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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This thesis traces the advent and development of both 'High Concept' Hollywood industrial practice and the relation thereto and key role played in such by Dance Movies. Beginning with SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, then tracing its innovations through FLASHDANCE, FOOTLOOSE, DIRTY DANCING, and SAVE THE LAST DANCE, this thesis also provides a preliminary unifying genre theory of Dance Movies and their evolution from a hybridized sub-genre of sports films and the Hollywood Musical to a more fully-formed, unique, freestanding generic status. I also explore and delineate cross-promotional marketing-- specifically between the music and film industries, and the key personalities and pioneers in each field. The thesis therefore examines a key nexus of socio-cultural and industrial factors in shaping the type of films and music made and marketed during a key transitional point in film and pop music histories in the late twentieth century and its continually felt reverberations today.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This Master¿s project examines listening education and its importance in undergraduate communication degree programs. An exemplary literature review was conducted to investigate best practices for teaching listening and discover the most effective and feasible deployment of a ¿stand alone¿ undergraduate college course on listening. A structured curriculum is created and includes information for the teacher, behavioral objectives of the course, and a 15-week detailed syllabus with emphasis on a text that is solely dedicated to listening. This project included aspects of online learning platforms like discussion forums and blogs, and exercises that correlate to the reading material It also included the use of the Watson Barker Listening Test that will hopefully show an improvement in listening.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Islamic banking is a banking system that is based on the principles or rules of Islamic law (also known as Sharia, or Shariah) and guided by Islamic economics. A banking system observed the principles lay down by Islamic Shariah. Islamic banking is exceedingly swelling not only in Muslims but also in non Muslims countries. This Book focuses on the growth and market share of Islamic banking in non Muslims countries where a preponderance Muslim population is living. This book also highlights the Muslims population growth rate and its relation with growth rate of Islamic banking in non Muslims countries furthermore its help to find out ratiocinate of its rapid growth in these countries. It also focuses to find out the factors which have prominently stabilized Islamic banking even in the crisis specifically in those countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Cotton, known as ¿white gold¿, is an important cash crop in Pakistan. The Pakistani cotton industry is a vital component of the country¿s economy, accounting for 1.6 % of Gross Domestic Product. Cotton was cultivated on an area of 3.19 million hectares, with production of 11.7 million bales for the year 2008-09. However cotton marketing and pricing system in the country is not developed and both the seed cotton and lint cotton are priced mostly on the basis of subjective assessment. The major problems facing the country¿s cotton sector include the absence of a recognized and scientifically devised standardized quality control system,inappropriate marketing practices and fluctuating marketing arrivals. Khanewal is the important, production region in the cotton belt in Pakistan. So keeping in view its importance Khanewal district was selected purposively and then two tehsils (Khanewal tehsil and Kabirwala tehsil) were selected randomly. A representative sample of 40 cotton farmers, 20 commission agents, 20 village beoparies and 20 ginners was selected using stratified random sampling technique. The descriptive statistics was used to calculate the frequencies and percentage of sample.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -YERCAUD is one of the Hill stations.The native tribal people of the Yercaud hills lining in the 67 Tribal village are known as ¿Malayalis¿, the Tamil equilent of ¿Hill Tribes¿.Yercaud town is situated above 4800 ft from mean sea level.The highest peack point in Yercaud taluk is Shevaroyan temple which is situated at a height of 5326.ft.The Madras Public Library Act 1948 and the Madras Public Library Rules 1950 provide for public library service to meet the needs of reading habits for public in the best possible manner in Tamil Nadu at centers where the population is 5000 and more. YERCAUD PUBLIC LIBRARY - It is a Branch Library. It was started in 1995.Now the library has own building.The working area is 2500 sq. feet, Two large reading halls with wooden furniture and separate reference section with reading rooms in addition to the stock room.A separate room is provided for librarian.Now this Library has 23,000 Volumes of Books for its readers.They followed open access system and books are classified in CC.A separate section is established for civil service and other competitive exams.Tamilnadu Governments has initiated ¿Pooravalar¿ schemes for the development library.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Media coverage of international conflicts has always captivated students of communication, and the Israel-Palestine conflict is one among many such international conflicts that has attracted substantial academic research. Several scholars have conducted studies of this conflict and how it has been framed in different media outlets all around the world. This study adds to the existing research about media coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict by investigating whether Al Jazeera English presented a non-Western viewpoint during the crisis. The study uses a content analysis to examine CNN¿s and Al Jazeera English¿s news coverage of the Gaza crisis (December28-Jan.19, 2009), and the results indicate that there are indeed differences in how the two networks framed the Gaza Crisis.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The retail industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. In retail there is only one type of inventory, finished products of different companies. Selling products at a fixed margin is the core activity of any retail business, so the retailers¿ revenue is dependent on the inventory performance. Inventory performance analysis will indicate how well an organization¿s inventory is being managed. Performance of inventory is based on several variables such as gross margin, sales, size of the firm, growth rate, location of the retail firm, managerial efficiency, inventory turnover, macroeconomic factors etc. Inventory performance is also influenced by certain other factors such as the working capital and supply chain system. Hence inventory management assumes considerable significance in retail sector. This book is throws some light on this issues.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Have you ever wondered what would your life be if you knew how to make your dreams into a reality Have you ever envisioned yourself owning a nice, cosy place where friends and family could gather and have a good time Are you tired of the recession or do the long job hours does not interest you any more Well,then you have come to the right place my friends.In this book are all the secrets you would find to open up your very own Coffee House in Islamabad,Pakistan in specific and with a few improvisions you can implement it in any country you want.It is a detailed business and marketing plan to help you step by step in your journey.The logo and the name 'Cafe-Au-lait',which literally means coffee with milk, are hypothetical.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book aims to provide a critical assessment of the Islamic Sukuk intrinsic risk financial structure while considering the theoretical absence of the conventional hedging tools, inter alia, options, forwards, and futures. Intrinsic risk management is that pertains to the very structure of Sukuk such as deferred payment Salam Sukuk; extrinsic however, is the diversified portfolio of bonds and/or currencies. Although Islamic finance bases its products structures on the prohibitions of interest and trading under uncertainty, this prohibition could not immunize Sukuk from being susceptible to interest and currency exchange risks. Therefore, practical risk management structure partially compromises the prohibitions based on the inevitability of the violation to protect the investment. Consequently, the window that once was closed in the face of financial structure is now opened. The Islamic Bonds, Sukuk are regulated and administered by means of the Islamic Law, Share¿a; this makes them different from the well-known conventional bonds.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Strategic stability in South Asia is pre-requisite for regional peace and security. The strategic stability in South Asia would require the working of nuclear deterrence between India and Pakistan, safety, security and survivability of nuclear weapons in all conditions of both states and the absence of arms race between them. Both states also need to refrain from developing or introducing any weapon system that has the potential to decisively alter the nuclear balance in one¿s favour. For this purpose both India and Pakistan need to contribute by taking responsibility and avoid taking any step that can be dangerous for prevailing strategic stability in South Asia. But, Indian interest in developing the Ballistic Missile Defence capability is a new emerging threat to the strategic stability in South Asia which has the potential to destabilise the regional peace and security.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Taken into cognizance the recent trends in world global economies that heralded scandals of monumental proportions that led to the collapse of once giant companies like Enron, world cross, Global Crossing, ucross and here in Nigeria, the revelation a few years ago that Unilever under provided for liabilities of billions of Naira in its audited accounts and the 25 billion of concealed liabilities in African petroleum after privatization. The bedrock of any economy is the confidence that investors put their capital to work and their fortunes at risk because they trust that the market place is honest. This can only be achieved if investors know that securities laws are free, fair and provide adequate safeguard, for their investments. The market remains the source of investors confidence, so sharp practices via Insider trading must be nipped in the bud. The work therefore analyzed the detrimental roles of corporate fiduciaries in their dealings with securities and the role of appropriate legal regime to respond to these practices.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Everywhere there is cheating. Young children are into drugs and prostitution; athletes are into steroids; piracy of music and movies.People now say: ¿private life is private life. We don¿t want other people interfering¿Add up all the various forms of ethical and legal misconduct and You have a moral crisis and decay that needs much more than verbal talk.With the widespread lack of trust in the integrity of those whom people look up to for leadership, the guilt at the sight of the dying from the pangs of hunger¿.the starvation and the unwillingness of communities to adopt new living techniques; makes a question arise: what has led to these radical changes from the stable past to a complete moral breakdown we witness today and what remedial measures will rectify the situation Apart from consolation and acceptance, what more is required Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Since HIV/AIDS pandemic was first reported in Africa about twenty years ago, it has turned up to be the number one killer. In Kenya, over 7% of the population is positive. Thus every person is either affected/ infected. This problem has been made worse by the ineffective of organizations given responsibilities to manage the scourge being faced with problems of mismanagement, thus not attaining the goal of taming the scourge. The disease has also affected the economic growth and development of many countries in Africa. The book analysis various factors that affects performance of those organizations e.g. managerial competence, organizational structure, regulatory framework, government policy, mission and visions among others. It targets organizations formed to deal with improving people¿s welfare and are no profit oriented (NGO and CBO), but also helpful to organizations that are profit oriented. Management should analyse the recommendations of this book to understand what might be hindering them from achieving the organizational goal The book is a must read for both the management and stakeholders with responsibilities bestowed on them for better service delivery.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -African entrepreneurs experience serious difficulties in developing and sustaining effective organizational arrangements and this is an obstacle to entrepreneurial development and the balance needed for survival, growth and competitiveness. Zambia is a developing country where measures need to be taken at all levels and fields of the society to reduce the poverty and one step is to increase the economic growth, innovation and job creation. This book includes personal interviews with eleven company managers in small and middle-sized companies acting in the formal sector in Zambia during spring 2008. The analysis and conclusions of these interviews describes how companies in Zambia are managed and if the companies are managed in an entrepreneurial way. It also describes how managers in Zambian companies define entrepreneurship and what they believe is needed for future business and entrepreneurial development in the companies and in Zambia. This book should be especially useful and interesting for professionals acting in the field of aid and for entrepreneurs acting in developing countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Currency used to be a symbol of each country, but in recent years there have been many changes in relation to common currency adoption. Studies have shown that people spend differently in currencies with different numeric value, even if the real value of goods and services is the same. The aim of this work is to investigate whether currency numerosity effects are present among the consumers in Estonia and what kind of implications these effects may have on the economy after euro adoption when the prices decrease by a factor of 15.6466. The used methodology includes two experiments which test the difference assessment account theory and interviews which give more insight to individual consumer perceptions. The authors find that, most likely, people in Estonia claim to spend more in euros because they perceive prices in smaller denomination as more affordable but the money illusion effect will not last long. This work should be of use to everybody who is interested in differential consumer spending behaviour in different currencies, both in temporary (travel) and permanent (currency changeover) settings.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Unsafe abortion contributes significantly to maternal mortality. The bulk of induced abortions are unsafe. The clandestine nature of induced abortions hampers attempts to correctly estimate its magnitude. When a woman decides to end an unwanted pregnancy, she will often go to extreme lengths to do so regardless of whether the procedure is safe or legal. This book which contains very interesting findings worth reading, interviewed over 200 women assessing induced abortion services in a rural district of the Eastern region of Ghana and gives an account of the results in table and commentary form. At the very centre of induced abortion is the law. This book therefore analyzed the views and knowledge of these women on the abortion law as well as their religious, moral and cultural responses. It provides answers to questions about the reasons women give for seeking induced abortion services, the circumstances surrounding an unwanted pregnancy, why these women got pregnant in spite of the use of contraception, the proportion of women who had used contraception, and the desirability of the pregnancy at the time of the abortion procedure among others. Interestingly the major reasBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Sexual violence in conflict situation is often used as a strategy of warfare and is increasing gaining worldwide recognition as a human rights issue. This study was conducted in order to explore the experiences of survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The aim of the study was to determine the impact on survivors of sexual violence with a specific focus on reproductive health outcomes. The study draws on in-depth interviews with women at Panzi Hospital. The findings show that women suffered humiliation, torture and beatings during their rape. Most women were raped by a number of men and others were forced to have sex with their relatives. The rape often used extreme brutality against the women and their families. The rape had serious consequences for the sexual and reproductive health of women. Some of the effects of their rape were long-term, resulting in pregnancies or HIV/AIDS. Many of the women expressed great fears for their future and that of their children, especially those who are now living with the virus.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The book contributes to an understanding of how the process of product placement functions and how the new Swedish Radio and Television law has, so far, influenced the different parties involved in the product placement process. The book will also give an insight in how the different parties involved, handle the ethical issues around product placement and product placement with alcoholic beverages. The purpose is also to give an understanding of if and how alcoholic beverages can be exposed in television despite the new conditions that the Swedish Radio and Televsion law has caused.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In the past decades, branding has become a fundamental tool to compete for customers in the whole world. Branding has been stretched from products and services to corporate branding to create value for companies and consumers. Countries have also heeded the great success and power of brands. Because nations compete in economic, cultural, social, and political areas, many countries have become aware of a need to be recognised and to stand out against other countries. Therefore this work takes a systematic approach to analyse the process of development of national branding strategy of Latvia. Analysis is based on the National Branding Development Model by Erm and Arengu and 7-step model proposed by Olins. The work starts with current situation analysis and application of the model, followed by defined problems and proposed actions. The work can be of great value for academic purposes, as well as for state officials who work directly or indirectly with areas related to the country image and national branding.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The credit crunch of 2009 and the crisis that followed it, has brought to a lot of industry major changes. Interestingly, for the first time, the luxury industry, which had a reputation to be crisis proof, has also been affected by this crisis. The scope of this study is to understand the changes that occurred in the luxury industry, by analyzing the luxury consumer behavior during the crisis, in two different markets : Italy and the United States. Several new consumer behavior are emerging as a consequence of the crisis. These behaviors can be regrouped into 4 macro trends : The Search for Value, Spending Less for More, Inconspicuous Consumption and Technology. Each of these trends include sub trends. For example: The Search for Value, includes consumer behavior such as looking for better quality/price ratio, timeless pieces, greater consumer involvement, more information and less materialism by looking for products that offer better quality of time spent with family or at home. The Search for Value and its sub trends was chosen to be tested in the two different markets developing hypothesis. Then, verified by interviewing several store managers, of two luxury brand.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book expounds on the impact of organizational culture on performances of Universities in Ogun State. In the course of the study, extensive review of relevant literature on the subject matter was embarked upon, which includes work already done on organizational culture by eminent scholars so as to know the impact it has on the performances of organizations. The method adopted in this study was survey and questionnaire was used as the instrument of data collection. The finding shows that there is no significant contribution of organizational culture in predicting the performances of Universities, some elements of organizational culture contributed predicting the performances of the Universities. Finally, the analysis shows that there is no significant relationship between organizational culture and performances of the Universities studied. The conclusive part of this research revealed insights regarding the impacts of organizational culture on performance of Universities. The general agreement is that positive organizational culture will have a positive impact on performance of any University.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Much of prior research on organizational learning studied the role of firm¿s absorptive capacity. While there is an implicit research consensus on the definitions and outcomes of absorptive capacity, researchers do not seem to have reached a collective understanding of the process by which organizations become able to absorb external knowledge and then produce valuable outcomes. With this purpose we identify a well reviewed valuable outcome by the literature, i.e. the relation between climate and commitment, and we attempt to investigate the mediating role of absorptive capacity on the relation between organizational climate and commitment. The research model we propose was tested on a sample of 143 individuals belonging to some Italian organizations. Our findings show that absorptive capacity can act as leverage for achieving a higher level of employees¿ commitment to the organization.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study measures the perception of Yemeni citizens of the severity of tax evasion relative to other crimes and violations. Perception of tax evasion may somewhat explain the degree of non-compliance with the tax laws. Using data from a self-administered survey and personnel unstructured interview, the results of mean and comparative analysis show that tax evasion items are ranked as the three least serious crimes of 30 listed offences. Further, tax evasion is categorized the least serious category out of six categories. Also, the results indicate significant differences in perception exist among male and female, individuals' ages, people with different marital status, source of income and occupation. Regards the education, level of income and tax return preparer, there do not appear to be any significant differences in perception of the seriousness of tax evasion. The results of this study should be useful to policy makers in Yemen and elsewhere, as it is found that there is alarming signals that tax evasion is relatively ranked as the least serious offence, which could lead to an environment where taxpayers may not be afraid of cheating on their tax returns.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book seeks to explain the dynamics of community development and poverty reduction in rural communities of Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It achieves its aim by researching a the impact of a World Bank project on the lives of locals in rural communities.The book is structured in five chapters. The initial chapter introduces the theme of the research and explain the objectives, hypothesis and theoritical framework of the research, the second chapter undertakes a literature review of the theme of the research 'Community Development and Poverty Reduction'. The Third Chapter explains the research setting, the fourth chapter documents the research outputs and the fifth chapter concludes the study by making recommendations.The book highlights the importance of participation in rural community development projects and recommends that poverty reduction projects should be implemented in a way that gives community the capacity to sustain projects even in the absence of donors.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between religiosity andbroadcast news usage. This study examines the level of religiosity of individuals and itscorrelation to broadcast news exposure. The correlation between religiosity andperceptions of violence on broadcast news was also measured.Two theories were applied in this study. Uses and Gratifications asserts the activecharacter of the audience to choose what they watch, how often, etc., and SelectiveExposure defends the ability of the individual to select media that coincides with personalvalue systems. These two theories complement each other and provide support in theevaluation of religiosity and broadcast news exposure.A survey was posted on-line through various message boards. Twenty-five questionswere used to determine religiosity, broadcast news exposure, broadcast news and perceptions ofviolence on broadcast news. In sum, all hypotheses were supported and the general idea that asreligiosity increases broadcast news exposure decreases was confirmed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The promotion and protection of human rights is not a mission that can be achieved by a single entity. It takes a collaborative effort and synergy of powers. The role played by NGOs, working in the field of human rights, in complimenting this effort can neither be undermined nor ignored. In fact, they have been and continue to be at the forefront of each battle fought to uphold the protection of human rights both at the international and the national level. However, recently their role is being threatened and undermined by regulatory mechanisms put in place by governments. An increasing number of governments are adopting legislations, under the disguise of fostering and regulating the not-for-profit sector, aimed at stifling the work of NGOs functioning in the field of human rights, democratization and good governance. This book is a very humble attempt to give insight to incapacitating regulatory mechanisms and their effect on the function of NGOs based on international human rights standards and supported by a comparative case study of laws regulating NGOs in Ethiopia and Ghana.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Innovations are one of the most current topics in modern business environment. Alsocreative industries are increasingly acknowledged in public and political discussionsfor their significant economic potential. For Russia, a debate over economicmodernization and building innovative economy has been on the rise since the earlystages of presidency of Dmitry Medvedev. Nevertheless, the innovation discussion hasmostly been limited to technological innovations only. Although, the recognition ofeconomic impact of creative industries is gradually growing in Russia, the innovativepotential of these industries is largely ignored by the decision makers. The aim of thisbook is to demonstrate the connection of creative industries with innovations andinclude creative industries into the discussion of building innovative economy inRussia. In the first part of the book a new framework for modeling national innovation system ¿ the Star-model, is developed. The latter part of the book focuses on applying the Star-model to Russian innovation system and studying the role of creative clusters of Moscow in Russian innovation system through series of qualitative interviews.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -At present work environment, employees require competent and equitable reward that fit with their effort. In return, they will be able to put their utmost potential to achieve company¿s mission. The motive behind conducting this study is to identify rewarding systems and their impact on employees¿ performance. The findings of the study clearly show that different rewarding systems positively affect employees¿ performance. In addition, the company works more on monetary rewards but the availability and provision of non-monetary rewards were found to be poor. To boost employees¿ morale and performance, the company should plan its rewarding systems based on different demographic variables and it should adopt effective implementation of different non-monetary rewarding systems. Moreover, it should consider the impact of rewards given at individual, team and organizational level. Finally, the findings this book is helpful for the company, policy makers and academicians who want conduct similar study.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Emerging trends indicate that self-regulation is the preferred model for promoting high journalism standards in democratic societies. The challenge, however, is that it presupposes some level of maturity in the professional ranks and a culture of respect for both peers and the society, which is not always the reality. In its quest to maintain high professional standards, the media fraternity in Kenya has adopted self-regulation as a tool for ensuring media accountability. While this approach has been instrumental, its effects still remain elusive. Based on a case study of the Media Council of Kenya, this book explores the effectiveness of self-regulation as a model of media accountability. The findings of the study reveal that the model is beset by lack of commitment by the media industry and public ignorance of the role of the media council, among other challenges. This book is suitable for researchers, policy makers and media professionals grappling with the question of media accountability in contemporary journalism.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The Circle of Justice is a state theory which has a major role in the formation of Ottoman social and political order, and it is also a key concept to understand the relations between the ruler and the ruled during the classical period. Although it was inherited from the Pre-Ottoman Turkish states, actually this theory goes back to Ancient East. The Circle of Justice makes the ruler and the ruled mutually dependant on each other with functional solidarity with the mediatory of the institutions like army and treasury. The Ottoman Empire employed this theory as an essential guide in their state practice. Also, it found an important place in the Ottoman political advice literature and turned out to be a common concept used by different genres. While in flourishing times it was used to maintain the ongoing system, in the later periods it became a tool to criticize the corruption and lack of order. Through the prism of the Circle of Justice, the study of the relations between the sultanate and the re¿¿yâ can sweep aside the modern wrong image which portrays this relation as of autocratic rulers and suppressed subjects, and supply with a clear and unbiased vision for further research.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.