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Economic inequalities have become increasingly prominent in public debate in the last decade as sluggish economic growth, declining or stagnant incomes, high unemployment, and state policy regimes orientated towards austerity dominate many core capitalist regions, often with extreme turbulence in the political arena. Debate over these issues unfolds in both the public sphere and within the academy, with the conversation developing from two disciplinary areas in particular: economics and political economy, and journalism and communication studies. Economic Inequality and News Media brings these fields together. In this interdisciplinary volume, Andrea Grisold and Paschal Preston build on a un...
The volume addresses current challenges for gender equality policy and the necessary further development of gender equality policy concepts in order to effectively engage with exclusion mechanisms. The contributions discuss this at the interface between research and policy and on the basis of specific examples.
This Handbook is an in-depth appraisal of the field of minority languages and communities today. It presents a wide-ranging, coherent picture of the main topics, with key contributions from international specialists in sociolinguistics, policy studies, sociology, anthropology and law. Individual chapters are grouped together in themes, covering regional, non-territorial and migratory language settings across the world. It is the essential reference work for specialist researchers, scholars in ancillary disciplines, research and coursework students, public agencies and anyone interested in language diversity, multilingualism and migration.
Johannes (John) Kraus, son of Johann Jost Kraus and Anna Maria Butz, was born 27 Feb 1814 in Guntersblum, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany. He immigrated to the United States in the 1830's. He married Gertrude Katherine Ort, daughter of John Paul Ort and Anna Katharina Vitt, on 28 Mar 1842 in Washington County, Ohio. Gertrude was born on 1 Jan 1823 in Rotenburg am der Fulda, Hessen-Nassau, Germany. They had 11 children. John died on 16 Sep 1885 in Pomona, Franklin County, Kansas. Gertrude Katherine died on 29 Aug 1908 in Pomona. John's ancestors have lived in Germany and his descendants have lived in Kansas, California, New Mexico, Missouri, Colorado, and other areas in the United States.