Auteur: Lars Meier

With respect to the developing and threshold economies, it is no longer the poor who are the only focus of media attention. Today, the new middle classes are about to take centre stage, too. With the …

Das Buch präsentiert Forschungsergebnisse eines interdisziplinär angelegten Städtevergleichs, der sich auf Differenzen und Eigenheiten städtischer Wahrnehmungs- und Handlungsmuster richtet. Analysier …

Als Mitglied im Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung hat sich Tobias Schlegl drei Jahre lang mit Themen wie Bildung, Konsum, Umweltschutz oder Arbeitslosigkeit auseinandergesetzt. Nach seinem Ausscheiden …

Sie gelten als Agenten und Treiber der Globalisierung: die in den Finanzmetropolen tätigen Manager. In diesem reich bebilderten Buch werden erstmals hochmobile Expatriates in ihrem alltäglichen Hande …

The migration of professionals is widely seen as a paradigmatic representation and a driver of globalization. The global elite of highly qualified migrants—managers and scientists, for example—are pa …

The migration of professionals is widely seen as a paradigmatic representation and a driver of globalization. The global elite of highly qualified migrants—managers and scientists, for example—are pa …

The aesthetics of urban life offer a curious quality, one that is both highly visible and hidden, both openly influencing and subtly imprinting. These aesthetics participate in the production of plac …

The aesthetics of urban life offer a curious quality, one that is both highly visible and hidden, both openly influencing and subtly imprinting. These aesthetics participate in the production of plac …

In an era of increasing mobilities, places of residence are still vital. Unlike commuting, migrating or travelling, dwelling usually evokes – at least in modern Western thought – the idea of an immob …

In an era of increasing mobilities, places of residence are still vital. Unlike commuting, migrating or travelling, dwelling usually evokes – at least in modern Western thought – the idea of an immob …

Cities have always been arenas of social and symbolic conflict. As places of encounter between different classes, ethnic groups, and lifestyles, cities play the role of powerful integrators; yet on t …

Based on qualitative research among industrial workers in a region that has undergone deindustrialisation and transformation to a service-based economy, this book examines the loss of status among fo …

Based on qualitative research among industrial workers in a region that has undergone deindustrialisation and transformation to a service-based economy, this book examines the loss of status among fo …

‘Was sind die Gründe für die Zeitlosigkeit und die Popularität des erstmals 1952 erschienenen «Kleinen Doktors» des Schweizer Naturheilkunde- Pioniers Alfred Vogel? Sind es seine einfachen, unmittelb …

Ta klasični priročnik o naravnem zdravju izvira iz bogate zakladnice izkušenj znanega švicarskega pionirja naravnega zdravljenja, Alfreda Vogla (1902-1996). Kaj so razlogi za brezčasnost in priljublj …