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La propuesta de los compiladores de delinear un mapa de los usos del pasado, permite a los lectores adentrarse en un recorrido de múltiples ramificaciones y polifacéticas miradas, tanto en la manera de analizar el o los relatos del pasado, como en el registro de los acontecimientos, o en el análisis de los sentidos y resignificaciones. En cada uno de esos puntos se evidencia la lucha política por imponer una determinada versión del pasado como legítima, oficial e institucional. Como plantea Marta Philp, “La discusión de las relaciones entre historia y memoria desafía a los historiadores a pensar acerca de su lugar en la construcción de memorias; los efectos de sus trabajos, quizás difíciles de medir, en la conformación de imágenes sociales del pasado, dominantes, sumergidas, latentes, pero circulantes al fin en distintos grupos que se apropian de versiones de la historia construidas por los historiadores a lo largo del tiempo.

This book covers new micro-/nanoemulsion systems in technology that has developed our knowledge of emulsion stability. The emulsion system is a major phenomenon in well-qualified products and has extensive usages in cosmetic industry, food industry, oil recovery, and mineral processes. In this book, readers will find recent studies, applications, and new technological developments on fundamental properties of emulsion systems.

The phenomenon of succumbing to temptation has received many studies in the field of ethnography, sociology or in general – the research on morality. However, its results are different in the case of musings based in social psychology. My review of literature in abovementioned, pointed me to the existence of two dominant research perspectives in the studies on the subject: the perspective of proper resocialization psychology (describing the phenomenon in terms of antisocial behavior) and psychology of morality. The results of studies show that in most cases, people tend to be tempted to take advantages in order to gain some advantages, despite the declared recognition of legal and ethical norms prohibiting the appropriation of other people’s property. This note becomes the starting point for the author of this article. What else, if not legal legalism, can be a buffer to deter a man from temptation? The paper presents the research on the relationship between personality and succumbing to temptation.

This Compendium of documents relating to regional and sub-regional peace and security in Africa is the second edition to the 2006 Compendium of key documents related to peace and security in Africa (edited by Dr Monica Juma). It is both an updated and expanded attempt at consolidating the vast legal instruments broadly relating to peace and security on the African continent. More specifically, the Compendium aims to consolidate, both on the regional and sub-regional level, treaties and decisions of regional organisations pertaining to conflict prevention, management and resolution in the African regional and sub-regional context. It ultimately aims to serve as a useful research guide to those involved with matters of peace and security in Africa. Documents and legal instruments included in this Compendium focus on the Organisation of African Unity, the African Union, and its eight Regional Economic Communities: the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), the East African Community (EAC), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This edition also includes additional documents from sub-regional organisations, including documents from the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa Conference on the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons, the Gulf of Guinea Commission, the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, the Eastern Africa Standby Force, the G5 Sahel, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the Mano River Union. Additionally, each chapter outlines the organisation in question, its principal institutions relating to peace and security, relevant documents and legal instruments, and listed topical decisions, declarations and communiqués by that organisation and its institutions. It also briefly puts forward the details of any military interventions or peacekeeping missions undertaken by each organisation. Finally, the Compendium’s indexes include a list of peace and ceasefire agreements (listed by country), chart of ratifications, a list of useful websites and a selected bibliography.

Innovative electric propulsion systems are increasingly applied to off-highway machines, to gain efficiency optimization of the work process. This book focuses on the aspect of work process optimization and achieves forward-looking results through the use of intelligent, adaptive overall machine management.

Plant diseases are caused by a large number of plant pathogens, with fungi, bacteria, and viruses being the main causes of the loss of crop yield and quality worldwide. Although several control strategies have been developed to reduce the negative effects of plant diseases, biological control remains an environmentally friendly and cost-effective green technique in environmental protection and agricultural production; it generally uses selected bioresources, including beneficial microorganisms. This Special Issue will comprehensively explore the general principles and advances in the “Biological Control of Plant Disease or Microbial interactions”, in relation to the modes of action and applications of biocontrol agents in the control of plant diseases, interactions between plant pathogens and biocontrol agents, and biological control agents and their mechanisms.

L’ouvrage présenté ici par la Société des Océanistes, dû à la plumé d’Alain Saussol, est le fruit de la révolte d’une conscience honnête et d’un esprit lucide. Tous ceux qui ne sont liés au système colonial par des liens économiques ou politiques savent que la Nouvelle-Calédonie ne sera pas viable tant que n’auront pas été réparées les injustices d’un passé fort lourd, et en premier lieu l’injustice au plan foncier. Minéralisée à l’extrême, infertile pour sa plus grande part, la terre calédo...

Le plaidoyer de Markus Ludescher pour la « vertu démocratique » du courage civil est basé sur des textes littéraires de différentes époques et provenances géographiques, qui abordent les contextes sociaux les plus divers, tels que la France sous l'Occupation, la France postcoloniale ou le Québec des années 90. Dans une première partie philosophique et théorique, l'auteur donne un panorama historico-culturel du concept de courage civil et développe des paramètres propres à sa définition ; cett...

The structures of rule in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) have been challenged by the Humanitarian Initiative and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPN). How could this rebellion of comparatively small players against the militarily most powerful states in the world succeed? The answer lies in the formation of an alliance of non-nuclear weapon states and civil society using subversive techniques to counter the discursive and procedural dominance of nuclear weapon states. This resistance was also partially motivated by anti-colonialism. With his analysis, Sascha Hach reveals patterns of exercising power in international relations, the functioning of the nuclear order, and creative methods of success in resistance.

Offering a comprehensive, accessible analysis, this handbook outlines how humanitarian organizations can implement personal data protection law to uphold the rights and dignity of the most vulnerable. It explores legal principles and requirements, new technologies, and humanitarian programming. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Following the critical principles as they were articulated in an earlier article on South African literature (Buikema, 2009), the paper discusses a more recent call for literary engagement in the context of contemporary debates on world novel and world literature. In a dialogue with Buikema’s reading of two South African novels, Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee and Agaat by Marlene van Niekerk, the paper turns to Octavia Butler’s novel Kindred (1979) following a similar method of interpretation, which emphasizes the singularity of text and combines close reading with contextual approach.

En un moment decisiu per al canvi global contemporani, aquest llibre explica les claus per comprendre i afrontar les ràpides transformacions del món en què vivim: des dels desafiaments climàtics fins als reptes que plantegen, a escala planetària, problemes com la pèrdua de la biodiversitat, l’escassetat de recursos o la urbanització accelerada. Amb una visió integradora i transversal que va més enllà del discurs hegemònic, experts en diferents temàtiques analitzen els canvis socioeconòmics recents i els seus efectes sobre el medi natural. Adreçada a un públic heterogeni, aquesta obra presenta, amb sensibilitat pedagògica, una síntesi de les actuacions necessàries per revertir la crisi ecosocial.

In der Reihe Slavistische Beiträge werden vor allem slavistische Dissertationen des deutschsprachigen Raums sowie vereinzelt auch amerikanische, englische und russische publiziert. Darüber hinaus stellt die Reihe ein Forum für Sammelbände und Monographien etablierter Wissenschafter/innen dar.

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