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"This book examines the relationship between organizational culture and ethical practices among NGOs in Kenya. It highlights the need for greater oversight and anti-corruption policies to better control corrupt practices from within and avoid adverse implications and financial effects due to a lack of accountability and unethical behaviors"--

"The volume explores linguistic practices and choices in the late antique Eastern Mediterranean. It investigates how linguistic diversity and change influenced the social dimension of human interaction, affected group dynamics, the expression and negotiation of various communal identities, such as professional groups of mosaic-makers, stonecutters, or their supervisors in North Syria, bilingual monastic communities in Palestine, elusive producers of Coptic ritual texts in Egypt, or Jewish communities in Dura Europos and Palmyra. The key question is: what do we learn about social groups and human individuals by studying their multilingualism and language practices reflected in epigraphic and other written sources?"--

"With figures such as Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Feuerbach, Marx, Engels, and Nietzsche, the nineteenth century was a dynamic time of philosophical development. The period made lasting contributions to several fields of philosophy. Moreover, it paved the way for the development of the social sciences at the turn of the twentieth century. This volume is dedicated to exploring the rich tradition of nineteenth-century Continental philosophy in its different areas with the main purpose of highlighting the importance of this tradition in the development of the leading streams of thought of the twentieth and twenty-first century"--

"The political identities of the Turkish working class began a transformative journey that started during a period of industrialization following World War II and continued until the military interventions of 1960. Working Class Formation in Turkey addresses common, structural generalizations to recover the complex history of developing political, recreational, familial, residential, and work-related lives of Turkish workers. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources, this volume brings the concept of "everydayness" to the fore and uncovers the local contexts that fostered class solidarity, examines labor practices that fueled radicalism, and analyzes the shifting dynamics of industrial discipline that impacted working class identity and culture"--

"This book covers digital transformation from several different perspectives related to sustainable development, and provide organizations a variety of digital innovative solutions and strategies, from which they can choose the ones that best suit their own requirements and sustainability strategies"--

"Caring for small children and the family in Burkina Faso is hard work. Although the health infrastructure in Burkina Faso is weak and many citizens feel neglected by the state, Fragile Futures shows that the state continues to play an important role in people's engagements and hopes for a better future. Based on more than twenty years of research engagement with Burkina Faso, it is an ethnography of how rural citizens address ambiguities of sickness and care and try to secure a decent future for themselves and their families."

Drawing on new data from 100 recent elections, post-election surveys, and original experimental evidence, Alessandro Nai and Jürgen Maier provide the first large-scale comparative investigation into the "darker" sides of human personality in politicians. They show that dark traits are acutely present in populists, go hand in hand with more aggressive forms of campaign rhetoric, and are particularly appreciated by voters with dark personality traits. Dark traits can sometimes be electorally successful, and tend to be associated with a better economic performance. However, dark leaders can lead to increased cynicism in the public, democratic deconsolidation, and even a poorer response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, Dark Politics provides a new way to understand contemporary politics by looking at the crucial role of dark personality traits in leaders and voters

Die EU will Reparaturen fördern und ein "Recht auf Reparatur" etablieren, um das Recht nachhaltiger zu gestalten. Das Buch deckt reparaturfeindliche und nachhaltigkeitsschädliche Anreize des geltenden Rechts auf. Es analysiert die geplanten Neuerungen kritisch und beschreibt ihre Folgen für das Handwerk. Das Buch zeigt, dass ambitioniertere Maßnahmen unverzichtbar sind, um Reparaturen effektiv zu fördern. So plädiert es unter anderem für eine grundlegende Reform der Warenkauf-RL, eine erhebliche Erweiterung der Reparaturpflicht und deutliche Verbesserungen beim Zugang zu Ersatzteilen. Zugleich erläutert es das Potenzial von Maßnahmen außerhalb des Vertragsrechts und beschäftigt sich mit dem Verhältnis von Nachhaltigkeit, Recht und Politik

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- I. The Meaning of Kierkegaard -- II. The Aesthetic Literature -- 1. From the Papers of One Still Living -- 2. The Concept of Irony -- 3. 'Either'-Volume One of Either/Or -- 4. 'Or'-Volume Two of Either/Or -- 5. Two Edifying Discourses -- a. The Expectation of Faith -- b. Every Good and Perfect Gift is From Above -- 6. Repetition -- 7. Fear and Trembling -- 8. Three Edifying Discourses -- a. Love Shall Cover a Multitude of Sins -- b. Love Shall Cover a Multitude of Sins -- c. Strengthened in the Inner Man -- 9. Johannes Climacus, Or De Omnibus Dubitandum Est -- 10. Four Edifying Discourses -- a. The Lord Gave, and the Lord Hath Taken Away -- b. Every Good and Perfect Gift is From Above -- c. Every Good and Perfect Gift is From Above -- d. To Acquire One's Soul in Patience -- 11. Two Edifying Discourses -- a. To Preserve One's Soul in Patience -- b. Patient in Expectation -- 12. Three Edifying Discourses -- a. Remember Now Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth -- b. The Expectation of an Eternal Happiness -- 13. Philosophical Fragments or a Fragment of Philosophy -- 14. The Concept of Dread -- 15. Prefaces -- 16. Four Edifying Discourses -- a. Man's Need of God Constitutes his Highest Perfection -- b. The Thorn in the Flesh -- c. Against Cowardice -- d. The Righteous Man Strives in Prayer with God and Conquers-in that God Conquers -- 17. Thoughts on Crucial Situations in Human Life -- a. A Confessional Service -- b. On the Occasion of a Wedding -- c. At the Side of a Grave -- 18. Stages on Life's Way -- 19. Concluding Unscientific Postscript -- III. The Christian Writings -- 20. On Authority and Revelation: The Book on Adler -- 21. On the Difference Between a Genius and an Apostle.

"This book analyses how religion is entangled in people's lives in Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. It provides an introduction to the teachings, practices and values promoted by the main religious traditions in these regions and an overview of the evidence on what religion means to people in terms of their beliefs and religious practices and how it influences their values, attitudes and day-to-day relationships with others, especially their families. Over the course of the book Carole Rakodi explores similarities and differences between and within religious traditions and identifies some of the key factors that influence and explain the roles played by religion in people's personal lives and social relationships. A separate companion volume will go on to focus on the social and political roles and relationships of religious groups and organisations. This book will be of great interest to academics and students working in a range of disciplines, especially sociology, religious studies and development studies but also anthropology, geography and area studies"--

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Author -- Introduction -- 1 The Theory and Practice of Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Its Links with Civil-Military Relationships (CMRs) -- 2 A Retrospective Analysis of Israeli CMR since Independence -- 3 Results of the Data Acquisition and the Subsequent Analysis -- 4 The Concept of a Civilian Is Underdeveloped -- 5 The Military Are the Power behind the Throne -- 6 The Conflict Has Driven Events -- 7 The Impact of Personality -- 8 Conclusions and Implications for SSR -- Annex A Research Philosophy, Methodology, and Methods -- Annex B The Origins and Development of the CIPMIS Conceptual Framework -- Annex C A Summary of the History of Pre-1948 Israeli CMR -- Index.