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With the recent developments in computing technologies and the thriving research scene in Complexity Science, economists and other social scientists have become aware of a more flexible and promising alternative for modelling socioeconomic systems; one that, in contrast with neoclassical economics, advocates for the realism of the assumptions, the importance of context and culture, the heterogeneity of agents (individuals or organizations), and the bounded rationality of individuals who behave and learn in multifaceted ways in uncertain environments. The book synthesizes an extensive body of work in the field of social complexity and constructs a unifying framework that allows developing concrete applications to important socioeconomic problems. This one-of-a-kind textbook provides a comprehensive panorama for advanced undergraduates and graduate students who want to become familiar with a wide range of issues related to social complexity. It is also a pioneering text that can support professors who wish to learn techniques and produce research in this novel field.Con los desarrollos recientes en las tecnologias de la computacion y el floreciente dinamismo de las ciencias de la complejidad, economistas y otros cientificos sociales tienen a su alcance una flexible y prometedora alternativa para la modelacion de los sistemas socioeconomicos. Esta metodologia, en contraste con la economia neoclasica, aboga por el realismo de los supuestos, la importancia del contexto y la cultura, la heterogeneidad de los agentes (individuos y organizaciones), y la racionalidad acotada de las personas que se comportan y aprenden de maneras muy diversas en entorno con incertidumbre. El libro sintetiza la extensa literatura que existe sobre la complejidad social, y construye un enfoque unificador que permite elaborar aplicaciones concretas con las que abordar importantes problemas socioeconomicos. Se trata de un texto singular dado que presenta un panorama comprensivo del campo de estudio, por lo que puede resultar de sumo interes para estudiante de licenciatura avanzados, y alumnos de posgrado que desean adentrarse en el tema. Asimismo, se trata de un texto pionero de gran utilidad para profesores y analistas interesados en aprender algunas de las tecnicas del paradigma de la complejidad social para, de esta forma, aplicarlas en sus tareas de investigacion.

The outstanding qualities of the Galloway horse landrace are referenced in literary sources from the late sixteenth century onwards. Brief, but eloquent and revealing allusions appear in the work of William Shakespeare, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, and other writers with connections to the Tudor, Stuart, Caroline, and Carolean courts. The Galloway nag was sufficiently influential for its name to become a generic widely applied to small horses of a certain type: speedy, enduring, and reliable. This is still the case in the north of England and Australia, where the terms "Gallowa" and "Galloway" continue to be used today. The Galloway contributed to a surprising number of modern horse breeds, including the Thoroughbred, yet few people are aware of its influence. Miriam A. Bibby shows how and why its contribution has been overwritten by other narratives. In doing so, she also reveals previously unexplored sources that indicate the complex role played by the imagined Galloway in Anglo-Scottish relations. Collectively these represent a unique new genre of commentary that she identifies as "Galloway Nag Satire." This is the first major study devoted to the history of the Galloway horse.

Las contribuciones que se incluyen en este libro exploran la categoría del mal en su uso fluctuante para marcar la alteridad en la América Latina colonial y contemporánea. La fluctuación del mal significa que cada uno de los actores del conflicto usaba esta categoria para marcar al otro. La experiencia del mal como violencia deshumanizadora sigue siendo una constante que determina la realidad latinoamericana incluso mas alla del periodo colonial; constatamos su presencia extendiendose hasta el momento actual (dictaduras, Sendero Luminoso, FARC, paramilitares, violencia policial, feminicidios). Pero tambien hay ejemplos de ello en Europa. El origen de la violencia esta siempre en la demonizacion del extranjero y del otro, es decir, en la incapacidad de reconocer su vulnerabilidad y sus precarias condiciones de vida para ayudar a superarlas. El concepto de una hermeneutica diatopica, que abre los topoi ("lugares") del Otro respectivo, intenta ofrecer una solucion.

Contaminación ambiental, extractivismo, cambio climático: las catástrofes ecológicas condicionan la vida latinoamericana de muchas maneras. Con el trasfondo de las experiencias actuales en un contexto de crisis ambiental, este volumen explora ideas e imaginarios de la naturaleza. Reune contribuciones internacionales de estudios literarios y culturales sobre conceptos historicos de la naturaleza, representaciones del petroleo, perspectivas ecofeministas, contextos urbanos, escenarios distopicos asi como la critica a la modernidad y al antropocentrismo en la literatura latinoamericana. Textos de ficcion, cronicas e historias naturales, peliculas, nuevos medios de comunicacion y practicas culturales indigenas sirven para determinar diferentes percepciones latinoamericanas del medio ambiente, en la era del antropoceno, en sus complejas facetas.Kontaminierte Umwelt, Extraktivismus, Klimawandel okologische Katastrophen pragen die lateinamerikanische Lebenswelt auf vielfaltige Weise. Vor dem Hintergrund aktueller Erfahrungen von Umweltkrisen lotet dieser Band Vorstellungen und Projektionen (imaginarios) von Natur aus. Er vereint internationale literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Beitrage zu historischen Naturkonzepten, Reprasentationen des Erdols, okofeministischen Perspektiven, urbanen Kontexten, dystopischen Szenarien oder der Kritik an Moderne und Anthropozentrismus in der Literatur Lateinamerikas. Fiktionale Texte, Chroniken und Naturgeschichten, Filme, neue Medien, indigene kulturelle Praktiken dienen dazu, die Tiefenschichten der lateinamerikanischen environmentality im Zeitalter des Anthropozan in ihren komplexen Facetten zu bestimmen.Contaminated environment, extractivism, climate change ecological crises dominate the Latin American society in various ways. Based on current experiences of environmental crises, this volume explores ideas and projections (imaginarios) of nature. It includes international literary and cultural scientific contributions on historical nature concepts, representations of mineral oil, ecofeminist perspectives, urban contexts, dystopian scenarios or the criticism on Modern Age and anthropocentrism in Latin American literature. Fictional works, chronicles and nature stories, films, new media, indigenous cultural practices serve to define the deep layers of the Latin American environmentality in the age of Anthropocene in its various aspects.

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The main aim of the book is to analyse the "United in Diversity" paradigm of the European integration project. With its comparative approach, the book brings together a wide range of academic work on flexible integration to explore the diversities between the various European countries. Interdisciplinary in scope, it aims to explain the flexible forms of integration in Europe in the light of the new political economy. In doing so, a deep insight into the variety and complexity of differentiation and flexibility in European integration is also of added value for policy makers across Europe working in the field of integration.

Many countries in Asia are inhabited by multi-segment societies diversified in terms of race, religion, language and economic status. They have repeatedly provided the basis for analysis of the search for consensus in the construction of a political scene that would ensure the participation in power of each group. Regardless of the chosen model, the distribution of power in multi-segment societies has always been characterized by a state of "unstable equilibrium". Practical solutions constantly evolved between consociationalism, centripetalism, federalism. In extreme cases they led to political disintegration of states or to permanent domination of one of the segments, most often based on authoritarian solutions. In this volume, a group of scholars specializing in countries of the region try to point out the dynamics of the "unstable equilibrium" of power sharing in particular Asian countries and analyze the trends occurring in them in the 21st century.

Originally a concern primarily of social studies and economics, poverty has emerged as a significant thematic focus and analytical tool in literary and cultural studies in the last two decades. The "new poverty studies" are dedicated to analyzing representations of poverty and the poor in literature and the visual arts, in the news media and in social practices. They aim at exploring the frameworks of representation that impact the affective and ethical responses of audiences to disenfranchised groups such as the poor. The contributions to this volume focus on representations of poverty in the Anglophone postcolonial world, exploring, for example, contemporary discourses on poverty in the UK, filmic representations of Nairobi slums or the agency of the poor in literature from India.

This volume tackles the unique scholarly challenges of Cultural Interaction Studies in an East Asian context. Leading experts in a variety of related fields from religion and history to geography, language, literature, Sinology and Japanology have contributed a total of 18 articles, collected under the following six rubrics: "New Directions in Regional Studies", "New Trends in Humanities Studies", "Material Circulation and Cultural Transmission in East Asia", "Chinas Experience of Cultural Interaction with the West", "Transformation of Japanese Scholarship from Early Modern to Modern Times", and "The Wisdom of Selective Adaptation and Constructive Dialog". Among the eight award-winning contributors, Ge Zhaoguang (1950) has received critical acclaim for his What is China? Territory, Ethnicity, Culture, and History (2014), while Nakanishi Susumu (1929) has been internationally recognized for his lifelong devotion to the study of ancient Japanese literature. Nakanishis determination to inherit Prince Shotokus spirit of peaceful coexistence with Japans neighboring countries led him to propose the new era name "Reiwa", which was officially adopted for use by the Emperor Naruhito upon his enthronement on May 1, 2019.

The aim of the volume is to offer interdisciplinary insights unknown to many into the interior of the religious, cultural and political laboratory that is Israel. Europe can learn a lot from Israel: The handling of religious diversity within the country; the meaning of the Hebrew language; the integration of more than a million Jewish immigrants; the development of a dynamic economy; a flourishing education and science system; a rich culture in the field of literature and above all film; and last but not least the lively, constant and conflictual struggle for democracy. Additionally, the question of Israel-related anti-Semitism is debated from the perspective of Jewish studies, social sciences and Catholic theology.

This book is a comprehensive study of long and short term factors influencing Austrians vote choices. In doing so, it makes use of new data sets collected within the newly established Austrian National Election Study (AUTNES). Thus, the book adds to existing literature in several aspects: First, unlike previous snap-shot analyses, it provides a longitudinal perspective as our analyses cover the period of 19862008, a time span that witnesses major changes in the Austrian party system, such as the decreasing importance of the two main parties, the rise of the Green party, the ups and downs of the radical right parties in Austria, most prominently the FPO, and new coalitions. Second, for the last Austrian election in 2008, vote choice is analysed more comprehensively than it has been done in the past, following the theoretical concept of the funnel of causality.

As in other African countries, the engagement of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in the development sector in Ethiopia is tremendous and manifold. FBOs are, however, still insufficiently integrated in the development discourse and often operate under the radar of international and multilateral donors. This can be to a large extent reasoned by the fact that very little empirical research has hitherto been undertaken to assess the impact of FBO activities in Ethiopia.Upon this background, this study contributes to the debate among practitioners and researchers on the actual and potential contribution of FBOs to development in Ethiopia. This is exemplified by the work of the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church (EKHC) in rural areas of southern Ethiopia in the thematic fields of schooling, ecological balance and food security. Cross-sectional and case study designs form the principal approaches used in the study; both quantitative and qualitative methods were used.

El presente volumen trata de averiguar si las adaptaciones de obras literarias contemporáneas a formatos audiovisuales en el siglo XXI reactualizan algunos roles de la mujer en la sociedad e integran puntos de vista que refuerzan la perspectiva de genero, elaborando para ello una cartografia de la imagen de la mujer de nuestra epoca en la literatura y otras artes, dentro del ambito hispanico. Las contribuciones abordan la narrativa latinoamericana y la poetica de la literatura española en contextos audiovisuales. Se analiza la presencia de obras de autores relevantes como Alejandra Pizarnik, Mariana Enriquez, Wendy Guerra o Isabel Allende. Se expone la relevancia de la poesia española contemporanea escrita por mujeres a partir del cine documental y se valoran las adaptaciones al teatro de las biografias de escritoras de la Edad de Plata. Se repasa asimismo la reinterpretacion del legado de Teresa de Jesus y de Cumanda, la protagonista de la novela fundacional ecuatoriana de Juan Leon Mera. Esta iniciativa recupera algunas de las voces artisticas de mujeres contemporaneas relegadas a un segundo plano por la historiografia y reflexiona sobre como ha evolucionado la asignacion social de los roles de genero en nuestra cultura.

La literatura como manifestación artística siempre ha consistido en un delicado, a veces indescifrable, equilibrio entre creador y receptor. Ambos siempre han adoptado múltiples caras, y han sido objeto de numerosos acercamientos criticos. Posiblemente la division basica sobre hombres y mujeres, que gravita sobre todos estos modelos de analisis, no haya sido siempre atendida en toda su complejidad. Los primeros siempre a la busqueda insatisfecha de su preeminencia en el ambito de la esfera publica, y las mujeres relegadas a la fuerza al ambito domestico y privado. Desde una perspectiva historicista y echando la vista atras hacia las primeras manifestaciones de rudimentarias escrituras la posicion de la mujer con respecto a la literatura ha tenido siempre una presencia satelite y secundaria frente al tradicional dominio masculino, responsable este ultimo para la posteridad de una vision de lo que le rodea hecha a su imagen y semejanza, que olvida a menudo que las inquietudes de mujeres y hombres, enfrentados a la creacion literaria son, en muchos casos, las mismas. Asi, todo este elenco de visiones poliedricas queda recogido en este monografico que agavilla trabajos de muy diversa procedencia, bajo la perspectiva unitaria de la presencia de la mujer como sujeto individual y social en todos los ambitos del hecho literario.

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Der deutsch- und englischsprachige Band enthalt neun Essays von bekannten KanadistInnen aus Osterreich, Deutschland und Kanada, die sich mit Immigration nach und Integration in Nordamerika beschaftigen: Wie wird dieses aktuelle Problem in Kanada bewaltigt? Konnte das offiziell multikulturelle Kanada fur Lander wie Osterreich und Frankreich ein Muster sein?Neben der gelungenen Integration, die sich in Romanen von selbst nach Kanada eingewanderten ErzahlerInnen spiegelt, belegen ethnische Autobiographien die fruher auch in Kanada haufigen Probleme. Das Spannungsverhaltnis beim transkulturellen Ubergang erscheint als mogliche Inspirationsquelle, wobei Schriftsteller aus der Karibik ergiebige Untersuchungsobjekte sind. Die Einwanderung aus Osterreich kommt ebenso zur Sprache wie die spezifische Auseinandersetzung mit der Immigration in Quebec, wo das Konzept des Interkulturalismus dominiert, sowie das Schicksal von Millionen illegaler Einwanderer in den USA.The volume comprises nine essays by prominent Canadianists from Austria, Germany and Canada who investigate in comparative fashion the problems of emigration / immigration to and integration in North America and some European countries, especially Austria and France. They inquire how this challenge has been met in Canada since the official adoption of multiculturalism and reflect on the possibility of Canada serving as a model for Europe. While contemporary novels by immigrants to Canada provide evidence of successful integration, ethnic autobiographies remind us of the existence of problems and prejudices in former times. The tensions experienced in the course of a transcultural transfer are shown to be a potential source of inspiration, with authors of Caribbean background providing fruitful examples. The waves of immigration from Austria are also described as is the specific approach to the challenge of immigration in the province of Quebec, through the adoption of the concept of interculturalism. Both the problems linked to immigration in France and the issue of the millions of undocumented immigrants from Latin America in the USA are considered.

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