Peter Meyer - Böcker

This title was first published in 2000: Sustainable development offers visions of the future, but implementation of new sustainable policies seems slow. This text presents a forecasting method directed to overcome some barriers to the implementation of more sustainable economic policy. Using a case study, the authors describe how economic and environmental forecasts can be developed that are relevant to the immediate concerns of policy-makers and are more likely to lead to policy changes. A combination of forecasting methods are shown to evaluate a range of current alternatives in the future. Similar techniques have been used in developing countries, but here the techniques are applied to an already industrialized economy.

This title was first published in 2000: Sustainable development offers visions of the future, but implementation of new sustainable policies seems slow. This text presents a forecasting method directed to overcome some barriers to the implementation of more sustainable economic policy. Using a case study, the authors describe how economic and environmental forecasts can be developed that are relevant to the immediate concerns of policy-makers and are more likely to lead to policy changes. A combination of forecasting methods are shown to evaluate a range of current alternatives in the future. Similar techniques have been used in developing countries, but here the techniques are applied to an already industrialized economy.

With the discovery of RNAi pathways and the histone code, epigenetics has become a popular and fast evolving research topic. Plant science has made a number of elementary contributions to this field, and the common elements of epigenetic systems have linked research groups interested in plant, fungal and animal systems. This volume provides a comprehensive overview epigenetic mechanisms and biological processes in plants, illustrating the wider relevance of this research to work in other plant science areas and on non-plant systems. It discusses recent advances in our knowledge of basic mechanisms and molecular components that control transcriptional and post-transcriptional silencing, an understanding of which is essential for plant researchers who use transgenic lines for stable expression of a recombinant construct or for targeted inactivation of an endogenous gene. These aspects should be of special interest to the agricultural industry. The volume illustrates the relevance of epigenetic control systems to gene regulation and plant development, examining paramutation, genomic imprinting and microRNA-based gene regulation mechanisms. Finally, it demonstrates the significance of epigenetic systems to viral defence and genome organisation. The volume is directed at researchers and professionals in plant molecular genetics, plant biochemistry and plant developmental biology.

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Social scientists have long declared their autonomy from the natural sciences, and in doing so have tended to neglect important biological constraints on human nature. Many sociological theories have suggested a nearly complete malleability of patterns of social life. The New Evolutionary Social Science challenges this view by building on Stephen K. Sanderson's 'Darwinian conflict theory' which sets out to synthesise sociological theories with key findings from biology into an overarching scientific paradigm. Configuring and expanding this groundbreaking theory, the contributors to this volume are well-known European and American experts in evolutionary science. The New Evolutionary Social Science develops a new basis for understanding social change and the world's future through a better integration of the natural and social sciences.

Social scientists have long declared their autonomy from the natural sciences, and in doing so have tended to neglect important biological constraints on human nature. Many sociological theories have suggested a nearly complete malleability of patterns of social life. The New Evolutionary Social Science challenges this view by building on Stephen K. Sanderson's 'Darwinian conflict theory' which sets out to synthesise sociological theories with key findings from biology into an overarching scientific paradigm. Configuring and expanding this groundbreaking theory, the contributors to this volume are well-known European and American experts in evolutionary science. The New Evolutionary Social Science develops a new basis for understanding social change and the world's future through a better integration of the natural and social sciences.

Wer predigt und Predigten hört, agiert mit Sprache in komplexen Lebenswelten. Predigterfahrungen beruhen auf unzähligen Faktoren - von religionskulturellen Mustern über Erwartungen an Kirche und Pfarramt bis hin zur Art und Weise, wie Hörende mit religiösen Symbolen umgehen. Homiletik, Predigtforschung, Phänomenologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Linguistik u.a. geben Impulse, um diese Prozesse facettenreich zu erforschen. Auf dieser Basis entwickelt Peter Meyer einen feldforschenden Ansatz, der gelebte Erfahrungen von Predigten mit qualitativen Methoden und im Kulturvergleich entschlüsselt. Das ebnet sprachtheoretischen und religionstheoretischen Diskursen den Zugang. Das Vergleichsfeld USA setzt zugleich eine analytische Tiefensicht auf die religiöse Vitalität von Predigten frei. Die religiöse Funktionalität gegenwärtiger Predigtpraxis lässt sich auf diesem Wege theologisch befragen. Chancen und Grenzen kirchlich-religiöser Praxis im Umfeld der Predigt gewinnen Kontur.

14 prominente TheologInnen der Gegenwart stellen ihr Predigtkonzept vor. Anhand eigener Arbeitsproben erläutern sie, worauf es ankommt , wie es gemacht wird und was das für die Theologie als Ganze bedeutet.Die homiletische Forschungslandschaft ist – nach dem Abschied von den großen theologischen Schulen – unübersichtlich geworden. Nicht nur Berufsanfänger finden es schwer, inmitten des großen Angebots hilfreiche Trends für die eigene Praxis zu entdecken. Umso notwendiger ist es, das breite Angebot zu sichten und für die Predigt fruchtbar zu machen. Das Studienbuch bietet hierfür eine gut strukturierte, anschauliche Basis. Die vierzehn Beispiele sind unter den Stichworten »Auf die Gegenwart hin«, »Dem Vollzug nach« und »Von den Aufgaben her« gebündelt und setzen eigene Akzente. Dialogische Strukturen ermöglichen es den Nutzern, in die Diskussion einzutreten, sei es mit Martin Nicol, Manfred Josuttis oder Isolde Karle.

Die "Ökologische Krise" ist zugleich auch eine Krise in der Beziehung des Menschen zu seiner natürlichen und gesellschaftlichen Umwelt. Das Buch untersucht diese Problemstellung aus der Perspektive verschiedener sozialwissenschaftlicher Disziplinen - von der evolutionstheoretisch fundierten Gesellschaftstheorie über die Umweltästhetik und sozialwissenschaftliche Risikoforschung bis hin zur Ökologischen Psychologie. In der Auseinandersetzung mit den natürlichen und kulturellen, gesellschaftlichen und individuellen Wurzeln der Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehung macht die vorliegende Einführung deutlich, daß allein in einem historischen, freilich immer nur vorläufigen sozialen Lernprozeß eine Antwort auf die ökologische Krise erarbeitet werden kann.

In recent years several different gene silencing phenomena have been discovered in plants. The book summarizes the most recent data on gene silencing phenomena such as trans-, inactivation, paramutation and co-suppression. Plant researchers will find this edition a valuable help in differentiating between a number of puzzling and partly contradictory gene silencing events. Those not familiar with plant molecular biology are introduced into the relevant methods and scientific models. In addition examples and models of gene silencing in flamentous fungi, Drosophila and mammalian systems are presented. By providing a comparative update on gene silencing effects in different eukaryotes, this book should stimulate communication among scientists working in diverse areas of eukaryotic gene regulation.