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The name Giuseppe Verdi conjures images of Italians singing opera in the streets and bursting into song at political protests or when facing the firing squad. While many of the accompanying stories were exaggerated, or even invented, by later generations, Verdi&#39;s operas&mdash;along with those by Rossini, Donizetti, and Mercadante&mdash;did inspire Italians to imagine Italy as an independent and unified nation. Capturing what it was like to attend the opera or to join in the music at an aristocratic salon, <I>Waiting for Verdi</I> shows that the moral dilemmas, emotional reactions, and journalistic polemics sparked by these performances set new horizons for what Italians could think, feel, say, and write. Among the lessons taught by this music were that rules enforced by artistic tradition could be broken, that opera could jolt spectators into intense feeling even as it educated them, and that Italy could be in the vanguard of stylistic and technical innovation rather than clinging to the glories of centuries past. More practically, theatrical performances showed audiences that political change really was possible, making the newly engaged spectator in the opera house into an actor on the political stage.

Kaum eine Frage spaltet die Gesellschaft so stark wie die nach Lohnen und Gehaltern: Ist es gerecht, dass die Einen viel verdienen und die Anderen wenig? Lassen sich Leistung und Verantwortung wirklich in Geld umrechnen? Lohnt sich eine qualifizierte Ausbildung? Dirk Bornecke wirft einen kritischen Blick auf das Prinzip der leistungsorientierten Entlohnung. Er vergleicht beispielhaft Gehalter in unterschiedlichen Berufsgruppen, nach Branchen und Regionen, im offentlichen Dienst und in der Wirtschaft und weist auf Unterschiede nach Alter, Geschlecht oder anderen Kriterien hin. Auch die Themen Selbstandigkeit, Image und Managergehalter werden dabei nicht au?er Acht gelassen. Hierbei geht er auch der Frage nach, ob sich Verantwortung und Qualifikationen tatsachlich vergleichen lassen, und bringt noch weitere Aspekte ins Spiel – etwa die Qualitat und Sicherheit des Arbeitsplatzes, die Moglichkeit zur Selbstentfaltung oder die private Situation. Dabei wird deutlich, dass der Inhalt der monatlichen Lohntute nur eine Komponente zur Bewertung der eigenen Situation ist: Wichtig ist, was am Ende ubrig bleibt. Mit diesem Buch wird das Tabuthema Gehalt transparent, die personliche Bewertung von Lohnen und Einkommen wird drastisch relativiert. Wer an der Wirklichkeit interessiert ist, kommt an diesem Buch nicht vorbei!

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