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This book is the result of a conference held biannually at the Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies at Connecticut College. It uses an interdisciplinary approach to focus on important ecological impacts of acid deposition, the transboundary nature of the pollutants that cause acid rain, and domestic and international policies designed to reduce the emission of these pollutants. The book combines research findings and the policy analyses of experts from different academic disciplines with the positions advanced by representatives of various nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Because the volume explores many aspects of the acid rain issue, it will be of interest to a diverse audience that includes researchers, students, concerned citizens, policy analysts, and members of NGOs and government agencies who could use the text as background for discussion pertaining to the science and policy of acid deposition.

In 1921, Etienne Gilson, one of the greatest Christian philosophers since Thomas Aquinas, began teaching at the Sorbonne. A twenty-three-year-old student, Henri Gouhier, promptly asked Gilson to direct his doctoral work on the great seventeenth-century philosopher Nicolas Malebranche. Gilson agreed. Thus began a relationship that ripened into a very deep personal and professional friendship lasting more than half a century. Gilson engaged in extensive correspondence throughout his long life, but little of it has seen the light of day. The letters in this volume, mostly from Gilson, reveal his

Ranging from Jonson to Rochester and including several critically neglected figures, this work brings together poetic contemporaries who illuminate the scope of Hobbes' writing and the reach of his influence, in turn shedding diverse lights on the nature of their own work

"Current events related to energy policy - skyrocketing gasoline prices, the 2003 Northeast Blackout, the Kyoto Protocol's enactment, passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the influence of recent Gulf Coast hurricanes on energy supplies and prices - demand innovative approaches towards conceptualizing the relationship between energy and American society. This book takes on a central quandary in the study of energy and environmental policy: What myths continue to exist in American culture concerning energy, the environment, and society? It enrolls twenty-four of the nation's top experts working on energy policy in industry, government laboratories, utilities, nonprofit organizations, and universities to debunk and contextualize thirteen energy myths relating to electric power, renewable energy, energy efficiency, transportation, and climate change. While the book focuses on the American experience, it will be of interest to those working in the fields of energy policy, energy and the environment, and technology assessment worldwide. 'This is a brilliant, bold, and fascinating book ...that should be read by anybody even remotely concerned about energy, the environment, or the future of American society.' Art Rosenfeld, Commissioner, California Energy Commission and recipient of the 2006 Enrico Fermi Award '...This work is a must-read for anyone interested in American energy policy.' Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy '...By collecting the best minds to debunk the greatest of these myths, Sovacool and Brown have brought us a step closer to finding a national energy policy based on common sense.' Chris Cooper, Executive Director, Network for New Energy Choices '... Sovacool and Brown provide a bold and imaginative way forward.' John A. ""Skip"" Laitner, Visiting Fellow and Senior Economist, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy"

This book looks at the nature of management in the human services sector and examines the prevailing issues affecting both the UK and USA. Contradictory forces affect the act of management, such as the imperatives driving the introduction of new control systems which exist alongside the requirement to cut resources. In this book, contributors present both the problems and opportunities associated with the growth of management in the social care sector. They cover key topics including the implementation of change in the childcare sector; diversity – looking at the ways in which care manag

Introduction / Katherine K. Young -- Open space and double locks : the Hindutva appropriation of female gender / Eva Hellman -- Women as fundamental and fundamentalists women : the case of Buddhist Sri Lanka / Tessa Bartholomeusz -- Fundamentalism and the position of women in Confucianism / Vivian-Lee Nyitray -- Reading from right to left : fundamentalism, feminism, and women's changing role in Jewish societies / Sylvia Barack Fishman -- Chastening tale : figuring woman across the Christian fundamentalist/feminist divide / Heidi Epstein -- Miniskirts and fundamentalist fashions : clothing the Muslim Canadian woman / Reem A. Meshal -- Postscript: Reading from both right and left to center / Katherine K. Young

Für jedes Unternehmen besteht im Rahmen der Unternehmensfinanzierung die Notwendigkeit, die eigene Bilanzbonität zu dokumentieren. Gerade Fremdkapitalgeber benötigen Informationen über die Fähigkeit eines Unternehmens, seine zukünftigen Zahlungsverpflichtungen fristgerecht und in vollem Umfang begleichen zu können. Ein Finanzrating stellt in diesem Zusammenhang für jeden Unternehmer ein optimales Instrument zur Früherkennung drohender finanzieller Risiken dar und ist Basis zur Vorbereitung auf Verhandlungen mit Fremdkapitalgebern. Das vorliegende Buch erläutert sehr praxisorientiert die im Rating wichtigen harten Fakten und quantitativen Kriterien. Einen wichtigen Schwerpunkt bildet die detaillierte Darstellung der Jahresabschlussanalyse und der Bilanzanalyse im Rating.

Corporate governance in transformation economies : a comparative perspective / Bruno Dallago -- Economic transformation and corporate finance in the post-communist world / Fumikazu Sugiura -- Corporate governance, ownership concentration and foreign direct investment in the Czech Republic / Kryštof Mejstřík and Michal Mejstřík -- The Czech emerging financial markets and their roles in corporate finance / Zdenek S. Blaha -- Corporate restructuring, foreign direct investment, and Japanese multinationals in the Czech Republic / Shuichi Ikemoto -- Corporate governance and ownership concentration on the Budapest stock exchange / Zsolt Bedoʺ and Iván Bélyácz -- Corporate restructuring and the role of foreign direct investment in Hungary / Ichiro Iwasaki -- Corporate law and governance mechanism in Russia / Ichiro Iwasaki -- Corporate ownership and control in Russian companies : trends and patterns / Tatiana Dolgopyatova -- Evolution of corporate governance in Russia : governmental policy vs. real incentives of economic agents / Andrei Yakovlev