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Starting from a cluster of villages in southeast Albania, Albanian-born British scholar Julie Vullnetari follows rural migrants to domestic urban destinations such as Tirana and abroad to Thessaloniki in Greece. Vullnetari has conducted more than 150 interviews, and drawing upon this rich empirical material, she offers a profound account of Albanian migration from start to finish. A rare, exhaustive overview of Albania's post-communist internal and international migrations, Albania on the Move is a powerful combination of ethnography and multifaceted academic analysis, grounded in the personal experience of the author.

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Els darrers anys, les llars col·laboratives han viscut una expansió considerable tant en l’àmbit europeu com en l’estatal a causa de les transformacions en la demografia, les expectatives personals de cura i assistència, les pautes de residència familiar, la transmissió i l’herència de la propietat, i l’aposta per una vellesa més activa. A través d’una aproximació etnogràfica, aquest llibre recull les experiències de set llars de l’Estat adreçades a persones grans. Són espais que representen un nou paradigma de les formes de convivència, perquè se centren en l’atenció comunitària i l’autocura, alhora que defensen un envelliment saludable. Gràcies a la dinàmica atenta del grup i al sentiment col·lectiu que s’hi genera, les persones que s’hi estan o que preveuen fer-ho algun dia acaben valorant aquesta alternativa de convivència com una opció on viure la vellesa de manera autogestionada. Premi Joan Lluís Vives al millor llibre de ciències socials 2025

This special issue is the first comprehensive academic review of the German National Security Strategy. With the aim of providing concrete policy recommendations; the contributing political scientists and legal scholars discuss the functions; policy areas and institutionalisation of the security strategy. The special issue thus becomes a starting point for future research debates on the National Security Strategy. The editors; Prof. Dr. Holger Janusch and Jun-Prof. Dr. Thomas Dörfler; conduct research on strategic issues of security policy and advise the German Federal Intelligence Service. With contributions by Sarah Cardaun | Thomas Dörfler | Judith Nora Hardt | Sebastian Harnisch | Hendrik Hegemann | Niklas Helwig | Marina E. Henke | Sophia Hoffmann | Holger Janusch | Bruno Kahl | Ina Kraft | Matthias Mader | Heiko Meiertöns | Patrick A. Mello | Antti Seppo | Stefan Talmon | Sylvia Veit | Anselm Vogler | Kerstin Zettl-Schabath

The article focuses on the political situation in the Bracław voivodeship in the mid-1780s. In 1783, a change took place in structures of the royalist party in the south-eastern part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the Bracław voivodeship, this led to the increased importance of the voivode of Ruthenia, Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki. The year 1784 saw a decline in the relations between Szczęsny Potocki and the Grocholski family previously in charge of the royalist activities in the Bracław voivodeship. In this conflict, the voivode of Ruthenia received the support of Stanisław August Poniatowski. Yet at the Grodno Sejm held in autumn 1784, Szczęsny Potocki stood in opposition to the king, which complicated matters even further. After that Sejm ended, Stanisław August took the course of arranging the royalist activities in the Bracław voivodeship sejmiks with the castellan of Bracław Marcin Grocholski, while simultaneously attempting to maintain a good relationship with Szczęsny Potocki. The list of endorsed Bracław deputies to the Sejm was agreed by Stanisław August with the voivode of Ruthenia at a meeting in Warsaw in late June and early July of 1786. There, the king accepted a number of candidates supported by Potocki, even though they had ties to the magnate opposition. Yet, during the election of Bracław deputies at the sejmik held in Winnica of 21 August 1786, the voivode of Ruthenia failed to honour the deal made with the king. The sejmik ended in a victory of Potocki’s supporters. At the 1786 Sejm, only one of the six Bracław deputies directly supported the adherents of the court.

For First World War stretcher bearers, wartime landscapes had a direct impact on the work they undertook. Trenches, shell holes, mud and sand all presented challenges to their ability to carry wounded men swiftly and safely from where they were injured to aid posts and beyond. At the same time, landmarks could assist bearers in navigating the landscape they worked in, enabling these men to develop particular skills in direction-finding. This chapter uses the diaries and memoirs of British stretcher bearers to examine experiences of carrying in a range of wartime landscapes. In exploring how different landscapes shaped the labour that bearers undertook and the physical and embodied nature of the bearer’s relationship with the landscape, it interrogates the masculine status of these men as non-combatant servicemen to uncover some of the relationship between landscape and masculine service identity in wartime.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Over the past 15 years, Rainer Forst has developed a fundamental research programme within the tradition of Frankfurt School Critical Theory. The core of this programme is a moral account of the basic right of justification that humans owe to one another as rational beings. This account is put to work by Forst in articulating - both historically and philosophically - the contexts and form of justice and of toleration. The result is a powerful theoretical framework within which to address issues such as transnational justice and multicultural toleration. In this volume, Forst sets out his ideas in an extended essay, which is responded to be influential interlocutors including: Andrea Sangiovanni, Amy Allen, Kevin Olson, Anthony Laden, Eva Erman and Simon Caney. The volume concludes with Forst's response to his interlocutors.

Military medical personnel are tasked with fulfilling both the benefits mission and the readiness mission of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). However, the medical skills required during deployment are likely to differ significantly from those required during peacetime. This study explored an arrangement in which some personnel are stationed in nonmilitary settings where the case mix might more closely resemble that expected under deployment.

Sharpening the Sword of State explores the various ways in which 10 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific enhance their administrative capabilities through training and executive development. It traces how modern governments across this region look to develop their public services and public sector organisations in the face of rapid global change. For many governments there is a delicate balance between the public interest in promoting change and capacity enhancement across the public service, and the temptation to micro-manage agencies and be complacent about challenging the status quo. There is a recognition in the countries studied that training and executive development is a crucial investment in human capital but is also couched in a much wider context of public service recruitment, patterns of entry and retention, promotion, executive appointment and career development. This empirical volume, authored by academics and practitioners, is one of the first to chart these comparative differences and provide fresh perspectives to enable learning from international experiences

Language plays an essential role both in creating law and in governing its implementation. Providing an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this subject, Language and Law:describes the different registers and genres that make up spoken and written legal language and how they develop over time; analyses real-life examples drawn from court cases from different parts of the world, illustrating the varieties of English used in the courtroom by speakers occupying different roles; addresses the challenges presented to our notions of law and regulation by online communication; discusses the complex role of translation in bilingual and multilingual jurisdictions, including Hong Kong and Canada; and provides readings from key scholars in the discipline, including Lawrence Solan, Peter Goodrich, Marianne Constable, David Mellinkoff, and Chris Heffer. With a wide range of activities throughout, this accessible textbook is essential reading for anyone studying language and law or forensic linguistics.

Die Arbeit befasst sich mit multiprofessioneller Kooperation und der Adaptivität des Unterrichts im inklusiven Setting. Anspruch inklusiven Unterrichts ist es, an die Voraussetzungen aller Schülerinnen und Schüler anzuknüpfen und diese zu fördern. Um diese Anforderung zu erfüllen, ist auch der Einsatz von Personen unterschiedlicher Qualifikation sowie multiprofessionelle Kooperation im gemeinsamen Unterricht erforderlich (KMK, 2011). In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird unter anderem untersucht, ob durch multiprofessionelle Kooperation mehr Möglichkeiten für eine adaptive Gestaltung inklusiven Unterrichts auf dessen Oberflächenstruktur im Hinblick auf Differenzierung und Methodenvielfalt eröffnet werden. Des Weiteren wird danach gefragt, wie multiprofessionelle Kooperation ausgestaltet werden kann und auf die Flexibilität in der Aufgaben- und Rollenverteilung fokussiert. Die Arbeit entstand im Projekt „Gestaltung von inklusivem Unterricht“ unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Marianne Schüpbach. In den Auswertungen wird deutlich, dass Lehrkräfte Differenzierung signifikant gelingender einschätzen, traditionelle Unterrichtsformen seltener sowie offene und gemeinsame Unterrichtsformen häufiger verwenden, wenn sie – im Vergleich zu alleinigem Unterricht – im multiprofessionellen Team unterrichten. Das zweite Kernergebnis ist, dass auf Basis von Clusteranalysen zwei signifikant voneinander unterscheidbare Kooperationstypen hinsichtlich der Flexibilität der Kooperation gebildet werden konnten. Die Ergebnisse sind anschlussfähig an bisherige Forschung und werden unter anderem dahingehend diskutiert, dass multiprofessionelle Kooperation Potenziale für eine adaptive Gestaltung inklusiven Unterrichts bietet.

The Global South – both as a concept and loosely defined collection of countries – has gained increasing traction in public and policy discourse. The ten BRICS+ countries are increasingly big players in economics, trade, and finance, as well as on geopolitical matters, climate change, and in multilateral institutions. Since its expansion to include five new countries, questions have arisen over the tenability and coherence of the grouping, as well as the extent to which divergences can be managed. Many non-BRICS+ nations and observers question whether BRICS+ can counterbalance the G7 countries. Though the impact of the BRICS+ as a geopolitical force remains to be seen, understanding BRICS+ is vital for policymakers and businesses across the world. Amid the growing role these powers play across the globe, academics must examine the past, present, and future of the BRICS+ countries. This compendium draws upon scholars across numerous continents, spheres, and disciplines, examining the future of BRICS+ to provide a robust and accurate assessment of both the strengths and weaknesses of BRICS+.

This study focuses on the striking relationship between one of the most important and enigmatic poets of the twentieth century and the art and artists of the Art Nouveau. The author explores the depth of the relationship itself, examines Rilke's activities as an art critic, and analyzes the profound influence of Art Nouveau upon the themes, motifs, and structure of the poet's early works.

Digital media have become important elements of political parties and campaign organizations all over the world. Examples from U.S. presidential campaigns dominate the public imagination of digital campaigning. At the same time, it is important to recognize that the uses of digital media in politics vary considerably depending on campaign contexts and resources. This makes necessary the analysis of the use of digital media by parties and campaign organizations in varying temporal and international contexts instead of expecting the examples from the U.S. to apply globally. The chapter will proceed by a discussion of some of the dominant theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of digital campaigning. Following this, the chapter will use a framework focused on campaign functions for the discussion of digital campaigning: The impact of digital media on organizational structures and work routines, resource collection and allocation, achieving presence in communication spaces and reach to audiences of interest, and the use of digital media as a symbol for professionalism and innovation of parties and their candidates.

Industrial film, non-theatrical film, film studies and science and technology studies, economic history, visual culture