Books published by Peter Lang AG

This work analyses the transformation of the Turkish society through a constructivist perspective in the context of a "transformational shift" from the "traditional" experienced throughout the JDP tenure and examine the entrenched "clash of identities" between the Islamists and the secularists in Turkish politics.

From an economic perspective, the contributors to this anthology deal with new trends in various areas of management philosophy. Particularly, the articles focus on human resources, marketing, finances and economics.

European pluricentric languages, contact and conflict in European pluricentric languages, Human rights for pluricentric languages, Disputes about the status of Post-Yougoslav-languages and reflections on the pluricentricty of Finno-Ugric languages, Languages and identity conflicts on the Iberian peninsula and on the British Isles.

This study tested the argument structure of ditransitives in Polish using quantifier scope interpretation. The experiment results showed that only the DO-IO order allowed for scope ambiguity, but to a different degree depending on the semantic class of the verb, which indicates that the merge position of objects is contingent upon that factor.

The Games and Simulation section of this book covers the topics of game user experience, game narrative, playability heuristics, human computer interaction, and various computer simulations. The Computer Graphics section deals with 3D modeling, procedural content generation, visualization, and interaction techniques.

This study examines the process design and influencing factors of preparation processes of nonfinancial KPIs for management reports. Based on case studies of three publicly listed and four privately held German firms, it provides exploratory insights into the phases, participants and determinants of preparation processes of nonfinancial KPIs.

This work investigates the state and challenges of teaching English to gifted pupils. Research findings reflect principles, teaching techniques, types of activities and materials used in English language lesson of gifted pupils, teachers' qualifications, experiences, beliefs and problems, and foreign language learning strategies of gifted pupils.

The study deals with Industrial Symbiosis (IS), a term used to describe a network of diverse organizations that make use of different by-products to improve their facility to achieve common goals, improve environmental conditions or improve business and technical processes.

This book presents a broad and comprehensive perspective on public policy analysis. Each of the twenty-six chapters presents historical development, legal background, actors, problems, and recommendations of different policies. The scope of this book is to fill the void in the literature with regards to the analyses of public policies in Turkey.

The book reflects on the functioning of the public space in the nineteenth-century city on the example of Warsaw. Delving into the everyday realities and the symptoms of modern political life in the streets and squares, the author describes the conditions of a properly functioning public space, including the impact of the political regime.

This book is the first monographic study of 19th-century transcriptions of Chopin's music. The study is based on the rich source material, which formed the basis for considerations from the perspective of social history, music analysis and aesthetics. This work reveals an important document of Chopin's music reception in the 19th century.

Der Band beschaftigt sich mit der Frage des Internetzugangs fur Strafgefangene. Hierzu werden neben der einfachgesetzlichen Lage auch verfassungs- und menschenrechtliche Implikationen dargestellt, um auf dieser Basis Forderungen fur die Praxis zu entwickeln.

The Johannine symbol of the good shepherd (Jn 10:1-18) is discussed in the context and hermeneutical perspective of Igbo in Nigeria with particular reference to "Ofo", an Igbo ritual symbol.

"Pilgrims in the Port" offers Rotterdam as a laboratory for learning about migrant churches. Congregational study methods are used to look at how they construct identity. Traditional denominational or ethnic terms failed to do them justice and this publication analyses their context, development, titles, leadership and public activities.

The book is a philosophical and historical reflection of education and the science of education (Ger. Padagogik) as an academic as well as scientific discipline in the countries of Central, Southern and South-Eastern Europe.

This book investigates linguistic convergence in Europe, esp. in Eastern Central Europe diachronically and synchronically. The focus lies on methodical and empirical questions in the context of possible language contact. Languages of Eastern Central Europe share common vocabulary due to cultural contact, but also several grammatical features.

The contributors discuss approaches, methods and strategies in living out interreligious coexistence. The context of Indian theologies situated in the issues of nationalism and religious fanaticism is analysed. Likewise, many authors discuss the potential of Christian theologies in contributing towards a peaceful interreligious coexistence.

This book contains a concise reconstruction of lexical and phonological proto-forms for various stages in the development of Cushitic languages, the largest branch within the Afro-Asiatic phylum. It is based on the comparative method of historical linguistics, using sound correspondences as major device for the identification of cognates.

Der Sammelband enthält Beiträge internationaler Experten aus verschiedenen Fachdisziplinen zur Wahrnehmung von Antike und Byzanz als historischem Erbe in Südosteuropa vom 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart. Die Fallbeispiele reichen von Bosnien-Herzegowina bis zur Türkei. Die Autoren untersuchen Medialisierungen von Vergangenheit in komparativer Perspektive im Hinblick auf wissenschaftliche Diskurse sowie auf politische und ideologische Indienstnahmen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung jüngster und gegenwärtiger Entwicklungen. Ihre differenzierten Einzelanalysen liefern somit ein wertvolles Kompendium zum aktuellen Thema «Public History» in der Region.