The Evolution of Green Politics: Development and Change within European Green Parties

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The emergence of Green parties throughout Europe during the 1980s marked the arrival of a "new'" form of political movement and a challenge to existing party models. However, since the "green wave" of the 1980s these parties have struggled to solidify their electoral successes in the face of stiff opposition from established political parties.
This original book, the first to address the future direction of the European Green parties, presents an in-depth, thematic comparative approach to the analysis of recent Green party development and change, questioning whether the process of party evolution has resulted in the ideological dilution of Green ideals and objectives.
With Green parties across Europe experiencing a significant upturn in support in recent years, the current period marks an important stage in the shaping of Green politics across Europe. If we are to gain a clearer picture of the impact that the Green parties may have in the new millennium, this book argues that we must understand the issues and themes which have shaped their reemergence as a more mature political challenge.

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Total diversity training from ASTD--in full-day, half-day, or one-hour sessions! A complete training kit developed by diversity expert Tina Rasmussen, The ASTD Trainer's Sourcebook: Diversity helps you firmly establish diversity's advantages for your company in fast, easy, flexible sessions. It helps you address such diversity basics as stereotyping--how we form perception--behavior fundamentals--managing diversity vs. traditional management--teams guidelines and communications--setting the tone for valuing diversity--and much more. Plus, you get everything you need to position diversity for maiximum impact and provide effective, high-interest training: background information; games and activities; facilitator notes; instruments; training designs; assessments; participant handouts; overheads and flipcharts.

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Valuable resource for people involved in diversity training.......1997-08-09

The Sourcebook is an excellent resource for people new to diversity training as well as those who want to add new information and tools to existing trainings. The book provides innovative curriculum, handout and overhead suggestions to create or enhance diversity trainings. I have found the information and tools to be very valuable

The Astd Trainer's Sourcebook: Diversity

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The Astd Trainer's Sourcebook: Diversity
Tina Rasmussen
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFM3J2

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This book gives a detailed analysis of this ever developing field of Community law. Based primarily on Articles 87 and 88 EC and now supplemented by secondary legislation, in particular Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999, the European Commission and the Court of Justice have sought to ensure that State aid is directed towards recipients in such a way that the European economy as a whole benefits. This major new work for the first time places State aid law and policy in context with a fully coherent and integrated exposition of the subject.

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Ec State AIDS (Wiley Chancery Law Book)
Leigh Hancher , Piet Jan Slot , and T. R. Ottervanger
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0471936529

Unlimited Liability of State-owned Banks Under the Ec Rules of State AIDS

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Unlimited Liability of State-owned Banks Under the Ec Rules of State AIDS
Ulrich Immenga , and Joachim Rudo
Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Hardcover

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The applicability of EC law of state aids to the state`s unlimited liability for Savings Banks and "Landesbanken" is controversial. Legal and political discussions following the Maastricht-II-Treaty tend to assume that liabilities have to be qualified as state aids. However, as the liabilities in question derive from public ownership, they have to be distinguished from securities for corporate debts which might be qualified as state aids under EC law. In this context the book discusses state aids to public companies and the private investor test of the EC Court of Justice. The authors question the EC Commission`s concept to quantify refinancing advantages which are supposed to be achieved by virtue of public liability.

Study on the Enforcement of State Aid Law at National Level: Tom 1 Application of Ec State Aid Rules by National Courts: Recovery of Unlawful State Aid

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Study on the Enforcement of State Aid Law at National Level: Tom 1 Application of Ec State Aid Rules by National Courts: Recovery of Unlawful State Aid

Manufacturer: European Communities
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Application of EC State Aid Law by the Member State Courts

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Application of EC State Aid Law by the Member State Courts
Thomas Jestaedt , Tom R. Ottervanger , and Jean-Pierre van Cutsem
Manufacturer: European Communities / Union (EUR-OP/OOPEC/OPOCE)
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Binding: Paperback

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Assessment and Recovery of Tax Incentives in the EC and the Wto: A View on State AIDS, Trade Subsidies and Direct Taxation

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Assessment and Recovery of Tax Incentives in the EC and the Wto: A View on State AIDS, Trade Subsidies and Direct Taxation
Raymond H. C. Luja
Manufacturer: Intersentia
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Binding: Hardcover

General | Law | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 905095278X

Building community support for families of people with AIDS (EC / Oregon State University Extension Service)

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Building community support for families of people with AIDS (EC / Oregon State University Extension Service)
Jan Hare
Manufacturer: Extension Service, Oregon State University
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006D5B7I

The EC Commission and State Aid Control: Supranationality in Operation?

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The EC Commission and State Aid Control: Supranationality in Operation?
Assunta Luisa Perrotti
Manufacturer: Ashgate
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0754614336

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This book gives a comprehensive picture of the present stage of development of spectral analysis and filter theory in geophysics. The principles and theories behind classical and modern methods are described and the effectiveness of these methods is assessed; selected examples of their practical application in geophysics are discussed. The modern methods include, for example, spectral analysis by fitting random models to the data, the maximum-entropy and maximum-likelihood spectral analysis procedures, the Wiener and Kalman filters, homomorphic deconvolution, and adaptive procedures for non-stationary processes. This book represents a valuable aid in education and research and for solving practical problems in geophysics and related disciplines.

Spectral Analysis and Filter Theory in Applied Geophysics

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Spectral Analysis and Filter Theory in Applied Geophysics
Burkhard Buttkus
Manufacturer: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MUW5BK

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Principles of Phase Diagrams in Materials Systems
Paul Gordon
Manufacturer: Krieger Pub Co
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0898744083

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Principles of Phase Diagrams in Materials Systems. Series in Materials Science and Engineering
PAUL GORDON
Manufacturer: MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, 1968
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000Q7RROY

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To most people it seems obvious that there are major mental differences between ourselves and other species, but there is considerable debate over exactly how special our minds are, in what respects, and which were the critical evolutionary events that have shaped us. Some researchers claim language as a solely human, even defining, attribute, while others claim that only humans are truly conscious. These questions have been explored mainly by archaeologists and anthropologists until recently, but this volume aims to show what psychologists have to say on the evolution of mind. The book begins with a thorough overview of what is known of the non-primate mind and its evolution. Following this, an international range of experts discuss in temporal sequence the human mind at various stages of evolution, beginning with the pre-hominids of 20 million years ago and ending with contemporary human behaviour. Accessible to students and researchers alike in psychology, anthropology, evolution, archaeology, and ethology, The Descent of Mind provides a range of provocative answers to the timeless question of what it means to be human.

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Lucid introduction to evolutionary psychology.......2002-09-24

I found this collection of 17 essays to be a delightful read. Only two seemed a little too dense or obscure for an introduction, and many seemed to be top-drawer. Because this book captures different perspectives in one volume, I believe it is an excellent primer on the issues and contemporary state of evolutionary psychology.

Taken as a whole this collection argues most explicitly for the evolution of mind. In particular, the primary challenge is to understand the evolutionary development of personality, theory of mind, metamind, social mind, intelligence and language. I was continually amazed at the blending of paleontology, neurology, animal studies, and childhood development into a synthetic whole. The importance of social context in hominid evolution, especially in the development of semantics and grammar, was presented in a clear and convincing manner.

Lucid introduction to evolutionary psychology.......2002-09-24

Evolutionary psychology must deal with a breadth of data that is astonishing. Mastery of this interdisciplinary approach may be beyond most readers, but Corballis and Lea offer a diverse collection capable if whetting the appetite of almost everyone. It is my pleasure to recommend this book for the curious, the analytical, and the theorist. Within these pages may lie the kernel of a meta-narrative for all of psychology.

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The Descent of Mind: Psychological Perspectives on Hominid Evolution
Michael C.; Lea, Stephen E.G. Corballis
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKWUYA

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In the past two decades our understanding of the occupied electronic states of solides has undergone a revolution, while our knowledge of the unoccupied states has lagged behind. This is now changing, owing to the progress in techniques such as X-ray absorption and inverse photoemission, and a complete picture is beginning to emerge. This book presents the theoretical and experimental basis of the subject of unoccupied electronic states. It begins by describing the modern theoretical picture of unoccupied states, starting with the single-particle picture and going on to various aspects of many-body interaction and correlation. The theory of modern spectroscopic methods (XANES, EELS,IPS and BIS) used to study unoccupied states is discussed and examples are given to illustrate these techniques. This volume stresses the unity of the concepts required to understand both occupied and unoccupied states and demonstrates the importance of unoccupied states for our comprehension of the optical, thermal and transport properties of materials.

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So easy to pick up and so hard to put down

Excellent reading! Thoroughly recommended!

An Enchanting Portrait of a Small Southern Town

The Guru of Malad
Gordon Epperson
Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1401051383

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The Guru of Malad is a tale of extraordinary happenings in a small Southern town of the 1930s. The staid routines of its citizens are shaken and disrupted by the return of Robert Dowland, who proves to be a catalyst for emotional excitement and turmoil. In this tale of high comedy and gentle satire, the lives of a colorful cast of eccentrics undergo profound changes. The interlocking motifs of sex, academe, and the occult lead inexorably to a miraculous epiphany.

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So easy to pick up and so hard to put down.......2002-05-16

The Guru Of Malad is a historical novel written by Gordon Epperson (Professor Emeritus of Music, University of Arizona) and set in the small town of Malad, Georgia in the 1930s. When a man of education and refinement returns home, the paradox of conflicting ways of life threaten to overwhelm him. Racism and bigotry as well as the uglier sides of sexuality and politics form a dark undercurrent in Malad, in this hard-hitting story. The Guru Of Malad is one of those books that are so easy to pick up and so hard to put down!

Excellent reading! Thoroughly recommended!.......2002-04-09

In his finely honed novel, The Guru Of Malad, author Gordon Epperson weaves a tale of life in Georgia in 1936---a life of gentility, grace and manners, at least on the surface. But underlying this superficiality are real characters suffering real problems that the reader can align and commiserate with.

Dr. Robert Dowland returns to Malad from New York City, not quite the success he wanted to be. This physician, pianist, poet and literary critic returns to his roots to, hopefully, accept the Presidency of Cherokee College and the success he so needed.

Gordon Epperson fills his richly inspired book with a well defined and developed assortment of people, each in their own situation, and each leading lives (like us) that are filled with joy, sadness and frustration. One of these characters is a black lady, Doris Williams, hired to be Dr. Dowland's part time housekeeper and cook. At his first sight of Doris, "...he felt the breath go out of him."

And so we have a story of life in the South in the 30's; race relations in the South in the 30's; and one man's image of himself as cosmopolitan, rid of narrow prejudices, who wants very much to be president of a college that did not even admit blacks.

This reviewer could not stop turning the pages of this epic story. Each was a revelation of what was (and could be)---all leading to enlightenment, fulfillment and a miraculous epiphany. Gordon Epperson, internationally known cellist. teacher, poet and story teller has used all of his wisdom and knowledge to produce this heroic novel. In this reviewer's opinion, The Guru Of Malad should be cast as a major motion picture akin to Gone With The Wind!

An Enchanting Portrait of a Small Southern Town.......2001-07-09

"The Guru of Malad" is an enchanting mix of satire, comedy, and drama--skillfully blended and beautifully balanced. Although the novel is not long, the people in this small Southern town become flesh and blood as the author gently but incisively exposes their frailties. However, he does not ignore their admirable qualities; these are complex characters. As the plot develops, Epperson takes time to explore the characters' interior lives to show how they have shaped their self-images. For example, in one passage, Robert Dowland, candidate for President of Cherokee College, affirms to himself his enlightened views on racial matters, rationalizes why he must keep these views to himself for the time being in order to advance his career--and feels momentarily irritated by the resulting moral dilemma ("It was so troublesome. Why couldn't he have been born in Massachusetts or New Hampshire? How could he, one man, change the mores of a whole region?"). In summary, Epperson creates a compelling portrait of this town. It is clear that he likes his characters, despite their flaws, and he draws on his own Southern background to make them real. This novel should have wide appeal and is highly recommended.

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