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When politicians and pundits in the Middle East discuss democracy, do they mean it? Looking at public discourse about democracy in contemporary Egypt, Dunne proposes a fresh way of reading Arabic political discourse. She charts a method combining ethnographic research into communities of people producing political discourse with investigation of the texts themselves, using tools from anthropology, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics -- a method with broad applicability to political discourse generally. Taking off from the premise that all discourse is based in social interaction, this book demonst

... Michel, P.: The European identity : humanism, secularism or christianity ; mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. - S. 5-20 Melasuo, T.: Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East : visions from the extreme north. - S. 21-31 Crum, B.: United in diversity : European citizenship after the EU constitution. - S. 33-52

The first introduction to the field of Arabic sociolinguistics, this book discusses major trends in research on diglossia, code-switching, gendered discourse, language variation and change, and language policies in relation to Arabic. In doing so, it introduces and evaluates the various theoretical approaches, and illustrates the usefulness and the limitations of these approaches with empirical data. The book shows how sociolinguistic theories can be applied to Arabic and, conversely, what the study of Arabic can contribute to our understanding of the function of language in society. Key features: *Introduces current theories and methods of sociolinguistics, with a special focus on Arabic *Topics include: language variation and change, gender, religion and politics *Aimed at students and scholars of Arabic with an interest in linguistics and students and scholars of linguistics with an interest in Arabic

This collection of essays explores the idea of the efficacy, limitations and future of Cultural Studies as a theoretical and methodological approach to the analysis of recent crisis phenomena in Europe. The volume spans a wide range of topics, including: theoretical and critical approaches to the stability of the EU as a political and economic union of its 28 member states; the (not only) recent flow of refugees into Europe and other countries, and the refugee tragedies off the coast of Lampedusa; the resurgence of far-right, anti-Islam political groups throughout Europe; the negotiation of affect and crisis phenomena in literary texts; and the question of media and refugees. These and other pressing issues are addressed and discussed from a variety of historical, political, pedagogical, gender, media and aesthetic perspectives, as encompassed in Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Literatures.

Intro -- مقدمة استهلالية -- المدخل الثامن والستون : إدارة اللوجستيات الصحية - إدارة المستشفيات HEALTH LOGISTICS - HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT -- المدخل التاسع والستون : إدارة حل المشكلات .. إدارة المستشفيات PROBLEM SOLVING ADMINISTRATIVE HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT -- المدخل السبعون : الإدارة المعاصرة.. المنهج الإداري الحديث CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT MODERN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROACH -- النماذج التدريبية -- Key Notes -- المراجع الشخصية -- المراجع باللغة العربية -- المراجع باللغة الإنجليزية -- فهرست الجزء العاشر

"In A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen, Ingrid Hehmeyer describes the three-way relationship between water, land, and humans from ancient to medieval and premodern times. As illustrated in case studies from four sites, individual ecosystems necessitated different engineering and management approaches in order to make good use of the scarce water resources for both irrigated agriculture and domestic consumption. Material remains and written sources provide the evidence for a comprehensive examination of continuity and change; technical and managerial struggles, failures, and successes; the question of technology transfer; the impact of the religion of Islam on water use and allocation; and people's reactions in times of severe crisis."-- Back cover