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The traditional publication will be overhauled by the 'Enhanced Publication'. This is a publication that is enhanced with research data, extra materials, post publication data, and database records. It has an object-based structure with explicit links between the objects. In this book a state-of-the-art overview is given of the structural elements

Study of Dutch mosque designs that shows that current designs do not oppose Dutch society but those versions of Islam they hold to be false.

Can computer scientists contribute to the solution of societal problems? Can logic help to model social interactions? Are there recipes for making groups with diverging preferences arrive at reasonable decisions? Why is common knowledge important for social interaction? Does the rational pursuit of individual interests put the public interest in da

A comprehensive book on the relation between crime and illegal residence.

An account of how trafficked women experience and then overcome sexual slavery and trafficking without or in spite of the help offered by outside agencies.

A multidisciplinary survey of the life and work of one of Europe's most distinguished directors.

A discussion of the future of interdisciplinary research

A study of South Asian settlement patterns and residential preferences exploring the motivations underlying these, paying particular attention to processes of ethnic concentration and suburbanisation.

In The Emotional Life of Contemporary Public Memorials: Towards a Theory of Temporary Memorials Erika Doss examines this contemporary phenomenon of public commemoration in terms of changed cultural and social practices regarding mourning, memory, and public feeling.

This book explores the importance of conspiracy rhetoric within populist and far right speeches in Europe and the United States.

Investigation of effectiveness of European measures to control migration

A study of the role of music and youth culture in the identification procces of Dutch-Moroccan youth

A fresh perspective on the global climate change

An insightful analysis of the strategy of one of Southeast Asia's largest family business groups

About the attractiveness and usefulness of the term "cinema of attractions" for both pre-classical and post-classical cinema

This collection of papers deal with challenges in disciplines such as complexity theory, games, algorithms and semi group theory and discuss current chellenges in this field

A collection of excellent research papers in logic, mathematics, computer science and game theory

Analyses in a comparative perspective naturalisation processes in Swiss municipalities and explores new theoretical and analytical approaches to the study of citizenship.

Why did some economies experience a boom in the 1990s? Employment 'Miracles' comparatively analyses select miracle economies. The contributors to the volume critically analyze how the small size and institutional structure of seven countries like the Netherlands, Denmark and Ireland accounted for their success and status as economic models. Compari

Ton de Leeuw's lifetime engagement with music, European and Oriental, gives this book its unique insight into what constitutes true modernity and innovation

Offers an analysis of the political process involved in the reform of the pension systems in European countries.

This volume is a collection of papers presented at the 2007 colloquium on new perspectives on games and interaction at the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences in Amsterdam.

Two renowned experts on religious tolerance in early modern Brazil

This study unravels the real dynamics at stake within the Lebanese Madame/Sri Lankan housemaid relationship

A fascinating exploration of the evolution of such concepts as originality and authenticity in the age of new media, including a contribution from Mieke Bal

A comparative study of how economic and political differences between Antwerp and Barcelona influence the life-course trajectories of Senegalese and Gambian migrants.

In "http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&isbn=9789053569733">Decline of the Corporate Community Eelke Heemskerk describes and investigates the decline of the 'Old boys network' in the business world.