Books in the Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Europeennes series

Allocating scarce medical resources has become an important topic in public discussion. In this book, the author shows how the concepts of Nash and Kalai/Smorodinsky can be applied to a medical allocation problem and discusses implications of their properties and solutions for the German health system.

This book provides a thorough discussion of Dutch multicultural society seen through the lens of literature. The literary work of four important contemporary authors - Kader Abdolah, Robert Anker, Abdelkader Benali and Hafid Bouazza - is analysed alongside the public debate about the encounter between Islam and the West.

This book studies causes and effects of country specialization and industry concentration in Europe. The most important indices used in studying the heterogeneity of countries and industries are examined, the economic development of individual industries is analyzed in detail and the heterogeneity across Western European countries is shown.

The book considers sequential competitive location problems on networks. It reviews the relevant literature and extends well known models by incorporating proportional choice rules, edge demand or a pricing stage. The models are analyzed with respect to their computational complexity. Mathematical models and adequate solution methods are presented.

This book deals with reasons for the persistence of the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) among the Kurya in Tanzania. The study recommends intervention programmes based on in-depth cultural knowledge, and concludes that addressing the problem in its local context is crucial for efforts directed at stopping the practice.

The book focuses on Russian-Hebrew bilingual speech. It identifies, describes and accounts for diverse types of bilingual varieties spoken in the Russian immigrant community in Israel. Therefore an interdisciplinary approach was chosen, examining the structural aspects of the immigrants' speech under consideration of their personal social networks.

The island of Cebu, located in Central Philippines, appeared in Western documents basically due to two events in world history. Apart from these events in maritime history, Cebu played a significant role in interisland trading during the pre-Hispanic period. This book investigates, as an example, found pieces of a blacksmith's shop.