دموکراسی در عصر جهانی‌سازی (مطالعات در عدالت جهانی)

This book is a practical manual for those who analyze polymers. Self-contained chapters describe when a technique should be selected, explain its basic principles, describe how instruments are constructed and operated, and teach how the data obtained relate to molecular structure and physicalproperties. Many clear illustrations are included. Implicit memory refers to a change in task performance due to an earlier experience that is not consciously remembered. This book is not a research manual but rather a guide to performing and understanding polymer characterization and an introduction to the specialized literature of the analytical chemistry of polymers. The techniques covered are directly relevant to the characterization of synthetic polymers suchas adhesives, sealants, polymers, composites, coatings, elastomers, rubber, and other nonmetallic materials. Many techniques are also quite useful for natural and biological polymers. In Democracy in an Age of Globalisation, Otfried Höffe develops a comprehensive analysis of the demands, which the process of globalization exerts on the political organisations of humanity. The author starts from a diagnosis of the process of globalisation and frees its concept from its economistic narrowing: Globalisation is a comprehensive process which puts new strains on the economies and political systems of the world, the cultural and social structures of peoples. The scope of its challenges demands solutions, which transcend the powers of the classical nation-state. The question central to the book can be formulated as follows: "How can the social, moral and legal achievements of the nation-state be retained while its structure is reshaped to satisfy the requirements of a globalised world?" "Against grass-roots communitarianism as well as against highbrow globalism, the author chooses the realisation of a multilevel world republic that plays the role of an instance of negotiation and settlement. He respects cultural particularities and national characters, while observing at the same time the commandments of the world social contract that governs the relations between the states and their citizens." Ludger Heidebrink, Die Zeit "'Democracy ... ' is a cautious precision-work. It is a bold, though carefully arguing book that does not deal with less than the legitimacy and the main characteristics of a future world republic. ... Höffe's extraordinary book represents a significant contribution to the most important questions asked by the beginning of the new century that is characterised by 'globalisation'." Georg Kohler, NZZ