political science selected new titles jörn dosch manfred mols eds international relations in the asia-pacific new patterns of power interest and cooperation lit jörn dosch manfred mols eds ulf engel robert kappel eds international relations in the asia-pacific new patterns of power interest and cooperation the book deals with the changing pattern of international relations in the asia-pacific region at the turn of the century with particular reference to the roles of the united states asean japan china and australia attention is also given to multilateral cooperation fora such as apec arf and cscap the first part consists of an evaluation of international relations theories and their meaning for the analysis of structures and actors in the asia-pacific in the second part renowned experts present detailed case studies the analysis is not based on a single theoretical approach but employs different perspectives jörn dosch asia/pacific research center stanford university manfred mols i
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anthropology selected new titles karl wohlmuth elke grawert robert kappel markus wauschkuhn hans-heinrich bass bankole oni achim gutowski jan hoorweg dick foeken r a obudho eds kenya coast handbook culture resources and development in the east african littoral with a preface by prof ali a mazrui this handbook is an indispensable tool for anyone with a professional interest in the east african coast the book contains 26 chapters divided over 6 sections introduction general background people and history economic resources human resources and development issues the book also contains a large bibliography and statistical information jan hoorweg and dick foeken are senior researchers at the african studies centre leiden the netherlands r a obudho is professor of urban and regional planning university of nairobi kenya african studies centre 560 pp 51,90 hc isbn 3-8258-3937-0 africa s reintegration into the world economy volume 8 of the african development perspectives yearbook focusses o
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philosophy selected new titles angela kallhof ed antje gimmler christian lenk gerhard aumüller ed martha c nußbaum ethics and political philosophy lecture and colloquium in münster 2000 the philosophical writings of martha c nussbaum professor of law at the university of chicago are distinguished by their synthesis of different research areas and by their treatment of current socially controversial issues in her ethical and political philosophy nussbaum gives detailed readings of works from ancient greece and rome interpreting classical texts with a view to their relevance for contemporary questions her capabilities-approach developed through her work on aristotle has become an established part of political philosophy and of the ethics of the good life spurred by her involvement with international organizations nussbaum has also employed her philosophical program to confront and investigate ways of solving problems of social justice in this volume nussbaum s work is examined in the
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law literary science and linguistics selected new titles justine tally patrick b miller therese frey steffen elisabeth schäfer-wünsche eds the story of jazz toni morrison s dialogic imagination ever since its publication in 1992 jazz probably toni morrison s most difficult novel to date has elicited a wide array of critical response many of these analyses while both thoughtful and thought-provoking have provided only partial or inherently inconclusive interpretations the title and certain of the author s own pronouncements have led other critics to focus on the music itself both as medium and aesthetic support for the narration justine tally is professor of american studies at the university of la laguna tenerife spain where she specializes in african american literature she is author of numerous scholarly articles and of paradise reconsidered toni morrison s histories andtruths 1999 forecaast forum for european contributions to african american studies vol 7 168 pp 20,90 pb i
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political science authorities systems of chieftaincy depend on each other s contributions in striving towards the goals they both desire to achieve in the fields of development stable democratic governance and human rights indigenous institutions are not necessarily inferior to state institutions the opposite might be true in view of the capacity of the traditional institutions not just to decide internal disputes but actually to solve them and thus contribute to social cohesion such a perspective is highly relevant for a variety of concrete social relations of which gender relations are one important aspect vol 10 1998 264 pp 19,90 pb isbn 3-8258-3036-5 contributions to research on conversion edited by prof dr ulrich albrecht freie universität berlin wolfgang pfaffenberger petra opitz ed adjustment processes in russian defence enterprises within the framework of conversion and transition vol 2 1994 105 pp 30,90 pb isbn 3-8258-2028-9 hans van den breemer bernhard venema eds t
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anthropology medical sociology edited by johannes siegrist düsseldorf millard waltz content africa and globalisation policies to reintegrate africa into the world economy country cases of africa responding to globalisation trends globalisation and gender in africa regional development and globalisation news and booknotes vol 8 2001 992 pp 50,90 pb isbn 3-8258-4781-0 angelina topan the european integration process a historical and comparative institutional analysis european integration is analysed in a historical and in a comparative perspective by applying new institutional economics european integration is shaped by rules being triggered for further integration and simultaneously giving integration direction the analysis starts with the european coal and steel community and ends with the european union the functions of rules explain institutionalisation as well as non-institutionalisation of europe the influence of these functions varies from country to country and from integration
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anthropology doris schmied ed nassirou bako-arifari pierre-joseph laurent éds press in 1989 the distributed version is part of the second edition published by gideon s were press nairobi kenya in 1994 vol 7 2000 288 pp 24,90 pb isbn 3-8258-4800-0 changing rural structures in tanzania vol 11 1996 260 pp 24,90 pb isbn 3-8258-2407-1 interethnic relations and cultural change anthropological contributions to socio-cultural dynamics edited by prof dr jürgen jensen universität hamburg richard-michael diedrich les dimensions sociales et économiques du développement local et la décentralisation en afrique au sud du sahara social and economic dimensions of local development and decentralization in subsaharan africa vol 15 1998 176 pp 17,90 pb isbn 3-8258-3960-5 matthias mohr negotiating the boundary the response of kwa mashu zionists to a volatile political climate during 22 months of fieldwork the author observed how zulu zionists in the township of kwa mashu durban walked the tigh
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european history studies in african history edited by helmut bley leonhard harding and albert wirz helmut bley giacomo macola episode or model in modern history this book takes up a question raised about the nature of the european international system in the late eighteenth-early nineteenth centuries by paul w schroeder s pathbreaking and controversial work the transformation of european politics 1763 1848 1994 schroeder s central claim was that the european states system underwent a fundamental transformation in the revolutionary napoleonic and vienna eras from a system of competitive conflictual power politics based purely on a shifting balance of power to a more consensual stable and peaceful set of relations based on legality acknowledged rights and obligations and shared norms the contributors to this volume while examining this claim primarily extend the debate to the entire history of european and world international politics from the early seventeenth century to the presen
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education fabien eboussi boulaga well as the cardinal moral virtues prudence justice fortitude and temperance the author also reflects on allied questions of moral theology and so provides a significant commentary on the third part of the catechism of the catholic church vol 3 fall 2002 ca 216 pp ca 30,90 pb isbn 3-8258-4855-8 practical ethics controversies edited by prof dr hans-martin sass ruhr-universität bochum/georgetown university washington antje gimmler christian lenk gerhard aumüller ed christianity without fetishes an african critique and recapture of christianity 1984 with an additional comment by v y mudimbe and a new postscript by the author vol 13 2002 264 pp 25,90 pb isbn 3-8258-5077-3 libero gerosa friedrich stenger canon law one of the main demands of vatican ii council with respect to canon law was to always focus on the mystery of the church this clear and distinct position led to a renewal of the methodology applied to the discipline of canon law in almost a
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law german language and literature shelley laura frisch law ius vivens edited by dr wolf-dieter barz karlsruhe prof dr andreas roth mainz and dr stefan chr saar potsdam siegfried moses giuseppe zaccaria ed international justice and interpretation contributors h g gadamer h küng f viola et al vol 6 fall 2002 ca 384 pp ca 35,90 pb isbn 3-8258-5766-2 the dialectic of signs the origin of language debate in german romanticism vol 16 fall 2002 ca 272 pp ca 25,90 pb isbn 3-8258-4305-x law and ethics edited by prof dr jur alexander roßnagel universität-gesamthochschule kassel john burroughs münster contributions to classic philology shirley werner the transmission and scholia to lucan s bellum civile vol 5 1998 200 pp 30,90 pb isbn 3-8258-3918-4 jewish post-war claims tel aviv 1944 with an introduction by professor dr paul kirchhof and a biobibliographic annotation by rachel heuberger edited by wolfdieter barz introductory part and appendix translated by eli moses it has been only r
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academic series academic series academic paperbacks sociology 16 contributions to african languages empirical theology 25 ius vivens 29 accomodation self-assertion 29 english and american language and resistance 24 contributions to african studies 20 literature 28 journal of intelligence history 24 african development perspectives contributions to asian american erlangen studies in english and yearbook 18 literary studies 28 american literature 28 kiel peace research series 15 african studies 14 contributions to mission studies and europe 2000 16 african studies centre 24 intercultural theology 25 european research on the middle law and ethics 29 aldous huxley annual 27 contributions to political science 14 ages 23 linguistics 29 amateca international manuals contributions to research on conof catholic theology 26 version 15 forecaast forum for european lse books 16 anglophone literatures 28 contributions to the history and de contributions to african american anthropological j
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