Описание: This study is the first to systematically investigate Byzantine imperial ideology, court rhetoric and political thought after the Latin conquest of Constantinople in 1204. It investigates the correspondence and fissures between official political rhetoric and the political ideas of lay thinkers and churchmen, analysing a wide body of sources.
Автор: Marc, Verjee & Mogaka Название: Responding To The Challenge Of Fragility And Security In West Africa ISBN: 1464804648 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781464804649 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3756.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Since independence, the West African sub-region has been an arena for a number of large-scale conflicts and civil wars, as well as simmering and low-intensity uprisings. Contrary to perceptions, West Africa in its post-independence history has experienced fewer conflict events and fatalities from conflict than the other sub-regions on the continent. The turn of the millennium has witnessed the recession of large-scale and conventional conflict, and it has ushered in new and emerging threats. The specters of religious extremism, maritime piracy, and narcotics trafficking threaten toundermine some of the progress achieved in recent years.The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa critically examines the key drivers of conflict and violence, and the way in which they impact the countries of the sub-region. In addition to emerging threats, these drivers include the challenges of youth inclusion, migration, sub-regional imbalances, and extractives, as well as challenges related to the fragility of political institutions and managing the competition for power, reform of the security sector, and weakness of institutions related to land management. The book explores how the sub-region, under the auspices of the regional organization ECOWAS, has become a pioneer on the continent in terms of addressing regional challenges.The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa also identifies key lessons in the dynamics of resilience in the face of political violence and civil war drawn from Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, that can be useful for countries around the world in similar situations. It incorporates knowledge and findings from leading experts and provides insights from academics and development practitioners. Finally, the book identifies possible policy and programmatic responses and directions for policy dialogue at the national and international levels.
Описание: The first decade of the 21st Century has been disastrous for financial institutions, derivatives and risk management. Counterparty credit risk has become the key element of financial risk management, highlighted by the bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers and failure of other high profile institutions such as Bear Sterns, AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The sudden realisation of extensive counterparty risks has severely compromised the health of global financial markets. Counterparty risk is now a key problem for all financial institutions. This book explains the emergence of counterparty risk during the recent credit crisis. The quantification of firm-wide credit exposure for trading desks and businesses is discussed alongside risk mitigation methods such as netting and collateral management (margining) and central counterparties. Banks and other financial institutions have been recently developing their capabilities for pricing counterparty risk and these elements are considered in detail via a characterisation of credit value adjustment (CVA). The implications of an institution valuing their own default via debt value adjustment (DVA) and funding costs (FVA) are also considered at length. Portfolio management and hedging of CVA are described in full. Wrong-way counterparty risks are addressed in detail in relation to interest rate, foreign exchange, commodity and credit derivative products. Regulatory capital for counterparty risk, including the recent Basel III requirements for CVA VAR is discussed. The management of counterparty risk within an institution by a CVA desk is also discussed in detail. Finally, the design and benefits of central clearing, a recent development to attempt to control the rapid growth of counterparty risk, is considered. Hedging aspects, together with the associated instruments such as credit defaults swaps (CDSs) and contingent CDS (CCDS) are described in full. This book is unique in being practically focused but also covering the more technical aspects. It is an invaluable complete reference guide for any market practitioner, policy maker, academic or student with any responsibility or interest within the area of counterparty credit risk and CVA.
Описание: "The Leadership Challenge is still popular and relevant after 25 years for a reason: it is a classic. No one provides more practical real–world advice than Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. This is the book on leadership that I recommend to all of my clients, and I think this is the greatest book on leadership ever written." MARSHALL GOLDSMITH, bestselling author, MOJO and What Got You Here Won?t Get You There "This is perhaps the most comprehensive field guide ever written for leaders. It has been a key part of my personal journey as a leader for years." PATRICK LENCIONI, president, The Table Group; bestselling author, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The Advantage "Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have done it again! In this all–new fifth edition of The Leadership Challenge the bible for leaders everywhere they have taken their leadership ideas to new heights, befitting of the challenges leaders face in this global era." BILL GEORGE, author, True North; former chairman and CEO, Medtronic, Inc. "No book has ever chronicled the practices of true leadership better than The Leadership Challenge, and this updated edition deftly outlines how to be a phenomenal leader in the 21st century." CHIP CONLEY, founder, Joie de Vivre Hotels; author, PEAK and Emotional Equations "Now in its fifth edition, The Leadership Challenge has stood the test of time for good reason: it?s quite simply one of the best books you?ll ever read on leadership." KEN BLANCHARD, coauthor, The One Minute Manager® and Great Leaders Grow "I read The Leadership Challenge as a new manager building Oracle University and was deeply affected by it. It shaped me as a leader and influenced my career. Reading the fifth edition twenty years later, I am struck by how its wisdom stands the test of time while also providing fresh, relevant insights for leading at your best and mobilizing others to achieve the extraordinary." LIZ WISEMAN, author, Multipliers "The Leadership Challenge remains one of the five best books I have ever read. Twenty–five years after its first publication, I still continually recommend it to others looking to improve as leaders." JOHN C. MAXWELL, leadership expert; bestselling author, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
Описание: This book contends that far-right parties play pivotal roles in setting the tone of political debates, shaping the political party system, and structuring government policy.
Описание: A work of history, biography, and historical theology,
Автор: Offer, Avner Название: The Challenge of Affluence ISBN: 0199216622 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199216628 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7047.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A detailed, reasoned, and persuasive critique of modern consumer society in Britain and the United States since the Second World War, which powerfully questions the assumption that freedom of choice necessarily maximizes individual and social well-being.
Описание: This volume presents an exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, tracing the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing, incorporated neighbouring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship.
Автор: Ajith Abraham; Bernard de Baets; Mario Koeppen; Be Название: Applied Soft Computing Technologies: The Challenge of Complexity ISBN: 3540316493 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783540316497 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 48774.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents the proceedings of the 9th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications, held on the World Wide Web in 2004. This title brings together research and developments in soft computing, including evolutionary computation, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and their fusion, and its applications in science and technology.
Автор: Abou El Fadl, Khaled, Название: Islam and the challenge of democracy ISBN: 0691119384 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691119380 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the possibility of democracy in the Islamic world. This work aims to engage the reader in a discourse on the challenges of democracy in contemporary Islam.
Название: Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights ISBN: 0199347174 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199347179 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5463.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this book Abdulaziz Sachedina argues for the essential compatibility of Islam and human rights. He delineates a fresh contemporary Muslim position that argues for a correspondence between Islam and secular concepts of human rights, grounded in sacred sources as well as Islamic history and thought.
Автор: Moon Bob Название: Teacher Education and the Challenge of Development ISBN: 0415600715 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415600712 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 23734.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In developing countries across the world, qualified teachers are a rarity, with thousands of untrained adults taking over the role and millions of children having no access to schooling at all. The supply of high-quality teachers is falling behind: poor status, low salaries and inadequate working conditions characterise perceptions of teachers in numerous countries, deterring many from entering the profession, and there are strong critiques of the one dimensional, didactic approach to pedagogic practice. Despite this, millions of teachers are dedicated to educating a newly enfranchised generation of learners. Teacher Education and the Challenge of Development is co-written by experts working across a wide range of developing country situations. It provides a unique overview of the crisis surrounding the provision of high-quality teachers in the developing world, and how these teachers are crucial to the alleviation of poverty. The book explores existing policy structures and identifies the global pressures on teaching, which are particularly acute in developing economies. In summarising the key policy and research issues and analysing innovative approaches to teacher supply, retention and education, this book: establishes an overview and conceptual analysis of the challenge to extend and improve the teaching force in developing contexts; sets out and analyses the quantitative and qualitative evidence around teacher contexts and conditions; provides a series of national studies that analyse the context of teachers and the policies being pursued to improve the number and quality of teachers; looks at a range of significant issues that could contribute to the reformulation and reform of teacher policies; provides an overarching analysis of the nature and challenges of teaching and the possible interventions or solutions, in a form accessible to policy and research communities. This book will be of interest to educationalists and researchers in education, teachers, policy makers and students of development courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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