The Secret of Lobbying in China
The Secret of Lobbying in China

Author: Susann Ludtke

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-28

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 9783848765263

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What are the secrets of lobbying in China? How do companies influence technology standards in the building energy efficiency industry? More than 250 qualitative interviews with representatives of the industry, academia and the party state were conducted in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou between 2013 and 2015. As a result, the author has analysed business lobbying in four distinctive and exciting case studies and designed a research model to reliably measure lobbying influence and success by assessing the usefulness of lobbying targets, strategies and resources that were chosen by the industry. Therefore, this book closes an important gap in research into lobbying by focusing on influence rather than only on participation. It shows the ingredients for business lobbying but also the key determinants in assessing lobbying success. Some of the study's findings allow conclusions about the influence of business lobbying in similar knowledge-intensive sectors and about the decision-making processes of the Chinese party state.

Public Childcare Provision and Fertility Behavior
Public Childcare Provision and Fertility Behavior

Author: Sandra Krapf

Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich

Published: 2014-02-19

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 3863882210

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The author analyzes the relationship between the availability of public childcare for children under age three and the decision to have a first child. One would expect that providing women with the option of returning to work soon after childbirth would reduce the anticipated negative effects of having a child on a woman’s career. However, existing research results on this relationship are inconsistent.

Overcoming Armed Violence in a Complex World
Overcoming Armed Violence in a Complex World

Author: Michael Brzoska

Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich

Published: 2009-10-30

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 3863881141

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The nature of armed conflict has changed in recent decades. This presents new challenges for the prevention of violence, the promotion of disarmament and the securing of durable peace. The essays in this book address important aspects related to these challenges, with references to the work of prominent German peace researcher Herbert Wulf. Topics covered include demilitarization, small arms control, security sector reform, post-conflict construction, peace-building in failed states and, as guiding theme, the limits and possibilities of security governance.

Handbook of Population
Handbook of Population

Author: Dudley L. Poston

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-04-26

Total Pages: 914

ISBN-13: 0387231064

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This comprehensive handbook provides an overview and update of the issues, theories, processes, and applications of the social science of population studies. The volume's 30 chapters cover the full range of conceptual, empirical, disciplinary, and applied approaches to the study of demographic phenomena. This book is the first effort to assess the entire field since Hauser and Duncan's 1959 classic, The Study of Population. The chapter authors are among the leading contributors to demographic scholarship over the past four decades. They represent a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives as well as interests in both basic and applied research.

Innovating Teaching and Learning
Innovating Teaching and Learning

Author: Ľudmila Adamová

Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich

Published: 2013-03-13

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 386388194X

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The book brings together unique teaching experiences of young researchers innovating their teaching and student learning and enhancing student engagement. Their teaching innovations serve as a valuable source of inspiration for other young teachers who face similar pedagogic problems.

Studies in International Relations and Politics
Studies in International Relations and Politics

Author: William T. Bagatelas

Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich

Published: 2010-10-28

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 3863884183

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The book represents a major examination regarding the current practice of international relations and world politics. It analyzes the international relations of large, medium, and smaller sized actors, and how they influence the larger dynamics and ebb and flow of the international system. While assessing the perspectives of 21st century international systems, it also examines how relations between actors may improve or worsen, surely the most timely issue presently facing global and relational politics. Through globalization, the concept of a more balanced version of the American Dream has extended worldwide. Irrespective of wealth or poverty, globalization’s promise of prosperity has been adopted eagerly, despite uneven progress along the way. Together with the larger realities of Neo-Liberal thinking and influence, where global and cyber markets have evolved with little supervision, we have seen a move from enlightened self interest to the reality of pure self-interest. This book addresses the larger ethical implications of this global trend.

Christian Charismatic Movements
Christian Charismatic Movements

Author: Andrzej Siemieniewski

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Published: 2021-10-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783525573365

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The New Testament shows the early Church as having both stable institutions and dynamic growth in charismatic ministries. In the twenty-first century, although many historically-determined inessentials have changed, the Church’s structure remains fundamentally the same. This study looks at New Testament ministries (Eph 4:11-12), Baptism in the Holy Spirit, and the history of the gift of tongues from the Acts of the Apostles through to the charismatics of our time, to see how these elements contribute to the fast-paced, global phenomenon we call the “pentecostalization” of modern Christianity. Our research shows that much of what appears to be novel in current ecclesial movements is the fruit of charisms that have been poured out from the beginning. The disciples of Christ are still bringing “out of his treasure what is new and old.”

The German Hansa
The German Hansa

Author: Philippe Dollinger

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 9780415190732

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First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.