the economical as well as political centre of England. London set the tone for nearly everything - fashion, worn in London, was imitated in other provincial towns. The city became a metropolis - a place of consumption. But on the other hand, London's big-city appearance had some unwelcome side effects. According to industrial production the city was covered by fog nearly everyday. Streets and other public places were noisy and dirty and a terrible smell, like in Paris at that time, must have filled the air. Many people neglected their religious belief and some of them might even have lost their belief in God. Wordsworth probably wanted to make people aware that there is something more than the big-city life which is connected with hard work for the lower classes and a life of decadence which the upper classes enjoyed. 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2, University of Education Ludwigsburg, language: English, abstract: One of the most basic and insightful bonds women form with each other is that of a mother and daughter. The different stages that a mother and her daughter are going through during their lives and the insuperable unity they have is a fact that people have been reflecting about at all times. The impact that a mother has on her daughter is huge no matter how distinct their relationship is. Passing on values, protecting the child and showing unconditional love are some of the main tasks of being a mother. But what if the mother fails to complete these tasks Jamaica Kincaid grew up in Antigua and was raised by a father who was never there and a mother who gave all her attention to her brothers. She fled the island at the age of seventeen, left her family as well as her name behind and entered North America as Jamaica Kincaid. Even though she came to terms with the past, she copes with her experiences through writing books. Kincaid's tight, lyrical prose guides the reader through memories of her mother and her childhood. Due to her lifestory, Jamaica Kincaid manages to portray her fiction in an extremely pure and touching way. In the following, I will take a closer look at her biography and origin. I will also analize two of her novels, Autobiography of my mother and Annie John and interpret them in regard to the mother theme. 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, Technical University of Braunschweig (Englisches Seminar), course: Teaching English Grammar and Lexis, language: English, abstract: The theory and methodology of early linguistics took the notion of structure as a key term and emphasized the idea that language needed to be organized. In the 70s, under the influence of pragmatics, language was no longer seen as an abstraction, but as a means of communication between people, and the primary purpose of language became the exchange of meaning. Since language essentially deals with naming of concepts, the importance of lexis replaced the role played by grammatical structure. The idea was that meaning is primarily carried by lexis, because focus on communication implies emphasis on lexis and decreased emphasis on structure.In this paper, I will discuss the central ideas of Saussurean structuralism, in particular the notion of differential structure, then I will present the innovation brought in linguistics by Chomsky's generative structure, namely the universal nature of language as opposed to Sassure's idea about the uniqueness of language, and finally, I will analyze collocations in the light of these two structuralist theories.This paper does not intend to show the differences and incompatibilities between the structural and lexical approaches, but the point of coincidence and agreement between the two, namely the way meaning is defined through difference under the exercise of choice. 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 3,0, RWTH Aachen University, language: English, abstract: Table of contents1. Introduction2. The death motif in the poetry of Emily Dickinson2.1 General characteristics of death 2.2 Reasons for her interest in death2.3 The relation between time and death3. ConclusionReferences1. IntroductionThis term paper deals with the topic ''The death motif in the poetry of Emily Dickinson'' and is written behind the background of the seminar 'Emily Dickinson'. First of all my ambition will be to bring out the impact of death and why it is so difficult to define. Further explanations will be given in the paragraph 'General characteristics of death'. Death has always been a traditional theme for poetry and therefore it is not surprising that it was important to Emily Dickinson too. Five or six hundred poems, dealing with death , are proof enough for her enormous interest in this theme. Thus, the question arises why death was so important to her. Reasons for that should be constituted in the paragraph 'Reasons for Emily Dickinson's interest in death'. However she could not finally answer the question that she had asked herself, because she tried to find the salvation through imagination and in con-trast death is something that one has to experience at least. Moreover, those who actually experienced death are not able to communicate anymore with those who live, so humans can not get any knowledge about death. Therefore one can say that her quest for an answer was doomed to failure from the very beginning. One problem, she was confronted with while looking for answer, was the difficult time aspect. However, time does not just appear as a reason for her failure, but also as a poetic strategy, a reason for her interest in death and the description of the precise moment of death, which reflects in the central paragraph 'The relation between time and death'. In order to point out the importance of time in Emily Dickinson's poetry about death, my research question will be what different aspects of time affected her poetry and were expressed through her writing. The most difficult thing of the topic will be to relate the time aspects with each other, because they are settled on different levels. Moreover I am going to analyse the poem 'A Clock stopped -' with respect to the time aspect, because it is representative for the importance of time within her death poetry. [.] Finally a conclusion will be drawn in order to summarize my results and to answer my research question. 20 pp. Englisch.

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Communications - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0, University of Siegen, course: Mere Anarchy Woody Allen Films, language: English, abstract: Woody Allen, born Allen Stewart Konigsberg , is a Jewish artist, who is mostly known as filmmaker - but he carries several faces and puts his work into several fields. Although his movies often seem to deal with the same topics, Allen never concentrates on only one genre, as we worked out during our seminar and the expert sessions. Besides his widely spread image of the intellectual and humorous filmmaker, he put his thoughts into prose and stand-up comedy, too; he wrote articles for magazines like New York Times, Playboy or The New Republic and of course he is known through his roles in his own films. By acting out his own roles he has written, Woody Allen as the private person and the public known Woody Allen, somehow melted together; so, the viewer can find more personal elements in Allen`s movies, as he or she may expect. Or better said, he by some means performed himself through the stories of his films.Besides the fact that Allen mostly acted out the role of the protagonist in his movies and barring that the topics of the movies seem to be repetitive, there are other typical elements that continuously appear in his movies, what in this paper - as it already have been in our expert session - will be depicted as 'allenesque elements'. These are for instance the neurotic characters, the Jewishness (that apparently refers to his private persona), the psycho-analysis, the fusion of reality and fiction, unhappy relationships, love-affairs and the element of the anxious behavior, towards special issues, of some of his characters are just a number of the main subjects that are typical of Woody Allen stories. But Allen`s audience is not only 'confronted' with these topics in his movies; as already mentioned, he also developed his ideas in prose and short stories.With his book 'Mere Anarchy', in 2007 Woody Allen brought out his fourth collection of short stories and the first since 27 years. During this time he was mostly occupied with his movies; nearly every year, a new Allen movie was released. His new short story collection 'Mere Anarchy' contains 18 pieces of which ten have been published in the New Yorker. Furthermore the reader can encounter the well known and already mentioned 'allenesque' topics that in this case are for instance the doubt or self-doubts, the fact of loving women he cannot reach and the preference for progressive topics that were part of some of his movies, too. [.] 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Trier (FB II Anglistik), course: Stylistics (of literary texts), language: English, abstract: The paper is divided in two parts: the first deals with the poem 'The Secret Sits' by Robert Frost. It tries to illustrate and state the aims of linguistic stylstics. The second and bigger part deals with a principle of Stylistics: Stylistics requires 'precision of reference to the text in support of a particular interpretation', and emphatically not 'precision of interpretation' (based on H.G. Widdowson).Starting from this principle the paper offers a stylistic interpretation of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. 28 pp. Englisch.