“…Le néohellénisme a trouvé dans l’architecture un mode d’expression privilégié, où se croisaient les attentes d’une élite internationale en mal de références classiques et la tradition toujours vivante du monde byzantin, ciment de l’identité nationale. …”

“…There are, however, much smaller sets of divination accounts that were done on behalf of members of the Shang elite other than the king.First noticed in the early 1930's, grouped and periodized shortly thereafter, oracle bone inscriptions produced explicitly by or on behalf of "royal familygroups" reveal information about key aspects of daily life in Shang societythat are barely even mentioned in Western scholarship. …”

“…The chapters analyze the interactions between the South and the North, consider the challenges for "non-elite" institutions, and examine the potential for knowledge flow and creation in across-border partnerships. …”

“…To improve understanding of Iran's political system, the authors describe Iranian strategic culture; investigate Iran's informal networks, formal government institutions, and personalities; assess the impact of elite behavior on Iranian policy; and summarize key trends…”

“…"Cultivate: The Six Non-Negotiable Traits of a Winning Team is a rich and empowering parable that follows three corporate team leaders as they discover how to build an elite corporate team. Throughout the story, the frustrated leaders who are all neighbors in a high-end country club take a casual yet profoundly introspective look into their own character flaws, strengths, fears, habits, and shortcomings and discover firsthand how they impact their team's culture. …”

“…Our economy is rigged in favour of a wealthy elite. We need a new approach: an economics for the many. …”

“…In the past few decades, household archaeology has made substantial contributions to our understanding and explanation of the past through the documentation of the household as a social unit-whether small or large, rural or urban, commoner or elite. These case studies from a broad swath of the Americas make Ancient Households of the Americas extremely valuable for continuing the comparative interdisciplinary study of households…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Thomas Koenig, Andreas Warntjen, Simone Burkhart -- 3 The Coordination of Austria's National Position regarding the Constitution Christine Arnold and Annemieke Burmeister -- 4 Belgium, the Convention and the IGC: Consensus and Coalition Politics Christophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe -- 5 Cyprus: Under the Shadow of the Inter--Communal Conflict Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos -- 6 The Czech Republic: Sitting on the Fence Tobias Schulz and Martina Chabreckova -- 7 Denmark: The Nordic Model as an Effort to Bridge Elite Euro--Optimism and Popular Euro--SkepticismHartmut Lenz and Han Dorussen -- 8 Estonia: A Single Voice in Europe's Intergovernmental Bargaining Daniel Finke -- 9 Finland: Centralized Consensus on EU Constitution Building Daniel Finke and Thomas Koenig -- 10 France: The President takes all Tobias Schulz -- 11 Germany: The Promoter of European Integration? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Russian Federation map -- Introduction -- Definitions of Democracy and Market Economy -- Theses of This Book -- The Structure of This Book -- Chapter 1 Perestroika-The Great Awakening: 1985-87 -- Why Perestroika Started -- Mikhail Gorbachev and the Outstanding Provincials -- Early Perestroika: Cautious Economic Reforms to Boost Growth -- Glasnost: Shattering All Illusions -- New Thinking on Foreign Policy -- Why Gorbachev's Attempt at Chinese Reforms Failed -- Special photo section -- An Untenable Mix of Changes -- Chapter 2 The Collapse: 1988-91 -- Elite Division: Yeltsin, Ligachev, and Gorbachev Part Company -- Democratization -- National Revival and Disputes -- The Demise of the Plan and the Rise of Rent Seeking -- A Parade of Reform Programs -- Collapse of the Outer Empire -- Economic Collapse -- Political Collapse: Yeltsin at His Peak -- An Overdetermined Collapse -- Chapter 3 Revolution: 1991-93 -- Yeltsin's Assumption of Power -- Dissolution of the Soviet Union -- Attempt at Radical Market Reform -- Parlimentary Revolt Against the President -- Ambitious Mass Privatization -- Abortive Financial Stabilization -- Failure of the West to Act -- Dissolution of the Parliament and Shootout at the White House -- Great Achievements but Mixed Results -- Chapter 4 The Rise and Fall of State Enterprise Managers: 1994-95 -- The New Constitution -- The December 1993 Elections and the End of the Reform Government -- The State Enterprise Managers -- The Making of Gazprom -- Precarious Financial Stabilization -- The Rise of Organized Crime -- The First Chechnya War -- Halt of Reform Exacerbated Social Costs -- Chapter 5 The Oligarchy: 1996-98 -- Who Were the Oligarchs? …”

“…The younger Peter Vanham looked to the answers from the elite leaders he asked to validate his own career choice, and the rich, private wisdom he received revealed more about building a career than he’d found anywhere else. …”

“…Yet, paradoxically, shared practices served to enforce communal boundaries, since many of the religious elite devised polemical interpretations of these phenomena which highlighted the superiority of their own faith. …”

“…In Breaking into the Lab, Sue Rosser uses the experiences of successful women scientists and engineers to answer the question of why elite institutions have so few women scientists and engineers tenured on their faculties. …”

“…Y ya me sorprendió con el primer trabajo suyo que leí, el estudio sobre unas tropas de élite alemanas en la II Guerra Mundial que, sin embargo, apenas habían sido estudiadas, ni siquiera en Alemania. …”

“…Analizando la propiedad y el funcionamiento de las grandes empresas que crean la música de masas, se desvela cómo la élite de las clase dominante en los jóvenes valores e ideologías funcionales para renovar su poder. …”

“…El neoliberalismo se esgrime como chivo expiatorio y se caricaturiza como un sistema económico, mediático y político gobernado en secreto por una élite de especuladores sin escrúpulos escondidos tras sus terminales mediáticas, que llena los bolsillos de una selecta minoría mientras acaba con todas las protecciones sociales. …”

“…Pero la lógica antisistema que tan bien encarna Bolsonaro - haciendo converger paramilitares, fuerzas de seguridad, cristianismo conservador y fake news - amenaza permanentemente con autonomizarse y dejar de ser funcional a la élite brasileña. Es esta tensión la que vuelve a poner a Lula en el centro de la escena, ya sin expectativas transformadoras, sino como salvador ante la barbarie." -- Contracubierta…”

“…Drawing from original translations of key source documents, the book sheds new light on some of the most prominent and elite divorce proceedings in Western history, including Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Patterson -- The big house / T. Dooley -- Elite formation, the professions, industry and the middle-class / J. …”

“…De ahí la importancia de las gestiones de la élite indígena para ser parte de estas fiestas reales como una nación étnica, que decide su propia representación, a pesar de la oposición del cabildo limeño y las autoridades criollas y peninsulares. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Jacobs) Chapter 7 Exploring Spirituality Through the Lens of a Learning Community (Al Fuertes) Chapter 8 Letting this Mind be in You: Writing and Teaching Personal Story (Joyce Munro) Chapter 9 Zen Baptist (Erlene Grise-Owens) PART 3: Infusing Spirituality with Work Chapter 10 The Making of a Justice-Oriented Minister Sociologist in Elite Higher Education (John H. Stanfield, II) Chapter 11 Walking the Tightrope: Extending Justice and Mercy in the Assessment and Evaluation of Student Work (Kathy-Ann Hernandez) Chapter 12 Finding "Esprit De Core": Exploring Spirituality in a Faculty & Professional Learning Community (Eileen O'Shea, Roben Torosyan, Tracey Robert , Ingeborg E. …”
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