Книги жанра гуманитарные и общественные науки

Падение рождаемости в западной цивилизации авторами трактуется как форма самоуничтожения человека. Происходит смена социально-экономических систем, когда социализм и капитализм утратили свои традиционные элементы бытия. Мировая финансовая элита активно использует ультраглобализацию как вариант сохранения своих прибылей. Это происходит на фоне резкого сокращения населения и изменения самой сути ли…

This text introduces students of human geography to the fundamental concept of place, marrying everyday uses of the term with the complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it. A short introduction to one of the most fundamental concepts in human geography Marries everyday uses of the term «place» with the more complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it Makes the debates i…

This short introduction conveys the complexities associated with the term «territory» in a clear and accessible manner. It surveys the field and brings theory to ground in the case of Palestine. A clear and accessible introduction to the complexities associated with the term «territory». Provides an interdisciplinary survey of the many strands of research in the field. Addresses specific areas inc…

This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertainty of liquid modernity, Bauman argues that our socio-political, cultural, professional, religious and sexual identities are undergoing a process of continual transformation. Identities the world over have become more precarious than ever: we live in an era of …

'Community' is one of those words that feels good: it is good 'to have a community', 'to be in a community'. And 'community' feels good because of the meanings which the word conveys, all of them promising pleasures, and more often than not the kind of pleasures which we would like to experience but seem to miss. 'Community' conveys the image of a warm and comfortable place, like a fireplace at wh…

More than ever before, our conflict-ridden, drifting planet needs the qualities that Europe, unique among the continents, has developed in more than two millennia of history: its self-criticism, its urge to self-transcendence, exploration and experiment, its conviction that alternative and better forms of human togetherness can be achieved, as well as its dedication to the cause of seeking and pro…

Раскрыта сущность финансов предприятий, показана их особенность, роль и место в системе управления финансами в государстве, раскрыты финансовые отношения предприятий, их системы управления денежными фондами и денежными потоками. Для студентов высших учебных заведений, преподавателей, работников финансовых и экономических служб предприятий различных форм собственности.

Over-consumption is one of the key issues of our time, especially in the Western world. Over the past decade, in the face of historically unprecedented levels of consumer spending in the West – and the more recent impact of recession – a vigorous politics of anti-consumerism has emerged in a range of wealthy nations. This timely and original new book provides a comprehensive overview and analysis …

Обобщен и систематизирован теоретический и практический материал по бухгалтерскому учету, дана авторская трактовка управленческого учета и анализа, проведен сравнительный анализ методологии управленческого учета и анализа на предприятиях кабельного производства России и Франции, даны рекомендации по использованию методологии учетно-аналитической деятельности французских предприятий, адаптированно…

Последовательно изложены методические подходы к осуществлению процесса бизнес-планирования, представлены структура и взаимосвязь плановых и отчетных документов управленческого учета, процесс разработки бизнес-планов в различных отраслях и секторах экономики, в том числе в инновационной сфере. Позволит получить новые компетенции, необходимые для повышения профессионального уровня в рамках имеющейся…

In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment. Adam suggests ways not merely to deconstruct but to reconstruct both common-sense and social science understanding.

В учебном пособии подробно освещены вопросы нормативного регулирования бухгалтерского учета внешнеэкономической деятельности в России, правила учета и анализа валютных операций на предприятиях, взаимосвязи бухгалтерского и налогового учета. В отдельные разделы выделены основные вопросы учета операций экспорта и импорта в соответствии с требованиями Международных стандартов финансовой отчетности. В…

Hayek has been one of the key liberal thinkers of the twentieth century. He has also been much misunderstood. His work has crossed disciplines – economics, philosophy and political science – and national boundaries. He was an early critic of Keynes, and became famous in the 1940s for his warnings that the advance of collectivism in western democracies was the road to serfdom. He was a key figure i…

This work provides an introduction to the work of Michel Foucault. It offers an assessment of all of Foucault's work, including his final writings on governmentality and the self. McNay argues that the later work initiates an important shift in his intellectual concerns which alters any retrospective reading of his writings as a whole. Throughout, McNay is concerned to assess the normative and pol…

Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal-typical professionalism, specialized workers control their own work, while in the free market consumers are in command, and in bureaucracy managers dominate. Freidson shows how each method has its own logic requiring different kinds of knowledge, organization, career, education and i…