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The ethnographic research into death rituals and food practices in the Polish-Belarusian borderland shows that the symbolic boundaries between the Catholic and Orthodox believers are dynamic and situational. The religious identity of the residents is shaped by social relations and norms more than by the institutional frames of both churches.

Public Finance, Business, Economics, Panel Data Analysis, Tax, Inflation, Economic growth, Public Expenditure, Public Revenue, Business Management, Money Supply, Political Globalization, Leadership

This book presents topics regarding economics, public finance and business. It is aimed at educators, researchers, and students interested in public finance, business and economics.

This book contributes to the discussion about the instrumental use of history. It analyses two examples of public festivities related to the events and legacy of the final stage of World War II: the Liberation Festival in Pilsen and the celebration of the Slovak National Uprising anniversary, held annually in Banska Bystrica.

Ibn Sina - or Avicenna as he is known in the Latin West - is perhaps the most representative figure of medicine and philosophy in the world. His influence was not limited to the East, but also extended profoundly to the West. In brief, he was an authority in the Islamic East and Latin West.

This volume reflects on the complexity of relations between traditional and new media. The collected articles focus on the increasing dynamism of dependencies between literature, visual arts, and digital media. They analyse the evolutions of the media through which art is made available to the public.

Der vorliegende Sammelband zur Kolmarer Liederhandschrift (München, BSB, Cgm 4997) widmet sich der überlieferungs- und kulturgeschichtlichen Stellung dieser herausragendsten und umfangreichsten Meisterliederhandschrift sowie ihrem Verhältnis zu den übrigen Codices der rheinisch-schwäbischen Gruppe der Liederhandschriften. Der Band vereint verschiedene Aspekte aus den Bereichen der Überlieferungs- und Wirkungsgeschichte sowie der Kulturgeschichte des Meistergesangs. Im Fokus stehen die textuellen und melodischen Kunstformen der Kolmarer Liederhandschrift, die Textualität der überlieferten Lieder sowie das facettenreiche geistliche Liedgut der Handschrift.

Achieving ambitious sustainability goals of multinational corporations is affected by how employees use sustainability information within their decision-making. However, little is yet known about the use of sustainability information at multinational corporations. Therefore empirically addresses this gap and elaborates the main influencing factors.

The main focus of this book is to represent the challenges in the Translation Studies from the perspectives of the leading scholars of Turkey.

The monograph analyzes the fictional representations of memory and forgetting and the roles it plays in identity construction and in the adjustment of immigrants and exiles. It focuses on post-immigrant and exile fiction by contemporary American writers of East-Central European descent: Askold Melnyczuk, Domnica Radulescu, and Aleksandar Hemon.

With the increase in urbanization after the Industrial Revolution, success in local governance and balanced regional development has become even more important for the increase of overall welfare.