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Inside the “Knowledge Factory”
Heinke Röbken analyses how American, German and Swedish universities - and particularly business schools - deal with the various expectations they are confronted with. On the basis of neo-institutional theory she argues that a form of "institutional schizophrenia" can help institutions to comply with external demands without compromising the pursuit of academic reputation which is essential for their inner stability.
The Forgotten Army
Reg Sutton, recently retired fi eld agent with a British Intelligence Special Unit, is persuaded to undertake one fi nal job. He is sent on assignment to Sweden following the suspicious death of an English undercover agent. His task is to help the Stockholm Police, and liaise with the local police in Jmtland in Mid Sweden. Th e dead man is one of seven agents planted in the country during the late 1970s at the whim of the British Prime Minister. Now the Stockholm Police are asking questions and Reg has been sent on a low key mission to help gloss over the problem and arrange for the repatriation and retirement of the rest of the group. Th e problem is suddenly compounded when yet another of the group also dies in similar circumstances. Both deaths appear to stem from attacks by some mythical lake monster similar to that purported to be present in Loch Ness. Reg and Anna Petersson, the Swedish police advisor, begin investigating when attempts on their lives suddenly make it plain that they could be the next victims. But is the killer really a monster or is this an elaborate attempt to hide the identity of the real murderer?
Disturbing the Nest
Disturbing the Nest assesses the future of the family as an institution through an historical and comparative analysis of the nature, causes, and social implications of family change in advanced western societies such as the United States, New Zealand, and Switzerland by focusing on the one society in which family decline is found to be the greatest, Sweden. The founding of the modern Swedish welfare state was based in large part on the belief that it was necessary for the state to intervene in society in order to improve the situation of the family. Of great concern was the low birthrate, which was seen as a threat to the very survival of Swedes as a national population group. The Social De...
Learning to Learn
For eight years, since I began my research, my main concern has been to understand children and their world. The first step towards understanding how children think was taken in connection with my thesis, which I presented five years ago.This was a description of how children in the age group three to eight years conceive their own learning. The thesis was published in the same series as the present monograph and is entitled "The child's conception of learning". The main emphasis in this study was on developmental psychology. As I have worked as a preschool teacher myself, I am extremely anxious that my research will be of benefit to my former colleagues. I have therefore devoted a great dea...
Strategic Planning of Sustainable Urban Water Management
The strategic planning of urban water systems is a complex task. The Urban Water programme covered projects from various disciplines at 9 Swedish Universities, from 1999 to 2006. The projects developed a "toolbox" for strategic planning of drinking-, waste- and stormwater management, covering aspects such as the environment, health and hygiene, financing, organisation, households, and technical function. Strategic Planning of Sustainable Urban Water Management synthesises the results and presents a comprehensive approach, which includes not only the technical, economic and environmental aspects, but also the challenges of institutional capacity and public participation in the planning process. Furthermore, the experience from a number of case studies are summarised and can offer readers inspiration for their own planning situations.
Survival of the Knitted
Using immigrants' own words, Bashi shows how immigrants organize social networks that offer mutual financial and emotional support and help an entire ethnic group navigate systems of socioeconomic stratification.
Clerical Fascism in Interwar Europe
This edited volume arose from an international workshop convened in 2006 by Feldman and Turda with Tudor Georgescu, supported by Routledge, and the universities of Oxford, Brookes, Northampton and CEU (Budapest). As the field of fascist studies continues to integrate more fully into pan-European studies of the twentieth century, and given the increasing importance of secular ‘political religion’ as a taxonomic tool for understanding such revolutionary movements, this collection of essays considers the intersection between institutional Christian faiths, theology and congregations on the one hand, and fascist ideology on the other. In light of recent debates concerning the intersecting se...
Not-so-nuclear Families
Annotation How do working parents provide care and mobilize the help that they need? Karen V. Hansen investigates the lives of working parents and the informal networks they construct to help care for their children. The book concludes with a series of policy suggestions intended to improve the environment in which working families raise children.
Thinning Films and Tribological Interfaces
This collection of fully peer-reviewed papers were presented at the 26th Leeds-Lyon Tribology Symposium which was held in Leeds, UK, 14-17 September, 1999. The Leeds-Lyon Symposia on Tribology were launched in 1974, and the large number of references to original work published in the Proceedings over many years confirms the quality of the published papers. It also indicates that the volumes have served their purpose and become a recognised feature of the tribological literature. This year's title is 'Thinning Films and Tribological Interfaces', and the papers cover practical applications of tribological solutions in a wide range of situations. The evolution of a full peer review process has been evident for a number of years. An important feature of the Leeds-Lyon Symposia is the presentation of current research findings. This remains an essential feature of the meetings, but for the 26th Symposium authors were invited to submit their papers for review a few weeks in advance of the Symposium. This provided an opportunity to discuss recommendations for modifications with the authors.
Der Kaiser von Portugallien
Selma Lagerlöf: Der Kaiser von Portugallien Kejsarn av Portugallien. Erstdruck: 1914. Hier in der Übersetzung von Pauline Klaiber-Gottschau. München, Albert Langen, 1911. Auch erschienen unter dem Titel »Jans Heimweh. Eine Geschichte aus dem Wärmland«. Vollständige Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2016. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Olga Rozanova, Kreuzkönig, 1912-15. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt.
