The European Puzzle

Author : Marion Demossier
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1571816267

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The European Puzzle by Marion Demossier Pdf

The twin concepts of "Culture" and "Identity" are inescapable in any discussion of European Integration and yet over the last ten years their meaning has become increasingly contested. By combining an anthropological and political perspective, the authors challenge the traditional boundaries within the issue of the construction of Europe. In the first part, historians and anthropologists from various national traditions discuss the process of the construction of Europe and its implications for cultural identities. The second section examines a number of topics at the core of the process of Europeanization and presents up-to-date information on each of these issues: political parties, regions, football, cities, the Euro, ethnicity, heritage and European cinema. Emphasis is be placed on the political structuring of cultural identities by contrasting top-down and bottom-up processes that define the tensions between the unity and diversity of the European Community.

Author : Ioana Antoaneta Dodi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6067493101

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National Pieces of the European Puzzle by Ioana Antoaneta Dodi Pdf

Author : Roland Berger,David Grusky,Tobias Raffel,Geoffrey Samuels,Chris Wimer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783642158049

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The Inequality Puzzle by Roland Berger,David Grusky,Tobias Raffel,Geoffrey Samuels,Chris Wimer Pdf

Is there too much inequality? We are witnessing for the first time in many decades a vigorous public debate in the United States and many European countries as to whether income inequality is approaching unjustifiable levels. The financial crisis has drawn special attention to remuneration at financial firms, as well as other more broadly based increases in inequality, and the pendulum may well have swung back toward attitudes favoring strengthened regulations. It is against this background of shifting public and political views about income inequality that the Roland Berger Foundation decided to solicit the opinions of U. S. and European political, business, and labor leaders by partnering with the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality. This initiative, led by a diverse team of five authors, sought to cast light on how prominent European and U. S. leaders are making sense of rising inequality. The objective was not to provide yet another scholarly tome on inequality, or another analysis of how the general public views inequality. We are already awash in such analyses. What we don’t know, and what we have sought to offer, is a window into how senior leaders view this historic moment. In the summer of 2009, we interviewed thirteen political, business, and labor leaders and presented these interviews in their original form.

Author : Kristian Kristiansen,Guus Kroonen,Eske Willerslev
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781009261746

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The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited by Kristian Kristiansen,Guus Kroonen,Eske Willerslev Pdf

The Indo-European dispersal inalterably shaped the Eurasian linguistic landscape. This book offers the newest insights into this dramatic prehistoric event.

Author : Will Larson
Publisher : Stripe Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781953953339

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An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson Pdf

A human-centric guide to solving complex problems in engineering management, from sizing teams to handling technical debt. There’s a saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Management is a key part of any organization, yet the discipline is often self-taught and unstructured. Getting to the good solutions for complex management challenges can make the difference between fulfillment and frustration for teams—and, ultimately, between the success and failure of companies. Will Larson’s An Elegant Puzzle focuses on the particular challenges of engineering management—from sizing teams to handling technical debt to performing succession planning—and provides a path to the good solutions. Drawing from his experience at Digg, Uber, and Stripe, Larson has developed a thoughtful approach to engineering management for leaders of all levels at companies of all sizes. An Elegant Puzzle balances structured principles and human-centric thinking to help any leader create more effective and rewarding organizations for engineers to thrive in.

Author : Colin Renfrew
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521386756

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Archaeology and Language by Colin Renfrew Pdf

In this book Colin Renfrew directs remarkable new light on the links between archaeology and language, looking specifically at the puzzling similarities that are apparent across the Indo-European family of ancient languages, from Anatolia and Ancient Persia, across Europe and the Indian subcontinent, to regions as remote as Sinkiang in China. Professor Renfrew initiates an original synthesis between modern historical linguistics and the new archaeology of cultural process, boldly proclaiming that it is time to reconsider questions of language origins and what they imply about ethnic affiliation--issues seriously discredited by the racial theorists of the 1920s and 1930s and, as a result, largely neglected since. Challenging many familiar beliefs, he comes to a new and persuasive conclusion: that primitive forms of the Indo-European language were spoken across Europe some thousands of years earlier than has previously been assumed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2919507605

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European Puzzle by Anonim Pdf

Author : Philippe Askenazy,Lutz Bellmann,Alex Bryson,Eva Moreno Galbis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198786160

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Productivity Puzzles Across Europe by Philippe Askenazy,Lutz Bellmann,Alex Bryson,Eva Moreno Galbis Pdf

A volume on labour productivity in Europe in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. It provides rationales for recent productivity trends in France, the UK, Germany, and Spain, and analyses policy responses to the crisis and how these have affected post-recession outcomes.

Author : Martin Fransman
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0804753067

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Global Broadband Battles by Martin Fransman Pdf

This book explains why Asia leads the broadband revolution while the United States and Europe struggle to keep up.

Author : Garibi Ilan,Goodman David,Elran Yossi
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9789813202436

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Paper Puzzle Book, The: All You Need Is Paper! by Garibi Ilan,Goodman David,Elran Yossi Pdf

ALL YOU NEED IS PAPER! All the puzzles inside are made out of paper — from simple teasers to extreme brain workouts! ORIGINAL DESIGNS Co-developed by a mathematician, an origami artist and a mechanical puzzle maker, this inventive book provides a unique and invaluable collection of a large, comprehensive and diverse variety of paper puzzles. And they only require a sheet of paper and perhaps a pair of scissors! EASY TO CHALLENGING There are 99 unique puzzles including paper strip puzzles, Möbius strips and flexagons, two-dimensional sheet folding, 'fold-and-cut' puzzles, 3D dissections and constructions, sequence folding puzzles, origami puzzles and even paper toys and magic. PROVIDES HOURS OF FUN Anyone of any age can find hours of enjoyment and challenge! LEARNING GEOMETRY, MATHEMATICS AND PROBLEM-SOLVING CHALLENGES CAN BE FUN! For students and teachers; parents and children; amateur and skilled mathematicians, and puzzle lovers. LEARN CONCEPTS AS YOU GO! Many of the puzzles are new and original, they complement the classic puzzles that are included and all of them come with a solution as well as a mathematical and geometrical explanation that can be easily understood by all. The layout of the book, with its extensive puzzles, solutions and detailed descriptions, make it a sure candidate as the paper puzzle 'bible' for enthusiasts and puzzle lovers everywhere. Contents: Just FoldingOrigami Puzzles3D Folding PuzzlesSequence FoldingStrips of PaperFlexagonsFold and CutJust CuttingOverlapping Paper PuzzlesMore Fun with Paper Readership: Puzzle and riddle lovers, and origami enthusiasts. Keywords: Puzzle;Paper;Recreational Mathematics;Geometry;Origami;Fold;CutReview: Key Features: Many new and original puzzlesA huge collection of paper puzzles and activities for all ages and levelsBoth educational and fun; highly challenging puzzlesPresents many geometrical and mathematical principals in an easy to understand mannerPossibly the only book in the market that contains such a large and diverse collection of paper puzzles

Author : Michał Krzyżanowski,Florian Oberhuber
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9052010323

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(Un)Doing Europe by Michał Krzyżanowski,Florian Oberhuber Pdf

After successive waves of «enlargement», the European Union has been struggling with political integration. The project of the «constitutionalisation» of the EU was therefore launched to cater to a growing need of institutional reform, but it also intensified debates about the underlying conceptions, norms and values of the European polity as well as the meanings and identities of entire Europe. This book approaches the ongoing legal and political re-construction of the EU through a focus on the Convention on the Future of Europe (2002-2003) which produced a draft of the EU's first constitution. The Convention is studied from a multidisciplinary perspective integrating approaches from ethnography of institutions, political sociology and linguistically-based discourse-analysis. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and multiple textual data, the book offers an inside perspective on the multitude of ways in which politics in supranational environments works in practice. The book also contributes to the ongoing research on the discursive (re-)negotiations of meanings of Europe and European integration in the institutions of the European Union.

Author : Stephen E. Tabachnick
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820340043

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The T. E. Lawrence Puzzle by Stephen E. Tabachnick Pdf

From the early 1920s to the late 1960s, T. E. Lawrence's life and career were largely the subject of sensationalist speculation, fired mainly by the romantic image of “Lawrence of Arabia.” Then, as the result of various political, scholarly, and intellectual developments, study of Lawrence's career and influence began to take on a new aspect. This collection of fourteen essays, including Stephen E. Tabachnick's extensive introduction, provides balanced and fully documented analyses of Lawrence's multifaceted career by an international group of scholars. The T. E. Lawrence Puzzle will appeal to Lawrence experts and to general readers interested in objective, reasoned perspectives on a brilliant polymath with a fascinating personality, whose many achievements remain very relevant to our own times.

Author : Dimitris N Chryssochoou
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781412931656

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Theorizing European Integration by Dimitris N Chryssochoou Pdf

`This thoughtful and original critique of integration theories is a most welcome addition to the literature on the EU. Dimitris Chryssochoou′s perceptive and thought-provoking analysis offers many original insights and will be a valuable reference tool for those interested in contemporary Europe′ - Glenda G Rosenthal, Columbia University

Author : Marysia H. Galbraith
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783082308

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Being and Becoming European in Poland by Marysia H. Galbraith Pdf

Overthrowing communism in 1989 and joining the European Union in 2004, the Polish people hold loyalties to region, country and now continent – even as the definition of what it means to be ‘European’ remains unclear. Paying particular attention to those who came of age in the earliest years of the neoliberal and democratic transformations, this book uses the life-story narratives of rural and urban southern Poles to reveal how ‘being European’ is considered a fundamental component of ‘being Polish’ while participants are simultaneously ‘becoming European’. Ultimately, this study demonstrates how the EU is regarded as both an idea and an instrument, and how ordinary citizens make choices that influence the shape of European identity and the legitimacy of its institutions.

Author : G. P. E. Walzenbach
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0754645940

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European Governance by G. P. E. Walzenbach Pdf

Confronting sophisticated theoretical reasoning with the actual realities of policy-making, this book is essential reading for all those interested in the risks and opportunities of a comparative-interdisciplinary approach to European governance.