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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451226303321

Autore

Watts Duncan

Titolo

The European Union / / Duncan Watts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-281-35765-0

9786611357658

0-7486-3225-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

320.44

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section one. History -- section two. Institutions -- section three. Representation -- section four. Policies -- section five. Attitudes.

Sommario/riassunto

The European Union is one of the world's most complex political systems: this makes it a challenge to study. To the uninitiated its institutions seem remote, its remit unclear, its operations difficult to understand and its outputs sometimes perplexing. It combines some attributes of a state with those of an international organisation, yet it closely resembles neither. Its development is shaped by an increasing number of players, including 25 member governments, multiple common EU institutions, clusters of experts, private interests and citizen groups. All converge to influence what the EU



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910506375303321

Titolo

Putting crisis in perspective : analyses of past and present crises in literature, culture, and foreign language teaching / / Artur Skweres, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

9783030867249

3030867242

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 108 pages)

Collana

Second language learning and teaching, , 2193-7656

Disciplina

821.7

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Applied linguistics

Language education

Applied Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Pragmatic play in response to the crisis in the “Magical world of the ear” in Washington Irving’s “The legend of sleepy hollow” and its 1999 film adaptation.-- 2. The clash of divergent political strategies, moral categories and literary conventions in the early fifteenth century poetry. Mum and the Sothsegger as a reflection of the tensions within the crisis-ridden late medieval society -- 3. The crisis appearing in the construal of the mediaeval concepts of truth, soth and faith in The Canterbury Tales with their contemporary counterparts -- 4. Different shades of crisis in selected advertising messages -- 5. Human and space. Images of conflict in the Levant Trilogy project by Rita Leistner -- 6. The influence of the feeling of crisis and anxiety on high school students oral performance.

Sommario/riassunto

This collected book analyzes the phenomenon of crisis manifested across various historical periods. It offers unique, multifaceted, and interdisciplinary perspectives on the issues of crises and finds numerous applications in the fields of literature, linguistics, advertising, photography, and foreign language teaching. The collection is divided into two parts. The chapters in its first part analyze



literature and language: from medieval England to cultural changes in America occurring under the influence of the transformation caused by the propagation of print culture. The incisive commentaries consider the works of culture that span not only literature but also film. They reveal how much we can learn by considering how past generations perceived reality in times of crisis. The second part of the book contains chapters, which examine texts related to contemporary crises expressed in the visual media of advertising and photography, but also in foreign language teaching. As the authorsshow, both ads and non-commercial, socially engaged photographs can influence the viewer in a swift and impactful manner by conveying messages of great social importance. The authors convincingly that argue both photographs and ads can be used for social benefit by visualizing even the unpleasant or shocking sides of reality. Finally, the notion of crisis experienced by students of English as a foreign language is analyzed and supplemented by research which may prove useful for researchers and practitioners alike.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557612203321

Autore

Martinez-Nuñez Margarita

Titolo

New Approaches in Social, Environmental Management and Policy to Address SDGs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Soggetti

Development economics and emerging economies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The book comprises a selection of papers addressing some of the most relevant challenges and opportunities for addressing SDGs from many different perspectives. Papers in this collection cover the most recent lines and approaches of research in addressing SDGs and are all novel



propositions that deepen the analysis of environmental, social and governance strategies in the adaptation of the society to meet the 17 SDGs.